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Wired World of Sports is the debut album released by The Twelfth Man. Released in 1987, it reached number one on the Kent Music Report in February 1988.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1988, the album won ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release.[1]

Plot

This is the first episode of the Wired World of Sports to feature on a Twelfth Man album. Hosted by Mike Gibson and Ian Chappell, the show features sports personalities like Richie Benaud, Max Walker, Lou Richards, Ken Callander and John Tapp. "Gibbo" and "Chappelli" do the rounds on the world of sport to see what's been happening in the past week.

Track listing

CD (CDP 748887)

  1. "Wired World Of Sports" - 35:36
  2. "It's Just Not Cricket" - 10:47

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987/88) Position
Australian Kent Music Report[2] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1988) Position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[3] 19
Australian (ARIA Charts)[4] 25

See also

Preceded byFreight Train Heart by Jimmy Barnes Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album 25 January - 14 February 1988 Succeeded byDirty Dancing by Various Artists

References

  1. ^ "Winners by Year 1988". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 23 December 2017. ((cite web)): |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 315. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 440. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Albums 1988". ARIA. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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