Ghost Nation

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Ghost Nation
Ghost Nation cover
Studio album by Hunters & Collectors
Released November, 1989 (Australia)
April, 1990 (World)
Recorded Platinum Studios, Melbourne
Genre Rock
Length 43:20
Label White/Mushroom Records (Australia)
Atlantic (World)
Producer Clive Martin, Hunters & Collectors
Professional reviews
Hunters & Collectors chronology
What's a Few Men?
(1987)
Ghost Nation
(1989)
Cut
(1993)

Ghost Nation is an album released by Australian band Hunters & Collectors in 1989. It was released in Australia on White/Mushroom Records and reached No.5 on the national album chart.

The album helped Hunters & Collectors win the award of Australian Band of the Year (1990) in Rolling Stone. The band was nominated for six awards in the 1990 ARIA Music Awards, but won just one – for Best Cover Art for Ghost Nation.[1]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

(All lyrics by Mark Seymour, music by Hunters and Collectors except where indicated)

  1. "When The River Runs Dry" – 5:02
  2. "Blind Eye" – 4:29
  3. "Love All Over Again" – 3:55
  4. "Crime Of Passion" (Eric Gradman, Liz Reed) – 5:22
  5. "You Stole My Thunder" – 3:27
  6. "Ghost Nation" – 4:11
  7. "The Way You Live" – 3:48
  8. "Gut Feeling" – 4:25
  9. "Lazy Summer Day" – 3:38
  10. "Running Water" – 5:05

[edit] Credits

  • Produced by Hunters & Collectors and Clive Martin
  • Engineered by Clive Martin
  • Assistant Engineers: Petere Edwards and Tony Salter (Platinum); and Joe Pirrera (Hit Factory)
  • Recorded at Platinum Studios, Melbourne
  • Mixed by E.T.Thorngren at The Hit Factory, New York

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Hunters & Collectors

  • Mark Seymour - lead vocals/guitars
  • John Archer - bass
  • Doug Falconer - drums
  • Jack Howard - trumpet/keyboards
  • Robert Miles - sound/design
  • Barry Palmer - guitars
  • Jeremy Smith - French horn/keyboards/guitars
  • Michael Waters - trombone/keyboards

[edit] Additional musicians

  • Vika Bull - backing vocals
  • Linda Bull - backing vocals
  • Neil Finn - backing vocals
  • Cindy Watkins - strings
  • Jenn Anderson - strings
  • Alex Pertout - percussion
  • Paul Williamson - saxophone
  • Jex Saarelaht - keyboards
  • Chris Dyer - trumpet
  • Ben Taylor - washboard

[edit] references

  1. ^ ARIA Award winners, 1990