Spirit of Place

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Spirit Of Place
Spirit Of Place cover
Studio album by Goanna
Released November, 1982
Recorded March 1982-June 1982
Genre Folk Rock
Length 47:34
Label Atco Records (US)
WEA Australia
BMG Australia (reissue)
Producer Trevor Lucas
Professional reviews
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Goanna chronology
Spirit Of Place
(1982)		 Oceania
(1985)

Spirit of Place is the first full length album by Australian folk-rock band Goanna. It was originally released in 1982, and was re-released in a remastered and expanded form in 2003.

Spirit of Place was the first rock record to feature the didgeridoo. The didgeridoo is particularly prominent on the song "Solid Rock", which was a worldwide hit from the album. The album was also heavy on social protest themes. For example, "Solid Rock" deals with issues of land rights for Indigenous Australians, and "Let the Franklin Flow" (available on the extended re-issue) became an anthem of protest over the proposed Franklin Dam.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Cheatin' Man" (Shane Howard) – 4:51
  2. "Solid Rock (Sacred Ground)" (Howard) – 4:32
  3. "Razor's Edge" (Howard/Ian Morrison) – 5:12
  4. "Scenes (from an occasional window)" (Howard) – 4:32
  5. "Stand Your Ground" (Howard) – 3:56
  6. "Borderline" (Howard) – 4:45
  7. "On the Platform" (Ross Bygrave) – 5:16
  8. "Four Weeks Gone" (Howard) – 5:47
  9. "Factory Man" (Howard) – 3:41
  10. "Children of the Southern Land" (Howard) – 5:04
  11. "On the Platform" [Reprise - Instrumental] (Bygrave) – 1:24
  12. "How Far Down" (Howard) – 4:34
  13. "Shadow of Your Love" (Howard) – 1:42
  14. "Undertow" (Howard) – 4:35
  15. "Let the Franklin Flow" [live] (Howard) – 3:38
  16. "Underfoot, Underground" [live] (Kerryn Tolhurst) – 4:24
  17. "Solid Rock" [live] (Howard) – 7:59

Tracks 11 - 17 are only available on the 2003 re-release.

[edit] Personnel

  • Tony Buettel - Engineer, Mixing
  • Roslyn Bygrave - Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals
  • Joe Camilleri - Saxophone
  • Manning Clark - Liner Notes
  • Peter Coughlan - Guitar, Guitar (Bass)
  • Graham Davidge - Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
  • Ross Hannaford - Guitar (Electric)
  • Warrick Harwood - Guitar (Electric)
  • Marcia Howard - Vocals
  • Shane Howard - Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Vocals
  • Billy Inda - Didjeridu
  • Peter Jones - Arranger
  • Judi Kenneally - Vocals
  • Trevor Lucas - Guitar, Producer
  • Ian Morrison - Vocals
  • Mick O'Connor - Organ (Hammond)
  • Robert Ross - Percussion, Drums
  • Shadow Wilson - Vocals