Behind the Lines (John Schumann album)

Behind the Lines
Studio album by John Schumann
Released August 2008
Recorded Nov 2007 - April 2008 at Hugh McDonald Studios, Kew
Genre Folk,
Label ABC Music
John Schumann chronology
Lawson
(2005)
Behind the Lines
(2008)

Behind the Lines[1] is the second album by John Schumann and the Vagabond Crew. Released in 2008, it was re-released in 2011.[2]

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,[3] 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)

  1. "Boy on the Run" (The Dingoes) – 3:47
  2. "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" (Eric Bogle) – 4:41
  3. "Scots of the Riverina" (Henry Lawson) – 4:07
  4. "No Man's Land (The Green Fields of France)" (Eric Bogle) – 5:08
  5. "To An Old Mate" (Redgum) – 3:10
  6. "Ted" (Redgum) – 4:13
  7. "Mothers, Daughters, Wives" (Judy Small) – 4:59
  8. "Khe Sanh" (Cold Chisel) – 4:25
  9. "My Country" (Midnight Oil) – 4:28
  10. "I Was Only Nineteen" (Redgum) – 4:46
  11. "Rachel" (Raymond Froggatt)– 5:02
  12. "Wings Of An Eagle" (Russell Morris) – 4:10
  13. "Safe Behind The Wire" (John Schumann) - 3:36
  14. "When the War Is Over" (Cold Chisel) - 4:01
  15. "I'll Be Gone" (Spectrum) - 4.36
  16. "Waltzing Matilda" (Banjo Paterson) - 5.11

Personnel

The Vagabond Crew
Special guests
Contributing Musicians

References

  1. John Schumann official website "Behind the Lines album information"
  2. ABC website War and the damage done: The music of John Schumann Retrieved on January 5 2012
  3. The Independent Weekly Behind the Lines review

External links

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