The Anthology
Compilation album by
James Reyne
Released1 August 2014
GenreRock
LabelUniversal Music Australia
James Reyne albums chronology
Thirteen
(2012) 		The Anthology
(2014) 		Live 99
(2015)

The Anthology is a double CD greatest hits album of by Australian singer songwriter James Reyne. The album includes tracks from the last three decades. Reyne said "I've been working as a singer, musician and songwriter for a while now, and feel that it may only be that I've started to grasp how it all works relatively recently. I know I'm a better craftsman now than I was, so welcomed the idea of this Anthology/retrospective of my solo stuff. The first CD includes all the solo "hits" that I've had, but most importantly to me, provides a threshold to the later and more recent songs; tunes that many would never have heard. They are culled from the albums The Whiff of Bedlam, Design for Living, Speedboats for Breakfast, Every Man a King, and Thirteen and I hope, provide an insight into what I've really been up to."

Reyne performed a series of live acoustic shows to showcase ‘'The Anthology'’, in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.[1]

Track listing

CD1
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Fall of Rome"
James Reyne4:59
2."Hammerhead"
James Reyne4:46
3."Motor's Too Fast"
  • Reyne
  • Hussey
James Reyne4:14
4."Always the Way"
  • Reyne
  • Hussey
James Reyne7:23
5."One More River"
  • Reyne
Hard Reyne3:58
6."House of Cards"
Hard Reyne4:17
7."Harvest Moon"
  • Reyne
  • Hussey
Hard Reyne4:12
8."Five Miles Closer to the Sun"
  • Reyne
  • Hussey
Hard Reyne4:39
9."Wake Up Deadman"
  • Reyne
  • Hussey
Hard Reyne3:43
10."Slave"
Electric Digger Dandy4:13
11."Any Day Above Ground"
  • Reyne
Electric Digger Dandy3:38
12."Outback Woman"
Electric Digger Dandy3:38
13."Water Water"
  • Reyne
Electric Digger Dandy5:40
14."Some People"
  • Reyne
  • Vallace
Electric Digger Dandy4:11
15."Take a Giant Step"
  • Reyne
  • Hussey
Electric Digger Dandy5:01
16."Way Out West" (with James Blundell)
The Best4:00
17."Motor City (I Get Lost)" (by Company of Strangers)
  • J Scott
  • Hussey
Company of Strangers4:41
CD2
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Red Light Avenue"
The Whiff of Bedlam4:28
2."Day in the Sun"
  • Reyne
The Whiff of Bedlam5:47
3."It's Only Natural"
  • Reyne
  • Hussey
The Whiff of Bedlam4:43
4."Poor Man in the Penthouse"
  • Reyne
  • Neil Larson
The Whiff of Bedlam5:32
5."Design for Living"
  • Reyne
  • Flanders and Swan
Design for Living3:28
6."I Don’t Get Out Much Anymore"
  • Reyne
Design for Living4:50
7."Little Criminals"
  • Reyne
Design for Living4:21
8."Reno"
  • Reyne
  • J. Kimball
  • G. Hutchinson
Design for Living5:10
9."Nothin’s Too Good for My Baby"
  • Reyne
Design for Living4:21
10."Reckless" (acoustic)
  • Reyne
And the Horse You Rode in On3:04
11."Bug" Speedboats for Breakfast4:02
12."The Rainbow's Dead End" Speedboats for Breakfast4:30
13."Sammy and Doofus and Our Man in New York"
  • Reyne
  • Scott Kingman
Every Man a King3:27
14."Superannuated Idol"
  • Reyne
Every Man a King2:27
15."Stop Draggin' My Name Around"
  • Reyne
Every Man a King4:20
16."English Girls" Thirteen3:32
17."Capsize" Thirteen4:21
18."Good Clean Fun" Thirteen5:02

Charts

Chart performance for The Anthology
Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] 103

Release history

Country Date Format Label Catalogue
Australia[3][4] 1 August 2014 CD, digital download Universal Music Australia 5353276

References

  1. ^ "James Reyne, The Anthology (2CD)". www.ovationchannel.com.au. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  2. ^ "James Reyne ARIA Albums chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022 page 3". ARIA. Retrieved 2 December 2023 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  3. ^ "The Anthology by James Reyne". JBHiFi. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  4. ^ "The Anthology by James Reyne". iTunes Australia. November 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
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