The Big Don't Argue is the third studio album released by Australian rock band 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...

. The album was produced by Memphis legend Jim Dickinson

Jim Dickinson

James Luther "Jim" Dickinson was an American record producer, pianist, and singer who fronted, among others, the Memphis based band, Mudboy & The Neutrons.- Biography :...

, who had worked with Big Star and the Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones

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"A Tale they won't Believe" relates to a tale from Australia’s colonial past, a macabre account of escaped convicts making their way across Tasmania

Tasmania

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, resorting to cannibalism

Cannibalism

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 to survive the long trek in the bush. It was based on a passage in Robert Hughes

Robert Hughes (critic)

Robert Studley Forrest Hughes, AO is an Australian-born art critic, writer and television documentary maker who has resided in New York since 1970.-Early life:...

’ The Fatal Shore

The Fatal Shore

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Track listing

All songs written by Mick Thomas, except where noted

1. "Streets of Forbes
   Streets of Forbes
   "Streets of Forbes" is an Australian folksong about the death of bushranger Ben Hall. The song is one of the best-known elements of the Australian folk repertoire. It has been recorded by many folk and popular artists and groups including The Bushwhackers, Gary Shearston, Niamh Parsons and Weddings...
   
   " (Traditional)
2. "The Ballad of Peggy and Col" (Mark Wallace, Mick Thomas)
3. "Knockbacks in Halifax"
4. "Never Again (Albion Tuesday Night)" (Traditional, Mick Thomas)
5. "A Tale they won't Believe"
6. "Hug My Back"
7. "The Wind and the Rain"
8. "Darlin' Please"
9. "Ticket in Tatts"
10. "Rossarden"
11. "Mañana, Mañana"

Weddings Party Anything

• Richard Burgman - guitar, vocals
• Pete Lawler - bass guitar, vocals
• Marcus Schintler - drums, vocals
• Mick Thomas - guitar, vocals
• Mark Wallace - piano accordion, vocals

Additional musicians

• Hiram Green - pump organ, tack piano
• Peter Hyrka - fiddle
• Mojo Nixon
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   - vocals
• Skid Roper
  Skid Roper
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  - whistle (Human)