''Ringside'' is a
live album
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released by
Cold Chisel in 2003. Recorded over 4 nights in June 2003, it peaked at number 27 in 2003 and peaked at number 16 following its vinyl release on 12 November 2021.
Album details
The album contains two
Steve Prestwich songs ("Lovelight", "All I Wanna Do") not released on any other Cold Chisel album, and "Fallen Angel" that later appeared on a solo
Don Walker album. These were the first Cold Chisel songs to feature Prestwich and Walker on lead vocals.
''Ringside'' features covers of
Johnny Cash
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's "
Big River", the standard "
Cry Me a River", and
Dragon
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's "Sunshine", written by Walker's friend Paul Hewson.
The concert was an attempt to feature the band, "performing in a smaller, intimate environment," and often, "in an acoustic format." Inspired by
Elvis Presley's
1968 comeback special, there was a 360 degree view of the rotating stage, with the furthest seats from the stage being within 30 metres.
Track listing
Disc 1
#"Home And Broken Hearted" – 4:14
#"
The Things I Love in You" – 3:06
#"
Cheap Wine" – 3:45
#"Rosaline" – 6:19
#"
Breakfast at Sweethearts
''Breakfast at Sweethearts'' is the second studio album by Australian pub rock band Cold Chisel, released in February 1979. It spent 32 weeks in the national charts, reaching a peak of number 4.
Album details
"Sweethearts" was a cafè in Kings ...
" – 3:59
#"
My Baby" – 4:13
#"
Houndog" – 4:59
#"Plaza" – 2:48
#"Fallen Angel" – 4:55
#"Shipping Steel" – 4:13
#"The Last Wave of Summer" – 5:49
#"Pretty Little Thing" – 3:18
#"Merry Go Round" – 4:25
#"
Forever Now" – 5:32
#"
Khe Sanh " – 4:47
Disc 2
#"
Cry Me a River" – 3:46
#"Four Walls" – 3:08
#"Lovelight" – 3:33
#"
When the War is Over" – 6:00
#"All I Wanna Do (Steve Vocal)" – 3:26
#"
Big River" – 2:43
#"Painted Doll" – 2:34
#"
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" – 5:42
#"
You Got Nothing I Want
"You Got Nothing I Want" is a 1981 single from Australian rock music, rock band Cold Chisel, the first released from the album ''Circus Animals''. One of the band's heaviest and most aggressive songs, it was written by singer Jimmy Barnes in res ...
" – 3:12
#"Rising Sun" – 3:26
#"
Flame Trees" – 4:38
#"
Bow River" – 7:12
#"Water Into Wine" – 4:46
#"F-111" – 3:36
#"Sunshine" – 5:46
#"
Goodbye (Astrid Goodbye)
''"Goodbye (Astrid Goodbye)"'' is a 1978 single from Australian rock band Cold Chisel. Written by keyboardist Don Walker and vocalist Jimmy Barnes, it was released as a single in 1978, peaking at number 65 on the Australian charts. It appeared a ...
" – 4:34
#"All I Wanna Do (Jimmy Vocal)" – 3:34
Charts
Certifications
References
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Cold Chisel albums
2003 live albums
Live albums by Australian artists