This Is the Magic Mile
This Is the Magic Mile is a three-CD compilation album by Australian rock guitarist Ed Kuepper, released in 2005. The album is a 49-track retrospective of his output from 1991 to 2000. While Smile ... Pacific (2000) and Character Assassination (1994) are heavily represented—with 15 tracks drawn from the two albums—the collection also includes a 1994 single ("If I Had a Ticket"), several cuts from limited-release mail-order albums and two tracks from his side project The Aints.
| This Is the Magic Mile | ||||
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| Released | December 2005 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 215:44 | |||
| Label | Hot Records | |||
| Producer | Ed Kuepper, Phil Punch | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Daily Telegraph |   [1] |
| The Sun-Herald | [2] |
| Sunday Herald Sun |  [3] |
The album includes a song, "Camooweal", that had originally been recorded for the Slim Dusty tribute album Not So Dusty (1998), which had also featured Midnight Oil, Mental as Anything and Cold Chisel's Don Walker. Other covers included AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" and Eric Burdon's "When I Was Young".
Track listing
(All songs by Ed Kuepper except where noted)
| No. | Title | Origin | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "All of These Things" | from Frontierland, 1996 | 4:43 |
| 2. | "Confessions of a Window Cleaner" | from A King in the Kindness Room, 1995 | 5:52 |
| 3. | "Electrical Storm" | from Ed Kuepper and His Oxley Creek Playboys—Live!, 1998 | 6:39 |
| 4. | "La Di Doh" | from Character Assassination, 1992 | 4:56 |
| 5. | "MDDP Ltd" | from Frontierland, 1996 | 4:40 |
| 6. | "My Best Interests at Heart" | from Ed Kuepper and His Oxley Creek Playboys—Live!, 1998 | 4:34 |
| 7. | "I Wish You Were Here" | from Serene Machine, 1993 | 3:05 |
| 8. | "Fireman Joe" | from Frontierland, 1996 | 4:27 |
| 9. | "Real Wild Life" | from Black Ticket Day, 1992 | 3:58 |
| 10. | "Everything in the World" | from Smile ... Pacific, 2000 | 3:40 |
| 11. | "Sleepy Head (Serene Machine)" | from Serene Machine, 1993 | 4:03 |
| 12. | "Gun Runnin'" | from Cloudland, 1997 | 0:41 |
| 13. | "The Weepin' Willow" | from Frontierland, 1996 | 4:51 |
| 14. | "Without You" | from Smile ... Pacific, 2000 | 4:49 |
| 15. | "Like an Oil Spill" | from Ascension (The Aints), 1991 | 3:43 |
| 16. | "Sea Air" | from With A Knapsack On My Back, 1997 | 2:50 |
| 17. | "3 Stigmata of James Blood Ulmer" | from Cloudland, 1997 | 4:41 |
| 18. | "Everything I've Got Belongs To You" | from Honey Steel's Gold, 1991 | 4:12 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length |
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| 1. | "Maria Peripatetica" | music Ed Kuepper, lyrics traditional | from Serene Machine, 1993 | 3:38 |
| 2. | "The Cockfighter" | from Character Assassination, 1992 | 3:46 | |
| 3. | "Camooweal" | Slim Dusty, Mack Cormack | from Reflections of Ol' Golden Eye, 1999 | 5:28 |
| 4. | "By the Way" | from Character Assassination, 1992 | 4:04 | |
| 5. | "Angel's Lament" | from Starstruck, 1996 | 2:48 | |
| 6. | "Pretty Mary" | music Ed Kuepper, lyrics traditional | from Today Wonder, 1990 | 4:20 |
| 7. | "So Close to Certainty" | from Character Assassination, 1992 | 4:43 | |
| 8. | "Baby Well I" | from Smile ... Pacific, 2000 | 3:14 | |
| 9. | "Blind Girl Stripper" | from Black Ticket Day, 1992 | 8:41 | |
| 10. | "How Would You Plead?" | from Frontierland, 1996 | 3:23 | |
| 11. | "Ill Wind" | from Character Assassination, 1992 | 6:39 | |
| 12. | "Walked Thin Wires" | from Black Ticket Day, 1992 | 6:33 | |
| 13. | "Little Fiddle" | from Character Assassination, 1992 | 4:11 | |
| 14. | "Still Call This Failure My Home" | from Smile ... Pacific, 2000 | 3:49 | |
| 15. | "Horse Under Water" | from Today Wonder, 1990 | 4:39 | |
| 16. | "Car Headlights" | from "If I Had a Ticket" single, 1994 | 2:15 | |
| 17. | "Today Wonder Medley" | from Today Wonder, 1990 | 4:12 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Way I Made You Feel" | from Honey Steel's Gold, 1991 | 5:23 | |
| 2. | "When I Was Young" | Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch | from The Exotic Mail Order Moods of Ed Kuepper, 1995 | 3:18 |
| 3. | "Sinnerman" | music Ed Kuepper, lyrics traditional | from Smile ... Pacific, 2000 | 2:46 |
| 4. | "Highway to Hell" | Bon Scott, Angus Young, Malcolm Young | from The Wheelie Bin Affair, 1997 | 5:11 |
| 5. | "Here to Get My Baby From Jail" | from Smile ... Pacific, 2000 | 4:53 | |
| 6. | "It's Lunacy" | from Black Ticket Day, 1992 | 4:02 | |
| 7. | "Fever" | Eddie Cooley, John Davenport | from Smile ... Pacific, 2000 | 3:33 |
| 8. | "I'm With You" | from Character Assassination, 1992 | 3:08 | |
| 9. | "Rue the Day" | from Smile ... Pacific, 2000 | 5:30 | |
| 10. | "This Hideous Place" | from Serene Machine, 1993 | 3:15 | |
| 11. | "Honey Steel's Gold" | from Honey Steel's Gold, 1991 | 5:25 | |
| 12. | "Messin' Pt 2" | from A King in the Kindness Room, 1995 | 7:13 | |
| 13. | "It's Still Nowhere" | from Ascension (The Aints), 1991 | 7:14 | |
| 14. | "Black Hole" | from The Blue House, 1998 | 3:09 |
References
- Kathy McCabe, The Daily Telegraph, 12 January 2006.
- Craig Mathieson, Sun-Herald, 8 January 2006.
- Graeme Hammond, Sunday Herald Sun, 22 January 2006.
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