Released August 2008 | Release date August 2008 | |
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Similar Lawson, Etched in Blue, True Believers, Portrait: The Very Best of Jo | ||
I was only 19 behind the lines version
Behind the Lines is the second album by John Schumann and the Vagabond Crew. Released in 2008, it was re-released in 2011.
Contents
It consists almost entirely of cover songs and musical renditions of poems. The album includes covers of artists and groups such as Eric Bogle, Judy Small, Cold Chisel, as well as a number of songs previously released by Schumann, either as a solo artist or during his time with Redgum.
The central theme of the album is Australians at war, although it also includes the iconic Australian song Waltzing Matilda, and "To An Old Mate", a Henry Lawson poem not specifically about war, which was also included on the Lawson album.
Album artwork
The cover art shows a picture of an Australian First World War era soldier in a barracks, reading a book or a letter.
Track listing
(original artists in parentheses)
- "Boy on the Run" (The Dingoes) – 3:47
- "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" (Eric Bogle) – 4:41
- "Scots of the Riverina" (Henry Lawson) – 4:07
- "No Man's Land (The Green Fields of France)" (Eric Bogle) – 5:08
- "To An Old Mate" (Redgum) – 3:10
- "Ted" (Redgum) – 4:13
- "Mothers, Daughters, Wives" (Judy Small) – 4:59
- "Khe Sanh" (Cold Chisel) – 4:25
- "My Country" (Midnight Oil) – 4:28
- "I Was Only Nineteen" (Redgum) – 4:46
- "Rachel" (Raymond Froggatt)– 5:02
- "Wings Of An Eagle" (Russell Morris) – 4:10
- "Safe Behind The Wire" (John Schumann) - 3:36
- "When the War Is Over" (Cold Chisel) - 4:01
- "I'll Be Gone" (Spectrum) - 4.36
- "Waltzing Matilda" (Banjo Paterson) - 5.11
Personnel
Songs
1Boy On The Run3:48
2Band Played Waltzing Matilda4:42
3Scots Of The Riverina4:07