Great Southern Land
Compilation album by
Icehouse
Released23 October 1989 (1989-10-23)
Genre
Label
Icehouse chronology
Man of Colours
(1987)		 Great Southern Land
(1989)		 Code Blue
(1990)
Singles from Great Southern Land
  1. "Touch the Fire"
    Released: 30 September 1989
  2. "Jimmy Dean"
    Released: 28 December 1989

Great Southern Land is the first compilation album by Australian rock/synthpop band Icehouse, released by Chrysalis Records / Regular Records in October 1989. It peaked at No. 2 on the Australian albums charts, and contained two new singles "Touch the Fire", which peaked at No. 13 on the singles chart, and "Jimmy Dean", which peaked at No. 47.[1] Several different versions of this album exist; the Regular Records release for Australian / New Zealand markets was as a 16 track double vinyl LP, twin music cassette or CD; Chrysalis Records US versions were as 10 track LP / music cassette or 11 track CD release with a different track order; Chrysalis Records UK versions had 12 tracks (some not included on original Australian release); and a video version of 15 tracks was released in VHS PAL format.[2][3]

Track listing

Australian/New Zealand release

  1. "Touch the Fire"
  2. "Can't Help Myself"
  3. "Hey Little Girl"
  4. "Great Southern Land"
  5. "Paradise"
  6. "Sister"
  7. "No Promises"
  8. "Jimmy Dean"
  9. "Cross the Border"
  10. "Street Cafe"
  11. "Love in Motion"
  12. "Walls"
  13. "Baby, You're So Strange"
  14. "We Can Get Together"
  15. "Mr. Big"
  16. "Don't Believe Anymore"

American release

  1. "Touch the Fire"
  2. "Jimmy Dean"
  3. "Hey Little Girl"
  4. "Can't Help Myself"
  5. "Great Southern Land"
  6. "Sister"
  7. "Cross the Border"
  8. "We Can Get Together"
  9. "Street Cafe"
  10. "Don't Believe Anymore"
  11. "No Promises" (12" Dance Mix) (**)

(**) Only released on CD version, not Cassette.

UK release

  1. "Touch the Fire"
  2. "Jimmy Dean"
  3. "Hey Little Girl"
  4. "Great Southern Land"
  5. "Electric Blue"
  6. "Crazy"
  7. "Cross the Border"
  8. "Street Cafe"
  9. "Don't Believe Anymore"
  10. "No Promises" (12" Dance Mix)
  11. "Sister"
  12. "Icehouse"

Video release

  1. "Can't Help Myself"
  2. "We Can Get Together"
  3. "Walls"
  4. "Sister"
  5. "Love in Motion"
  6. "Great Southern Land '82"
  7. "Hey Little Girl"
  8. "Street Cafe"
  9. "Don't Believe Anymore"
  10. "No Promises"
  11. "Baby, You're So Strange"
  12. "Mr. Big"
  13. "Cross the Border"
  14. "Touch the Fire"
  15. "Great Southern Land '89"

Released in VHS/PAL format.

Personnel

Icehouse members

Art work

  • Cover photography — Hugh McLeod-Aitionn
  • Cover artwork — Hugh McLeod-Aitionn
  • Band photos —Jan Moxley & Tony Mott

Charts

Chart (1989/90) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 2
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5] 5

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[6] 2× Platinum 140,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[7] Platinum 15,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "australian-charts.com - Icehouse". australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
  2. ↑ Holmgren, Magnus. "The Flowers / Icehouse". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  3. ↑ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Icehouse'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original on 17 May 2003. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
  4. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Icehouse – Great Southern Land". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Charts.nz – Icehouse – Great Southern Land". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  6. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  7. ↑ "Official Top 40 Albums". Recorded Music NZ. 18 March 1990. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
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