Australian Melodrama

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{{Infobox album

| name = Australian Melodrama

| type = compilation

| artist = The Triffids

| cover = Australian Melodrama.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1994

| recorded = 1978–1989

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock, folk rock

| length = 75:04

| label = White Hot, Mushroom, Festival

| producer = Gil Norton, The Triffids

| prev_title = Stockholm

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Beautiful Waste and Other Songs (Mini-Masterpieces 1983-1985)

| next_year = 2008

}}

Australian Melodrama is a compilation album by rock group, The Triffids, released in 1994.{{Cite book|last1=McFarlane |first1=Ian |authorlink1=Ian McFarlane |title=Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop |chapter=Encyclopedia entry for 'The Triffids' |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040417003225/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=737 |url=http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=737 |accessdate=19 May 2014 |year=1999 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=St Leonards, NSW |archivedate=17 April 2004 |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20020728092009/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/t/triffids.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/t/triffids.html | title = The Triffids | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | last2 = Skjefte | first2 = Morten | first3 = Stefan | last3 = Warnqvist | first4 = Vince | last4 = Simonetti | work = Passagen.se | publisher = Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) | archivedate = 28 July 2002 | url-status = usurped | accessdate = 19 May 2014 }} It covered material from 1983 to 1989 and was issued by the White Hot label via Mushroom Records and Festival Records.

Track listing

  1. "Red Pony" - 4:06
  2. "Hell of a Summer" - 4:27
  3. "Beautiful Waste" - 3:20
  4. "Raining Pleasure" - 2:28
  5. "Bright Lights Big City" - 3:30
  6. "The Seabirds" - 3:18
  7. "Wide Open Road" - 4:06
  8. "Lonely Stretch" - 5:00
  9. "Tender is the Night (The Long Fidelity)" - 3:43
  10. "Bury Me Deep in Love" - 4:05
  11. "Trick of the Light" - 3:50
  12. "Hometown Farewell Kiss" - 4:35
  13. "Unmade Love" - 4:02
  14. "Jerdacuttup Man" - 4:45
  15. "Save What You Can" - 4:29
  16. "Falling Over You" - 3:42
  17. "Goodbye Little Boy - 3:26
  18. "New Year's Greeting (The Country Widower)" - 5:41
  19. "In The Pines" - 2:22

References

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Category:1994 compilation albums

Category:Albums produced by Gil Norton

Category:The Triffids compilation albums

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