Great Southern Land (album)

For the 1982 single Great Southern Land or later versions of the song, see Great Southern Land.

Great Southern Land
Compilation album by
Icehouse
Released23 October 1989 (1989-10-23)
Genre
Label
Icehouse chronology
Man of Colours
(1987) 		Great Southern Land
(1989) 		Code Blue
(1990)
Singles from Great Southern Land
  1. "Touch the Fire"
    Released: 30 September 1989
  2. "Jimmy Dean"
    Released: 28 December 1989

Great Southern Land is the first compilation album by Australian rock/synthpop band Icehouse, released by Chrysalis Records / Regular Records in October 1989. It peaked at No. 2 on the Australian albums charts, and contained two new singles "Touch the Fire", which peaked at No. 13 on the singles chart, and "Jimmy Dean", which peaked at No. 47.[1] Several different versions of this album exist; the Regular Records release for Australian / New Zealand markets was as a 16 track double vinyl LP, twin music cassette or CD; Chrysalis Records US versions were as 10 track LP / music cassette or 11 track CD release with a different track order; Chrysalis Records UK versions had 12 tracks (some not included on original Australian release); and a video version of 15 tracks was released in VHS PAL format.[2][3]

  1. ^ "australian-charts.com - Icehouse". australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
  2. ^ Holmgren, Magnus. "The Flowers / Icehouse". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  3. ^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Icehouse'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original on 17 May 2003. Retrieved 11 June 2008.