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1975 studio album by Slim Dusty

Lights on the Hill

Studio album by Slim Dusty

Released

August 1975

Genre

Country

Length

37:34

Label

EMI Music

Slim Dusty chronology

The Best of Slim Dusty Volume 2
(1975)

Lights on the Hill
(1975)

Way Out There
(1975)

Lights on the Hill is a studio album released by Australian country music singer Slim Dusty in August 1975. The album peaked at number 45 on the Kent Music Report and was certified 5× gold in 20 weeks of release.

The album won Album of the Year at the 1976 Country Music Awards of Australia.

Track listing

LP/Cassette

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pushin' Time"	Slim Dusty, Tony Brooks	2:50
2.	"The Home Run"	Dusty	3:14
3.	"The Worst in the World"	Joy McKean	2:15
4.	"Foggy Mirrors"	Kelly Dixon, Dusty	3:22
5.	"Ridin' This Road"	McKean	2:46
6.	"Interstater"	Paul & Colleen Trenwith	3:25

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lights on the Hill" (new version)	McKean	3:02
2.	"Bent-Axle Bob"	Dixon, Dusty	2:44
3.	"There Lies a Workhorse"	Dixon, Dusty	2:29
4.	"Truckin's in My Blood"	Dusty, Brooks	3:07
5.	"A Truckie's Last Will and Testament"	Dusty	5:18
6.	"Hear 'Em Go"	Dixon, Dusty	3:02

Weekly charts

Chart (1975)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report) Albums Chart	45

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)	5× Gold	100,000
Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Edition(s)	Label	Catalogue
Australia	August 1975	LP	Standard	Columbia Records, EMI Music	SCXA 8028

References

^ "Slim Dusty Inks Huge EMI Deal" (PDF). Cash Box. 13 March 1976. p. 55. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via World Radio History.
"1970'S". CMAA. Archived from the original on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992"

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Discography
Studio albums	Australiana Lights on the Hill Looking Forward Looking Back Travellin' Still...Always Will Columbia Lane – the Last Sessions
Live albums	91 over 50 Slim Dusty Live
Compilation albums	No. 50 The Best of Slim Dusty Country Classics The Very Best of Slim Dusty Pubs, Trucks & Plains The Den Tapes Prime Movers
Singles	"When the Rain Tumbles Down in July" "A Pub with No Beer" "Cunnamulla Fella" "The Man from Snowy River" "Lights on the Hill" "Duncan" "G'day G'day"
Related articles	ARIA Hall of Fame Australian Roll of Renown The Slim Dusty Movie soundtrack Slim and I soundtrack "Homewood"

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