Ghost Nation is an album released by Australia

Australia

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n band Hunters & Collectors

Hunters & Collectors

Hunters & Collectors were an Australian rock music band formed in Melbourne in 1981, fronted by singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Seymour, they developed a blend of pub rock and art-funk...

 in 1989. It was released in Australia on White/Mushroom Records

Mushroom Records

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 and reached No.5 on the national album chart.

The album helped Hunters & Collectors win the award of Australian Band of the Year (1990) in Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

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. The band was nominated for six awards in the 1990 ARIA Music Awards

ARIA Music Awards

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, but won just one – for Best Cover Art for Ghost Nation.

Track listing

(All lyrics by Mark Seymour, music by Hunters and Collectors except where indicated)

1. "When the River Runs Dry" – 5:02
2. "Blind Eye" – 4:29
3. "Love All Over Again" – 3:55
4. "Crime of Passion" (Eric Gradman, Liz Reed) – 5:22
5. "You Stole My Thunder" – 3:27
6. "Ghost Nation" – 4:11
7. "The Way You Live" – 3:48
8. "Gut Feeling" – 4:25
9. "Lazy Summer Day" – 3:38
10. "Running Water" – 5:05

Credits

• Produced by Hunters & Collectors and Clive Martin
  Clive Martin
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• Engineered by Clive Martin
• Assistant Engineers: Petere Edwards and Tony Salter (Platinum); and Joe Pirrera (Hit Factory)
• Recorded at Platinum Studios, Melbourne
• Mixed by E.T.Thorngren at The Hit Factory, New York

Hunters & Collectors

• Mark Seymour - lead vocals/guitars
• John Archer - bass
• Doug Falconer - drums
• Jack Howard - trumpet/keyboards
• Robert Miles - sound/design
• Barry Palmer - guitars
• Jeremy Smith - French horn/keyboards/guitars
• Michael Waters - trombone/keyboards

Additional musicians

• Vika Bull - backing vocals
• Linda Bull - backing vocals
• Neil Finn
  Neil Finn
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  - backing vocals
• Cindy Watkins - strings
• Jenn Anderson - strings
• Alex Pertout - percussion
• Paul Williamson - saxophone
• Jex Saarelaht - keyboards
• Chris Dyer - trumpet
• Ben Taylor - washboard