This Road (album)

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This Road
This Road by James Blundell (album).jpg
Studio album by
James Blundell
Released3 April 1992 (1992-04-03)
Recorded1991
StudioMetropolis Studios, Studios 301, Sydney, Australia
Genre
Length53:26
LabelEMI
Producer
James Blundell chronology
Hand It Down
(1990) 		This Road
(1992) 		Touch of Water
(1993)
Singles from This Road
  1. "Way Out West"
    Released: 22 March 1992
  2. "This Road"
    Released: 1 June 1992
  3. "Down on the Farm"
    Released: August 1992

This Road is the third studio album by Australian recording artist James Blundell, released in April 1992 by EMI. The album debuted at number four on the ARIA Albums Chart and became Blundell's highest-charting album. It was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipments of more than 70,000 copies.

At the 1993 ARIA Music Awards, the album was nominated for Best Country Album.[1] At the 1993 Country Music Awards, the album won Top Selling album of the Year.[2]

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This Road"
3:47
2."Down on the Farm"
3:56
3."Young John Taylor"
  • Blundell
3:27
4."The Old Man's Gone"
  • Blundell
3:10
5."Hard Times / Way Out West" (with James Reyne)
7:29
6."I Don't Fight Anymore"
  • Blundell
4:11
7."Rain on a Tin Roof"
  • Blundell
5:03
8."All That I Need"
  • Blundell
4:01
9."She Won't Let You Down"
4:05
10."Cabin Fever"
  • Blundell
3:44
11."Strokin'"
  • Blundell
3:38
12."Older Now"
  • Blundell
6:55

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 4

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1992) Rank
Australian Albums Chart[4] 28
Australian Artist Albums Chart 7

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[5] Platinum 70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history[]

Region Date Format Edition(s) Label Catalogue
Australia April 1992
  • CD
  • cassette
 Standard EMI 799329
16 August 2008 [6]
Re-release EMI 055CDCB

References[]

  1. ^ "Winners by Year 1993". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 14 December 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Golden Guitars Award Winners 1990s". Country. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Australiancharts.com – James Blundell – THIS ROAD". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  4. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Albums 1992". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  5. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia’s Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 35.
  6. ^ "This Road re-release". Sanity. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
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