I Remember When I Was Young
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I Remember When I Was Young (subtitled Songs from The Great Australian Songbook) is an album by Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n vocalist John Farnham
John Farnham
John Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as...

, released on 6 November 2005. The album features cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

s of songs by Australian artists.

The album debuted on the ARIA charts
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

 at #2 but soon after its release, peaked at #1.

Track listing

  1. "Come Back Again" (R. Wilson) – 3:40
  2. "Heading In The Right Direction" (M. Punch, G. Paige) – 3:48
  3. "One Perfect Day" (R. Wells) – 3:42
  4. "I Remember When I Was Young" (M. Taylor) – 4:31
  5. "Downhearted" (B. McDonough, G. McDonough, S. Higgins) – 3:30
  6. "Even When I'm Sleeping
    Even When I'm Sleeping
    "Even When I'm Sleeping" is a song by Australian Indie rock and Indie pop group Leonardo's Bride, which was the second single from their first studio album, Angel Blood...

    " (D. Manning) – 4:35
  7. "Green Limousine" (M. Spiby) – 3:43
  8. "Girls On The Avenue" (R. Clapton) – 4:14
  9. "Forever Now
    Forever Now (Cold Chisel song)
    "Forever Now" was a 1982 single from Australian rock band Cold Chisel. The second single from the album Circus Animals, it was the first Cold Chisel single to be penned by Steve Prestwich. The song reached number 2 in the New Zealand charts, and number 4 in Australia, the band highest chart...

    " (S. Prestwich
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    ) – 4:06
  10. "Reckless" (J. Reyne) – 3:56
  11. "Come Said The Boy" (E. McCusker) – 4:31
  12. "No Aphrodisiac" (T. Freedman, G. Dormand, M. Ford) – 5:12
  13. "Overkill" (C. Hay) – 3:42

Personnel

  • John Farnham
    John Farnham
    John Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as...

     - vocals
  • Chong Lim
    Chong Lim
    Chong Lim is an Australian keyboardist, producer, and session musician. He played with James Valentine of Models at Melbourne University, then joined Vanetta Field's Gospel Band. He has toured with the Eurogliders, Jermaine Jackson, WJAZ, and John Farnham...

     - keyboards, arrangements
  • Lindsay Field - vocals
  • Lisa Edwards
    Lisa Edwards
    Lisa Edwards is an Australian singer and musician, who had an Australian Top 5 hit with the Godley and Creme song Cry.Born in Adelaide, she is the daughter of a Jazz pianist and a stage performer. She made her stage debut aged seven with her father, who would then regularly take the young girl on...

     - vocals
  • Dannielle Gaha
    Dannielle Gaha
    Dannielle Gaha DeAndrea, sometimes styled as Danni'elle, is an Australian singer-songwriter. She has toured and recorded with fellow Australian John Farnham, their 1989 duet, "Communication", peaked at number 13 on the Australian Recording Industry Association Singles Chart...

     - vocals
  • Joe Creighton - double bass
  • Brett Garsed
    Brett Garsed
    Brett Garsed is an Australian guitar player. He plays with, among others, John Farnham and T. J. Helmerich and is a former member of the band Nelson...

     - guitars
  • Stuart Fraser - guitars
  • Angus Burchall - drums
  • Ian Cooper
    Ian Cooper (violinist)
    Ian Cooper is an Australian Violinist. He was commissioned to compose the "Tin Symphony" for the opening ceremony of the Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney and is proficient in many musical styles including Classical, Gypsy, Jazz, Irish & Country music...

     - violin

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
2005 Australian Recording Industry Association
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...

Albums Chart
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