Not So Dusty (album)

Not So Dusty
Compilation album
Released7 September 1998
LabelEMI
Singles from Not So Dusty
  1. "Cunnamulla Feller"
    Released: 7 September 1998

Not So Dusty is a compilation album of Slim Dusty songs covered by Australian musicians. It was released in Australia by EMI in 1998. It was nominated for a 1999 ARIA Award for Best Country Album.

Not So Dusty received positive reviews and was certified gold.[1] Gary Tippet of the Sunday Age gave it 3 stars[2] and Peter Lalor of the Daily Telegraph gave it 7/10 although he noted that most of the Australian country outfits on the album "seem to bland out with their attempt at authentic outings".[3] Keith Glass writing in the Sunday Herald Sun says "but what could have been a dodgy concept is mainly highly entertaining."[4] The Age's Mike Daly calls it "a splendid tribute by some diverse performers."[5] and the Sunday Mail calls it a "wonderful tribute".[6]

It was reported that Slim Dusty enjoyed the album saying "I've had a lot of tributes over the years but that's a very touching one. I feel very honoured – everyone really put their heart and soul into each track."[7]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1999, the album was nominated for Best Country Album.[8]

Singles

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The album's lead single was "Cunnamulla Feller" performed by The Screaming Jets.[9]

Track listing

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  1. "When the Rain Tumbles Down in July" – Graeme Connors
  2. "Pub With No Beer" – Midnight Oil
  3. "Drowning My Blues" – Tom T. Hall & The McCormacks
  4. "Lights on the Hill" – Mental As Anything
  5. "Walk A Country Mile" – Keith Urban
  6. "Losin' My Blues Tonight" – Michael Spiby
  7. "Saddle Boy" – Dead Ringer Band
  8. "Wedding Bell Blues" – Ross Wilson With The Feral Swing Katz
  9. "Indian Pacific" – Tania Kernaghan & Ray Kernaghan
  10. "Things Are Not The Same On The Land" – Karma County
  11. "The Sunlander" – Paul Kelly & Uncle Bill
  12. "The Biggest Disappointment" – Troy Cassar-Daley
  13. "Gumtrees By The Roadway" – Anne Kirkpatrick & David Kirkpatrick
  14. "Highway Fever" – Don Walker
  15. "Plains Of Peppimenarti" – James Blundell
  16. "Cunnamulla Feller" – The Screaming Jets
  17. "Camooweal" – Ed Kuepper & His Oxley Creek Playboys & Felicity
  18. "I Must Have Good Terbaccy When I Smoke" – John Williamson

References

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  1. ^ "Dusty tribute release", The Daily Mercury, 2 February 2012
  2. ^ Tippet, Gary (11 October 1998), "CD Reviews", Sunday Age
  3. ^ Lalor, Peter (10 September 1998), "MUSIC – SPINS.", Daily Telegraph
  4. ^ Glass, Keith (20 September 1998), "Not So Dusty A Tribute To Slim Dusty", Sunday Herald Sun
  5. ^ Daly, Mike (24 September 1998), "KEYNOTES", The Age
  6. ^ "What's new on disc", Sunday Mail, 4 October 1998
  7. ^ Lalor, Peter (1 December 1998), "MUSIC – Slim with no Dusty is morbid and drear.", Daily Telegraph
  8. ^ "ARIA Nominees", Billboard, 16 October 1999
  9. ^ Joyce, James (18 September 1998), "Jets Dust Off Slim Classic", Newcastle Herald
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