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And the Horse You Rode in On

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And the Horse You Rode in On
Australian album cover
Studio album by
Released14 March 2005
RecordedSpring 2004
StudioHobby Horse Studios, St Kilda East
Genre
LabelLiberation
ProducerJames Reyne, Scott Kingman
James Reyne chronology
Speedboats for Breakfast
(2004)
And the Horse You Rode in On
(2005)
Every Man a King
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

And the Horse You Rode in On is the seventh solo studio album by Australian singer/songwriter James Reyne released on 14 March 2005.[2] It's an acoustic recording of songs taken from his earlier solo work and Australian Crawl songs. It includes two new tracks. Later digital editions renamed this album as Greatest Hits Acoustic.

Review

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Tomas Mureika of AllMusic said "The songs are produced in such a way as to spotlight [Reyne's] inimitable voice. Most of the songs are done strictly acoustically, with just Reyne and a guitar, although some are given different arrangements ("One More River" has been given an almost reggae beat, while "Any Day Above Ground" has an ironically funereal dirge about it). There are a couple of new tracks, "The Euphonious Whale" and "How to Make Gravy". This fascinating reimagining of a fantastic catalog of songs nicely reconnects with an artist who had entered the new century with the aggressiveness of Speedboats for Breakfast. Not your typical 'hits' record, And the Horse You Rode in On is all the more entertaining for it."[3]

Track listing

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  1. "Errol" (Guy McDonough, J. Reyne)
  2. "To Live's to Fly" (Townes Van Zandt)
  3. "One More River" (Reyne)
  4. "The Euphonious Whale" (featuring Daryl Braithwaite and Evie Von Bibra) (Dan Hicks)
  5. "Reckless" (Reyne)
  6. "How to Make Gravy" (Paul Kelly)
  7. "Oh No Not You Again" (McDonough)
  8. "Any Day Above Ground" (Reyne)
  9. "Mr Froggy Went a 'Courtin'" (traditional)
  10. "Slave" (Reyne, Jim Vallance)
  11. "Reno" (George Hutchinson, Reyne, Jennifer Kimball)
  12. "Hammerhead" (Reyne, Simon Hussey)
  13. "Stood Up" (John Hiatt)
  14. "Downhearted" (Bill McDonough, G.McDonough, Sean Higgins)
  15. "Stranger Than Fiction" (Reyne)
  16. "April Sun in Cuba" (with Mark Seymour) (Marc Hunter, Paul Hewson) (bonus track on reissued versions of the album)

Credits

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  • James Reyne – vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums
  • Brett Kingman – guitar
  • Scott Kingman – guitar
  • Chris Hawker – guitar

Charts

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Chart performance for And the Horse You Rode in On
Chart (2005) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 86

Release history

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Release history and formats for And the Horse You Rode in On
Region Date Format(s) Label Catalogue
Australia 14 March 2005 CD, Music download Liberation BLUE076.5

References

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  1. ^ ""And the Horse You Rode in On" by James Reyne". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  2. ^ "ARIA Report 785" (PDF). webarchive.nla.gov.au. 14 March 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2005. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  3. ^ "And the Horse You Rode In on by James Reyne review". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  4. ^ "James Reyne ARIA Albums chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022 page 2". 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.