Trophy Night: The Best of Weddings Parties Anything is a compilation album released by Australian rock band Weddings Parties Anything. It comprises songs from the band's seven studio albums together with two new tracks: "Anthem" and "Traffic Goes By", together with a cover of The Triffids' "Wide Open Road".
Trophy Night was also released for a limited time with a bonus disc Benched, a collection of unreleased demos and assorted B-sides.
Background In early August 1998, Weddings, Parties, Anything announced that they were calling it a day, one month before this long-planned retrospective was to be released. The material for this best-of was compiled by fans who picked their favourite songs through the band's website.
"Anthem" was the only song released as a single from the album. It is a cover of a Tiddas song written by Dan Warner and Sally Dastey, which appears on their 1996 self-titled album, produced by Joe Camilleri.
Track listing All songs written by Mick Thomas, except where noted.APRA database at the Australasian Performing Right Association website (search each song title) "Away Away" - 3:51 "Woman Of Ireland" - 2:47 "Hungry Years" - 4:22 "Scorn Of The Women" - 5:24 "Industrial Town" - 4:07 "Under The Clocks" - 3:30 "Roaring Days" - 2:55 "Sergeant Small" (Tex Morton) - 3:13 "Ticket In Tatts" - 3:47 "A Tale They Won't Believe" - 7:00 "Knockbacks In Halifax" - 3:26 "Step In, Step Out" - 4:00 "Father's Day" "Rain In My Heart" - 4:01 "Monday's Experts" - 2:54 "Wide Open Road" (David McComb) - 4:19 "For A Short Time" - 5:13 "Anthem" (Sally Dastey, Dan Warner) - 4:17 "Traffic Goes By" - 3:05
Benched All songs written by Mick Thomas, except where noted. "Been Coming Here For Years" - 4:17 "City Of Lights" - 3:49 "If You Gotta Go" (D Williams, M Duncan) - 3:20 "The Swans Return" - 2:48 "Tough Time" - 3:09 "All Over Bar The Shouting" - 3:04 "Everywhere I Go" - 2:48 "Nothing Left To Say" - 2:52 "One Perfect Day" (Roger Wells) - 4:57
Personnel Mick Thomas Jen Anderson Stephen O'Prey Paul Thomas Mark Wallace Michael Barclay Janine Hall Marcus Schintler Dave Steel Peter Lawler Richard Burgman
Charts + Chart performance for Trophy Night Chart (1998)Peakposition
References
External links Trophy Night @ MusicBrainz Benched @ MusicBrainz