Lights on the Hill (album)

Lights on the Hill is a studio album released by Australian country music singer Slim Dusty in August 1975. The album peaked at number 45 on the Kent Music Report and was certified 5× gold in 20 weeks of release.[1]

Lights on the Hill
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1975
GenreCountry
Length37:34
LabelEMI Music
Slim Dusty chronology
The Best of Slim Dusty Volume 2
(1975)
Lights on the Hill
(1975)
Way Out There
(1975)

The album won Album of the Year at the 1976 Country Music Awards of Australia.[2]

Track listing

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LP/Cassette
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Pushin' Time"Slim Dusty, Tony Brooks2:50
2."The Home Run"Dusty3:14
3."The Worst in the World"Joy McKean2:15
4."Foggy Mirrors"Kelly Dixon, Dusty3:22
5."Ridin' This Road"McKean2:46
6."Interstater"Paul & Colleen Trenwith3:25
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lights on the Hill" (new version)McKean3:02
2."Bent-Axle Bob"Dixon, Dusty2:44
3."There Lies a Workhorse"Dixon, Dusty2:29
4."Truckin's in My Blood"Dusty, Brooks3:07
5."A Truckie's Last Will and Testament"Dusty5:18
6."Hear 'Em Go"Dixon, Dusty3:02

Weekly charts

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Chart (1975) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) Albums Chart[3] 45

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[1] 5× Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Region Date Format Edition(s) Label Catalogue
Australia August 1975
Standard Columbia Records, EMI Music SCXA 8028

References

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  1. ^ a b "Slim Dusty Inks Huge EMI Deal" (PDF). Cash Box. 13 March 1976. p. 55. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via World Radio History.
  2. ^ "1970'S". CMAA. Archived from the original on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  3. ^ David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992"