Chopsticks (album)

Chopsticks
Studio album by Peter Combe
Released	September 22, 1989
Recorded	1989
Studio	Axent & ABC Studios, Sydney
Genre	Children's music
Label	ABC
Producer	Peter Combe
Peter Combe chronology
Newspaper Mama (1988) Chopsticks (1989) Peter Combe's Christmas Album (1990)

Chopsticks is the sixth studio album by Australian musical artist, Peter Combe. It was released in September 1989 and was certified gold in Australia in August 1991.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1990, the album was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album.

Track listing

Side A

1. "Chopsticks"
2. "This Little Pig"
3. "Wriggle & Roll"
4. "9999"
5. "Saturday Night"
6. "Fishy O Fishy"
7. "Made Ya Look Ya Dirty Chook"
8. "River River"

Side B

1. "Springtime of Our Dreams"
2. "Hey Ho Jerry O"
3. "Humpty Dumpty's Other Song"
4. "The Pied Piper of Hamelin"
5. "Hadrian's Wall"
6. "Look After Yourself"
7. "Cast Away"
8. "Stuck in a Pizza"
9. "Fear Not for I"
10. "Reprise"

• All songs composed, arranged and produced by Peter Combe.

Personnel

• Peter Combe - piano, ukulele, acoustic guitar (6-12 string)

Additional musicians

• Ross McGregor - piano, synthesizer, programming

• Tony Ansell - piano

• Peter Northcote - electric guitar

• Kirk Lorange - electric guitar, acoustic guitar

• Phil Cunneen - acoustic guitar

• Mark Costa - bass

• Greg Henson - drums

• Bruce Emsley - Suzuki violinists, flautists sound effects

• The Adelaide Girls Choir - choir

• The Murray Park Singers - backing vocals

• The Linden Park Primary School Singers - backing vocals

• Alice and Rachel Combe - vocals on "Saturday Night"

• Stephanie Taylor - vocals on "Saturday Night"

• Ruth Kilpatrick - vocals on "Springtime of Our Dreams"

• Susannah Paton - vocals on "Springtime of Our Dreams"

• Kivubiro Tabawebulla - lead vocals on "River River"

• Augustine Mpofu - lead vocals on "River River"

• Tania Testa - vocals on "Make Ya Look Ya Dirty Chock"

• Stuart Collard - vocals on "Make Ya Look Ya Dirty Chock"

• Alex Moriarty - vocals on "Made Ya Look Ya Dirty Chock"

• Tim Hartwig - vocals on "Made Ya Look Ya Dirty Chock"

• Gemini the Ginuea Pig - the part of the rats on "The Pied Piper of Hamelin"

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)	Gold	35,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Catalogue
Australia	1989	LP CD cassette	ABC Records	838416-1 /838416-2 /838416-4