Working Class Boy (soundtrack)


Working Class Boy 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. 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 on 12 April 2017. Disc 2 is an 8 songs recording with a full band on a Soundstage for the movie version of Working Class Boy.
On 10 August 2018, Barnes announced royalties from the soundtrack will be donated to drought relief charities to assist Australian farmers.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018, the album won the ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album.

Track listing

Disc 1: "Stories & Songs" Live from The State Theatre
  1. "Glasgow/The Dark Isle/Scotland the Brave" – 1:30
  2. "Granny's Party Song" – 0:21
  3. "Heartaches By the Number" – 2:47
  4. "My Dad" – 0:16
  5. "Around the World" – 3:09
  6. "Circus Animals" – 1:29
  7. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" – 2:13
  8. "City of Tomorrow" – 1:21
  9. "Mahalia and the Imitation of Life" – 2:14
  10. "The Upper Room" – 6:09
  11. "Runaway" – 0:17
  12. "Texas Girl at the Funeral of Her Father" – 2:41
  13. "Reg Barnes" – 1:55
  14. "Reg's Piano" – 1:15
  15. "Elizabeth" – 0:41
  16. "Dark End of the Street" – 3:48
  17. "David" – 0:07
  18. "Reflections of My Life" – 5:04
  19. "Ike and Tina" – 0:28
  20. "A Fool in Love" – 2:58
  21. "Steve and Don" – 0:53
  22. "Flame Trees" – 5:04
  23. "I Could've Been Dead as Well" – 0:13
  24. "Four Walls" – 2:53
  25. "Safe with Mum" – 0:06
  26. "When the War Is Over" – 5:41
  27. "Still Got a Long Way to Go" – 4:36
  28. "Duke's Waltz" – 2:56
Disc 2: The Movie Soundtrack
  1. "Around the World" – 3:19
  2. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" – 2:53
  3. "Texas Girl at the Funeral of Her Father" – 3:41
  4. "Dark End of the Street" – 3:37
  5. "A Fool in Love" – 3:09
  6. "The Upper Room" – 6:22
  7. "When the War Is Over" – 5:34
  8. "Still Got a Long Way to Go" – 4:14

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