First and Foremost explained
First and Foremost is a compilation album of songs by Australian singer David Campbell. The album was released in August 2008 and contains tracks from his earlier Polydor Records recordings from 1996 and 1997, alongside a previously unreleased song from that time. Most of the tracks appeared on his albums, Yesterday Is Now and Taking the Wheel.
The album was released during Campbell's time as a singing mentor on It Takes Two (Australian TV series) (2007-2008) and with his two previous albums (released by Sony Music Australia), both being top 10, platinum selling albums.
Track listing
- CD/DD
- "On Such a Night as This" (Marshall Barer, Hugh Martin)- 2:39
- "Grateful" (John Bucchino) - 4:38
- "Whatever Happened to Melody" (Ray Jessel, Cynthia Thompson)- 3:25
- "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)- 5:01
- "Old Devil Moon" (Burton Lane, Yip Harburg) - 3:12
- "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (Irving Berlin) - 3"08
- "Let Me Sing And I'm Happy" - 2:16
- "I Got Rhythm" (George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin) - 2:38
- "The Nearness Of You" / "Not A Day Goes By" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington, Stephen Sondheim) - 5:06
- "Storybook" (Frank Wildhorn, Nan Knighton) - 3:10
- "Yard Sale" (Tom Andersen) - 5:43
- "Errol Flynn" (Gordon Hunt, Amanda McBroom)- 3:38
- "Mr Tanner" (Harry Chapin) - 5:06
- "I Have Dreamed" (Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) - 3:57
- "Only Heaven Knows" (Alex Harding) - 3:13
- "Taking The Wheel" (John Bucchino) - 3:54
- "A Kid Inside" (Craig Carnelia) - 3:35
- "It Will Always Be You" (Acoustic Version) 4:43
Notes and References
- Web site: The ARIA Report Week Commencing ~ 25th August 2008 ~ Issue #965. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20081019130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20081020-0000/issue965.pdf. dead. 2008-10-19. webarchive.nla.gov.au. 25 August 2008. 12 May 2016.
- Web site: First and Foremost by David Campbell. www.jbhifi.com.au. 13 May 2016.
- Web site: First and Foremost by David Campbell. iTunes Australia. 13 May 2016.
