River'esque is the ninth studio album by Weddings Parties Anything

Weddings Parties Anything

Weddings Parties Anything were an Australian folk rock band formed in 1984 in Melbourne and continuing until 1998. Their name came from The Clash song and musicologist Billy Pinnell described their first album as the best Australian rock debut since Skyhooks' Living in the '70s.-Formation and...

 and the first on their new record label, Mushroom Records

Mushroom Records

Mushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros...

, it was released October 21, 1997. Initial pressings of the CD featured a different sleeve, and did not include the 'bonus' CD, Garage Sale, which had been available previously at their live performances.

The bonus CD, Garage Sale features three cover versions, including Tim Hardin

Tim Hardin

James Timothy "Tim" Hardin was an American folk musician and composer. He wrote the Top 40 hits "If I Were a Carpenter", covered by, among others, Joan Baez, Bobby Darin, Johnny Cash, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, and Robert Plant, and "Reason to Believe", covered by many, including Rod Stewart, as well...

's "Reason to Believe

Reason to Believe

"Reason to Believe" is a song written and first recorded by American folk singer Tim Hardin in 1965, which has since been recorded by a number of other artists, the most known of which is by Rod Stewart in 1971 and 1993...

", Gene Clark

Gene Clark

Gene Clark, born Harold Eugene Clark was an American singer-songwriter, and one of the founding members of the folk-rock group The Byrds....

's "From the Heart", and Ewan MacColl

Ewan MacColl

Ewan MacColl was an English folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer. He was married to theatre director Joan Littlewood, and later to American folksinger Peggy Seeger. He collaborated with Littlewood in the theatre and with Seeger in folk music...

's "Sweet Thames Flow Softly".

Track listing

All songs written by Mick Thomas, except where noted

1. "Houses" (Mick Thomas, Paul Thomas) - 3:35
2. "Don't Need Much" - 2:36
3. "A Decent Cup of Coffee" - 4:39
4. "The Ghosts of Walhalla" - 4:04
5. "For a Short Time" - 5:11
6. "The Sound of a Train" (Jen Anderson, Mick Thomas) - 3:57
7. "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" (Mick Thomas, Paul Thomas) - 3:04
8. "In Your Room" - 4:15
9. "Lights of Devonport" - 5:36
10. "The Afternoon Sun" (C.P Cavafy, Mick Thomas) - 3:49
11. "Luckiest Man" - 4:14
12. "Five Shows a Day" (Jen Anderson, Mick Thomas, Paul Thomas) - 4:47
13. "Walkerville" - 7:44

Track listing

1. "Rolling Home" (Stephen O'Prey, Mick Thomas)
2. "Rambling Girl Returns"
3. "Reason To Believe
   Reason to Believe
   "Reason to Believe" is a song written and first recorded by American folk singer Tim Hardin in 1965, which has since been recorded by a number of other artists, the most known of which is by Rod Stewart in 1971 and 1993...
   
   " (Tim Hardin
   Tim Hardin
   James Timothy "Tim" Hardin was an American folk musician and composer. He wrote the Top 40 hits "If I Were a Carpenter", covered by, among others, Joan Baez, Bobby Darin, Johnny Cash, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, and Robert Plant, and "Reason to Believe", covered by many, including Rod Stewart, as well...
   
   )
4. "Don't Need Much" (acoustic)
5. "Cheap Brandy And Foundation" (J. Stewart, Mick Thomas)
6. "Garage Sale" (Jen Anderson, Michael Barclay, Stephen O'Prey, Mick Thomas, Paul Thomas, Mark Wallace)
7. "Sweet Thames Flow Softly" (Ewan MacColl
   Ewan MacColl
   Ewan MacColl was an English folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer. He was married to theatre director Joan Littlewood, and later to American folksinger Peggy Seeger. He collaborated with Littlewood in the theatre and with Seeger in folk music...
   
   )
8. "Septembers Gone" (Stephen O'Prey)
9. "From The Heart" (Gene Clark
   Gene Clark
   Gene Clark, born Harold Eugene Clark was an American singer-songwriter, and one of the founding members of the folk-rock group The Byrds....
   
   )

Weddings Parties Anything

• Jen Anderson - mandolin, vocals
• Michael Barclay - drums, vocals
• Stephen O'Prey - bass, vocals
• Mick Thomas - guitar, mandolin, vocals
• Paul Thomas - guitar, pedal steel, vocals
• Mark Wallace - accordion, keyboards, vocals