''I Remember When I Was Young'' (subtitled Songs from The Great Australian Songbook) is an album by Australian vocalist

John Farnham John Peter Farnham AO (born 1 July 1949) is a British born Australian singer. Farnham was a teen pop idol from 1967 until 1979, billed then as Johnny Farnham, but has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer.McFarlane (1999). Enc ...

, released on 6 November 2005. It consists of

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s of songs written or recorded by prominent Australian artists and bands from the 1970s through to the 1990s, including Daddy Cool,

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Cold Chisel Cold Chisel are an Australian pub rock band, which formed in Adelaide in 1973 by mainstay members Ian Moss on guitar and vocals, Steve Prestwich on drums and Don Walker on piano and keyboards. They were soon joined by Jimmy Barnes (at the ...

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, Renee Geyer, Australian Crawl,

Richard Clapton Richard Clapton (born 18 May 1948) is an Australian singer-songwriter-guitarist and producer. His solo top 20 hits on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart are " Girls on the Avenue" (1975) and "I Am an Island" (1982). He reached the top&nb ...

, The Badloves, Leonardo's Bride and

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. The album's title track was written and performed by blues musician Matt Taylor of the band

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Chart

The album debuted on the

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at #2 and soon after its release it peaked at #1. Note: Australian albums and singles information, used for chart peak positions of later John Farnham releases after Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) regulated the charts itself and is based on information supplied by ARIA. John Farnham performed " Downhearted" live on the Australian version of ''

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''.

Track listing

Personnel

- vocals * Chong Lim - keyboards, arrangements *Lindsay Field - vocals *

Lisa Edwards Lisa Anne Edwards (born 25 September 1958) is an Australian solo and session singer and musician. In July 1992 she had a top 5 hit on the ARIA Singles Chart with her cover version of Godley and Creme's "Cry". Edwards is primarily a backi ...

- vocals *

Dannielle Gaha Dannielle Gaha DeAndrea, sometimes styled as Danni'elle, is an Australian singer and songwriter. She has toured and recorded with fellow Australian John Farnham; their 1989 duet, " Communication", peaked at number 13 on the Australian Recor ...

- vocals *Joe Creighton - double bass *

Brett Garsed Brett Edward Garsed (born 20 April 1963) is an Australian musician and songwriter, best known for his work as a guitarist with John Farnham and T. J. Helmerich, as well as being a former member of the American band Nelson. Garsed was featu ...

- guitars *Stuart Fraser - guitars *Angus Burchall - drums * Ian Cooper - violin

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

2005 albums Covers albums Gotham Records albums John Farnham albums {{2000s-pop-album-stub