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Chopsticks
Studio album by
Peter Combe
ReleasedSeptember 22, 1989
Recorded1989
StudioAxent & ABC Studios, Sydney
GenreChildren's music
LabelABC
ProducerPeter Combe
Peter Combe chronology
Newspaper Mama
(1988) 		Chopsticks
(1989) 		Peter Combe's Christmas Album
(1990)

Chopsticks is the sixth studio album by Australian children's entertainer and musician, Peter Combe. It was released in September 1989 and was certified gold in Australia in August 1991.[1]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1990, the album was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album.[2]

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"[note 1]
  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)[1] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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

Notes

  1. ^ This track is only included on the CD version of the album.

References

  1. ^ a b "Chopsticks (1989)". petercombe. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. ^ "1990 ARIA Award winners". ARIA Awards. 1990. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
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