Working Class Boy (soundtrack)

Working Class Boy
Soundtrack album by
Released17 August 2018
RecordedState Theatre (Sydney), 12 April 2017
LabelBloodlines
Jimmy Barnes chronology
Och Aye the G'nu
(2017)
Working Class Boy
(2018)
My Criminal Record
(2019)

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]

  1. ^ "Jimmy Barnes Adds 2017 Working Class Boy Encore Dates". noise11. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Jimmy Barnes Prepares For Working Class Boy Film With The Soundtracks". noise11. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Jimmy Barnes Donates Royalties From Working Class Boy Soundtrack To Drought Relief". noise11. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  4. ^ Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) (28 November 2018). "And the ARIA Award Goes To..." Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 28 November 2018.