Pubs, Trucks & Plains is a 3-CD set, compilation album released by Australian country music singer Slim Dusty. The album was released in March 2007 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his single "A Pub with No Beer"; which was the biggest-selling record by an Australian at that time, the first Australian single to be certified gold.[2]

Pubs, Trucks & Plains
Compilation album by
ReleasedMarch 2007
GenreCountry[1]
Length3:15:32
LabelEMI Music
Slim Dusty chronology
Slim Dusty Live
(2006)
Pubs, Trucks & Plains
(2007)
Reunion
(2008)

Pubs, Trucks & Plains peaked at number 20 on the ARIA charts and was certified gold.

Track listing

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CD1
  1. "A Pub with No Beer" (1979 version)- 3:01
  2. "Born with an Endless Thirst" - 4:31
  3. "The Bloke Who Serves the Beer" - 3:01
  4. "Duncan" - 2:35
  5. "Must've Been a Hello of a Party" (live)- 2:59
  6. "Three Rivers Hotel" - 3:22
  7. "Wobbly Boot" (featuring Rolf Harris) - 2:58
  8. "He's a Good Bloke When He's Sober" - 3:37
  9. "Drowning My Blues" - 2:29
  10. "Brown Bottle Blues" - 2:52
  11. "Old Bush Pub" - 2:43
  12. "Callaghan's Hotel" - 2:47
  13. "Pay Day at the Pub" - 3:18
  14. "Joe Maguire's Pub" - 2:58
  15. "Nebo Pub" - 3:06
  16. "Finney's Home Brew" - 3:43
  17. "Little Old One Horse Pub" - 2:37
  18. "The Pub Rock" - 2:34
  19. "The Answer to the Pub with No Beer" - 2:48
  20. "A Pub with No Beer" (1957 version) - 2:58
CD2
  1. "No Good Truckin' Man" - 2:30
  2. "Bent-Axle Bob" - 2:47
  3. "Under the Spell of Highway One" - 3:40
  4. "Pushin' Time" - 2:54
  5. "Long Black Road" - 3:18
  6. "Names Upon the Wall" - 3:19
  7. "Gotta Keep Movin'" - 3:11
  8. "Truckin's in My Blood" - 3:11
  9. "Dieseline Dreams" - 3:22
  10. "The Lady Is a Truckie" - 3:31
  11. "Rolling Down the Road" - 4:07
  12. "Kelly's Offsider" - 3:24
  13. "Star Trucker" - 4:13
  14. "Highway One" - 3:07
  15. "Something in the Pilliga" - 4:00
  16. "Trucks, Tarps and Trailers" - 3:29
  17. "Sally (The Girl on Channel 8)" - 4:07
  18. "Mechanised Swaggie" - 3:17
  19. "Lights on the Hill" - 3:03
  20. "One Truckie's Epitaph" - 3:33
CD3
  1. "Hard, Hard Country" - 2:31
  2. "Back to the Old Saltbush Plains" - 2:09
  3. "When the Rain Tumbles Down in July" - 2:43
  4. "Land of No Second Chance" - 3:42
  5. "The Birdsville Track" - 3:15
  6. "Plains of Peppimenarti" - 3:15
  7. "By a Fire of Gidgee Coal" - 3:01
  8. "Things I See Around Me" - 2:39
  9. "Indian Pacific" - 3:31
  10. Cattlemen from the High Plains" - 3:10
  11. "Things Are Not the Same on the Land" - 3:02
  12. "Walk a Country Mile" - 2:53
  13. "Cunnamulla Fella" - 2:13
  14. "Keela Valley" (credited to His Bushlanders)- 2:22
  15. "Paddy William" - 4:33
  16. "The Drovers are Back" - 3:08
  17. "Trumby" - 3:29
  18. "Gumtrees by the Roadway" (live) - 2:59
  19. "The Man from Snowy River" - 7:47
  20. "End of the Bitumen" - 4:10

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 20

Year-end charts

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Chart (2007) Position
Australian Country (ARIA)[4] 9

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[5] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Region Date Format Label Catalogue
Various 15 July 2016 [6] Slim Dusty Enterprises, EMI Music 094638953227

References

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  1. ^ "Pubs, Trucks & Plains on AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. ^ ""Slim Dusty: Country singer famous for A Pub With No Beer"". The Guardian (UK). 20 September 2003. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Slim Dusty – Pubs, Trucks & Plains". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  4. ^ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Country Albums 2007". ARIA. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  5. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  6. ^ "Pubs, Trucks & Plains DD". Apple Music. 31 March 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2020.