Trophy Night Explained

Trophy Night : The Best of Weddings Parties Anything
Type:compilation
Artist:Weddings Parties Anything
Cover:Wpa - trophy_night.jpg
Released:August 25, 1998
Genre:Rock / Folk rock
Length:76:17
Label:Mushroom Records
Producer:Alan Thorne / Jim Dickinson / Paul Kosky / Cameron Craig / Chris Dickie
Prev Title:River'esque
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:They Were Better Live
Next Year:1999

Trophy Night : The Best of Weddings Parties Anything is a compilation album released by Australian rock band Weddings Parties Anything. It comprises songs from the band's seven studio albums together with two new tracks: "Anthem" and "Traffic Goes By", together with a cover of The Triffids' "Wide Open Road".Trophy Night was also released for a limited time with a bonus disc Benched, a collection of unreleased demos and assorted B-sides.[1]

In early August 1998, Weddings, Parties, Anything announced that they were calling it a day, one month before this long-planned retrospective was to be released.[2] The material for this best-of was compiled by allowing fans to pick heir favorite songs through the band's website.[3] All the band's original songs on the album are written by Mick Thomas. Dave Steel wrote 5 songs on the first albums but none are included here.

The bonus disc, Benched is quintessential Weddings, Parties, Anything being great stories of football (Swans Return & Tough Time) and life with a couple of ripping covers thrown in .

"Anthem" was the only song released as a single from the album. It is a cover of a Tiddas song written by Dan Warner and Sally Dastey, which appears on their 1996 self-titled album, produced by Joe Camilleri.

Track listing

All songs written by Mick Thomas, except where noted.[4]

  1. "Away Away" - 3:51
  2. "Woman Of Ireland" - 2:47
  3. "Hungry Years" - 4:22
  4. "Scorn Of The Women" - 5:24
  5. "Industrial Town" - 4:07
  6. "Under The Clocks" - 3:30
  7. "Roaring Days" - 2:55
  8. "Sergeant Small" (Tex Morton) - 3:13
  9. "Ticket In Tatts" - 3:47
  10. "A Tale They Won't Believe" - 7:00
  11. "Knockbacks In Halifax" - 3:26
  12. "Step In, Step Out" - 4:00
  13. "Father's Day"
  14. "Rain In My Heart" - 4:01
  15. "Monday's Experts" - 2:54
  16. "Wide Open Road" (David McComb) - 4:19
  17. "For A Short Time" - 5:13
  18. "Anthem" (Sally Dastey, Dan Warner) - 4:17
  19. "Traffic Goes By" - 3:05

Benched

Track listing

All songs written by Mick Thomas, except where noted.[4]

  1. "Been Coming Here For Years" - 4:17
  2. "City Of Lights" - 3:49
  3. "If You Gotta Go" (D Williams, M Duncan) - 3:20
  4. "The Swans Return" - 2:48
  5. "Tough Time" - 3:09
  6. "All Over Bar The Shouting" - 3:04
  7. "Everywhere I Go" - 2:48
  8. "Nothing Left To Say" - 2:52
  9. "One Perfect Day" (Roger Wells) - 4:57

Personnel

Charts

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mick Thomas Discography. Michael Thomas. 5 November 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110929115510/http://www.mickthomas.com/discog.html. 29 September 2011.
  2. Encyclopedia: McFarlane . Ian . Ian McFarlane . . [//www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=770 Encyclopedia entry for 'Wedding Parties Anything' ]. 5 November 2009 . 1999 . . . 1-86508-072-1 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040615081622/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=770 . June 15, 2004 .
  3. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r379199|pure_url=yes}} Trophy Night - Wedding Parties Anything]. Allmusic. Badgley. Aaron. 5 November 2009.
  4. http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch APRA database

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