It's hard to think of an Australian performer whose towering profile and slim recorded output are so out of kilter. Roughly one in three nights a year, crowds queue to hear Russell Morris sing The Real Thing, Wings of an Eagle, Sweet Sweet Love, The Girl That I Love, Mr America, and more of the most evocative songs this country has ever produced. They've also had privileged access, from time to time, to his secret stash of unrecorded material - barbed stories of tarnished love such as Keeping My Distance and Over You; universal songs of hope and yearning like As Long As It Takes and As Far As I Remember. All of them find common ground in these new, fundamental acoustic arrangements, with Peter Robinson on guitar, bass, keys and harmony vocals and Kevin Murphy on drums, with Jim Keays on occasional harmonica. Even in the best-known tunes, the band stays true to the spirit of imagination that first gave these songs flight. The melodic magic of Sweet Sweet Love anchors a lush new arrangement, while Wings of an Eagle feels somehow more fundamental than ever.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. 1000 SUNS
2. WINGS OF AN EAGLE
3. SWEET SWEET LOVE
4. MR AMERICA
5. IT'S ALL OVER NOW BABY BLUE
6. KEEPING MY DISTANCE
7. AS LONG AS IT TAKES
8. THE GIRL THAT I LOVE
9. OVER YOU
10. HUSH
11. AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER
12. I AM THE WALRUS
13. THE REAL THING
14. PART 3 INTO PAPER WALLS