Westgate (album)

Westgate
Studio album by Mark Seymour
Released June 2007
Recorded Hawthorn, Victoria
Genre Rock, pop
Length 49:50
Label Liberation Music
Producer Cameron McKenzie
Mark Seymour chronology
Daytime and the Dark
(2005)		 Westgate
(2007)		 Titanic
(2007)

Westgate is the fifth solo album by Mark Seymour, released in 2007. The album was described as centred on "everyday heroes", with the title track recounting the tale of a real-life worker who was on duty when Melbourne's West Gate Bridge collapsed on October 15, 1970, killing 35 construction workers.[1] Year of the Dog, initially written as a football song for the Western Bulldogs football team, became the saga of a friend with a drink problem.[1] The album was named as one of the top 10 albums of the year by the Sunday Herald Sun.[2]

The album's title track had previously been included in a Melbourne Theatre Workers' production, We Built This City, performed at Scienceworks in the suburb of Spotswood in early 2006.[3]

Track listing

(All songs written by Mark Seymour except where indicated)

  1. "Westgate" – 4:50
  2. "Tobruk Pin" (Seymour, Geoff Goodfellow) – 2:41
  3. "Jerusalem" (Steve Earl) – 3:52
  4. "Love is a Heavy Load" – 4:18
  5. "Walk Through Fire" – 4:31
  6. "The Year of the Dog" – 4:02
  7. "Hell Broke Free" – 3:43
  8. "18 Again" – 4:00
  9. "Master of Spin" – 5:16
  10. "Feel the Lord" – 4:54
  11. "Mississauga" – 4:08
  12. "The Light on the Hill" – 3:34

iTunes Bonus Tracks

13. "The Stayer" – 3:35
14. "Monday to Friday" – 3:46

Personnel


References

  1. 1 2 Nui Te Koha, "Vivid tales of everyday heroes", Sunday Herald Sun, 24 June, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Best of 2007", Sunday Herald Sun, 23 December, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Bobcats do the rock 'n' rile", The Age, 24 April, 2006, page 13.
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