The Essential (Ganggajang album)

The Essential
The Essential
Greatest hits album by GANGgajang
Released	14 February 1996
Recorded	1984–1993
Genre	World
Length	65:33
Label	Shock Records
GANGgajang chronology

The Essential is a greatest hits album released by GANGgajang in 1996. It features all the tracks from their 1985 self-titled debut and several songs from their other albums.

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Callaghan unless otherwise indicated.^[1]

"Sounds of Then (This is Australia)" – 3:56
"Gimme Some Lovin" (Callaghan, Graham Bidstrup)^[1] – 2:47
"Hundreds Of Languages" (Callaghan, Robert James)^[1] – 3:36
"Ordinary World" (Bidstrup, Callaghan, James)^[1] – 3:54
"Giver of Life" (Geoffrey Stapleton, Chris Bailey, Callaghan, Bidstrup, Kayellen Bidstrup aka Kay Bee)^[1] – 3:40
"Distraction" – 3:20
"Talk to Me" – 4:02
"Initiation" (Callaghan, Bidstrup)^[1] – 3:28
"Maybe I" (Bidstrup, Callaghan)^[1] – 3:35
"American Money" (Stapleton)^[1] – 3:43
"Ambulance Men" – 3:24
"Tree of Love" – 4:18
"House of Cards" – 2:48
"To the North" (Bidstrup, Callaghan)^[1] – 2:47
"Initiation (Mad Wax Mix)" (Callaghan, Bidstrup) – 3:29
"Sounds of Then (Mad Wax Mix)" – 3:24
"The Bigger They Are" – 3:29
"Luck of the Irish" – 3:46
"Shadow of Your Love" (Bidstrup, Callaghan)^[1] – 3:07

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA Charts)^[2]	89

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Australasian Performing Right Association
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

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