| Working Class Boy | ||||
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| Released | 17 August 2018 | |||
| Recorded | State Theatre (Sydney), 12 April 2017 | |||
| Label | Bloodlines | |||
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Working Class Boy (subtitled The Soundtracks) is a 2018 soundtrack album by Australian singer-songwriter, Jimmy Barnes. It is the soundtrack album for the 2018 film of the same name, based on the 2016 memoir of the same name, which became a tour in 2016 and 2017 in which Barnes sang songs and told stories from the memoir.[1] The album was released on 17 August 2018.
Disc 1 contains 12 songs, 2 instrumentals and 13 spoken word pieces captured live at the State Theatre (Sydney) on 12 April 2017. Disc 2 is an 8 song recording with a full band on a Soundstage for the movie version of Working Class Boy.[2]
On 10 August 2018, Barnes announced royalties from the soundtrack would be donated to drought relief charities to assist Australian farmers.[3]
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018, the album won the ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album.[4]
- ^ "Jimmy Barnes Adds 2017 Working Class Boy Encore Dates". noise11. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "Jimmy Barnes Prepares For Working Class Boy Film With The Soundtracks". noise11. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "Jimmy Barnes Donates Royalties From Working Class Boy Soundtrack To Drought Relief". noise11. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) (28 November 2018). "And the ARIA Award Goes To..." Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 28 November 2018.