Not So Dusty (album)
Not So Dusty is a compilation album of Slim Dusty songs covered by Australian musicians. It was released in Australia by EMI in 1998. It was nominated for a 1999 ARIA Award for Best Country Album.
Not So Dusty | |
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Compilation album | |
Released | 7 September 1998 |
Label | EMI |
Singles from Not So Dusty | |
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Not So Dusty received positive reviews and was certified gold.[1] Gary Tippet of the Sunday Age gave it 3 stars[2] and Peter Lalor of the Daily Telegraph gave it 7/10 although he noted that most of the Australian country outfits on the album "seem to bland out with their attempt at authentic outings".[3] Keith Glass writing in the Sunday Herald Sun says "but what could have been a dodgy concept is mainly highly entertaining."[4] The Age's Mike Daly calls it "a splendid tribute by some diverse performer."[5] and the Sunday Mail calls it a "wonderful tribute".[6]
It was reported that Slim Dusty enjoyed the album saying "I've had a lot of tributes over the years but that's a very touching one. I feel very honoured – everyone really put their heart and soul into each track."[7]
Singles
The album's lead single was "Cunnamulla Feller" performed by The Screaming Jets.[8]
Accolades
Year | Award-Giving Body | Award | Result |
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1999 | ARIA Music Awards | Best Country Album [9] | Nominated |
Track listing
- When the Rain Tumbles Down in July – Graeme Connors
- Pub With No Beer – Midnight Oil
- Drowning My Blues – Tom T. Hall & The McCormacks
- Lights on the Hill – Mental As Anything
- Walk A Country Mile – Keith Urban
- Losin' My Blues Tonight – Michael Spiby
- Saddle Boy – Dead Ringer Band
- Wedding Bell Blues – Ross Wilson With The Feral Swing Katz
- Indian Pacific – Tania Kernaghan & Ray Kernaghan
- Things Are Not The Same On The Land – Karma County
- The Sunlander – Paul Kelly & Uncle Bill
- The Biggest Disappointment – Troy Cassar-Daley
- Gumtrees By The Roadway – Anne Kirkpatrick & David Kirkpatrick
- Highway Fever – Don Walker
- Plains Of Peppimenarti – James Blundell
- Cunnamulla Feller – The Screaming Jets
- Camooweal – Ed Kuepper & His Oxley Creek Playboys & Felicity
- I Must Have Good Terbaccy When I Smoke – John Williamson
References
- "Dusty tribute release", The Daily Mercury, 2 February 2012
- Tippet, Gary (11 October 1998), "CD Reviews", Sunday Age
- Lalor, Peter (10 September 1998), "MUSIC – SPINS.", Daily Telegraph
- Glass, Keith (20 September 1998), "Not So Dusty A Tribute To Slim Dusty", Sunday Herald Sun
- Daly, Mike (24 September 1998), "KEYNOTES", The Age
- "What's new on disc", Sunday Mail, 4 October 1998
- Lalor, Peter (1 December 1998), "MUSIC – Slim with no Dusty is morbid and drear.", Daily Telegraph
- Joyce, James (18 September 1998), "Jets Dust Off Slim Classic", Newcastle Herald
- "ARIA Nominees", Billboard, 16 October 1999