"Mary Mac" was the second single released by Australian
rock
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band
The Blackeyed Susans
''For the American band with a similar name, see Blackeyed Susan.''
The Blackeyed Susans are an Australian rock band, which formed in Perth in 1989. Long serving members are Phil Kakulas on bass guitar, guitar and vocals; and Rob Snarski on v ...
from their fourth studio album, ''
Mouth To Mouth''. It was released on the Hi Gloss Record label in October 1996, three months later. The album was recorded in the autumn of 1995 at the Fortissimo Sound Studios in Melbourne.
"Mary Mac" was the most successful Blackeyed Susans song and became an essential part of their catalog. The B-sides were bonus tracks; a cover of
The Go-Betweens
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song, "Dive for Your Memory", a cover of Canadian
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artist
Hank Snow
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's "Ninety Miles Per Hour" and "Someone Watching Over Me", an original recorded by Phil Kakulas on an 8-track in a spare room in Abbotsford in 1992.
In a review on
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, Ned Raggett calls the lyrics "unsurprisingly not quite as easygoing as the music" and says Kathryn Wemyss' backing vocals add "to the jaunty feeling of the piece".
David Landgren states: "After you've heard it a couple of times it's difficult to avoid not wanting to singing along (i.e.: bellowing at the top of your voice) yourself."
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
;Track 1
*
Rob Snarski
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- vocals, guitars, robeno
*Phil Kakulas - bass, percussion
*
Kiernan Box
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- piano, organ
*Dan Luscombe - fuzz guitar
*Kathryn Wemyss - backing vocals
*Nick Elliott - tambourine
*Ashley Davies - drums
;Track 2
*Rob Snarski - vocals, guitars
*Phil Kakulas - electric, double bass
*Kiernan Box - piano, organ
;Track 3
*Rob Snarski - vocals, guitars
*Phil Kakulas - electric, double bass
*Kiernan Box - piano, organ
;Track 4
*Rob Snarski - vocals
*Phil Kakulas - bass, shaker
*
David McComb
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- guitar
*
'Evil' Graham Lee - guitar
Production credits
* Phil Kakulas - Producer (tracks 1 and 2), Recording (track 4), Mixing (track 4)
* Victor van Vugt - Recording (track 1)
* Andy Parsons - Recording (tracks 2 and 3), Mixing (track 2)
* Tony Cohen - Mixing (tracks 1 and 3)
* Julian Wu - Mixing (track 4)
* Don Bartley - Mastering
* Tony Mahony - Photography
References
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The Blackeyed Susans songs
1996 singles
1995 songs