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| Released | 23 October 1989 (1989-10-23) | |||
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Great Southern Land is the first compilation album by Australian rock/synthpop band Icehouse, released by Chrysalis Records / Regular Records in October 1989. It peaked at No. 2 on the Australian albums charts, and contained two new singles "Touch the Fire", which peaked at No. 13 on the singles chart, and "Jimmy Dean", which peaked at No. 47.[1] Several different versions of this album exist; the Regular Records release for Australian / New Zealand markets was as a 16 track double vinyl LP, twin music cassetteorCD; Chrysalis Records US versions were as 10 track LP / music cassette or 11 track CD release with a different track order; Chrysalis Records UK versions had 12 tracks (some not included on original Australian release); and a video version of 15 tracks was released in VHS PAL format.[2][3]
All tracks are written by Iva Davies, except where noted
| No. | Title | Album | Length |
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| 1. | "Touch the Fire" | Icehouse | 3:50 |
| 2. | "Can't Help Myself" | Icehouse | 3:43 |
| 3. | "Hey Little Girl" | Primitive Man | 4:23 |
| 4. | "Great Southern Land" | Primitive Man | 5:22 |
| 5. | "Paradise" | Measure for Measure | 4:45 |
| 6. | "Sister" (Davies, Michael Hoste) | Icehouse | 3:24 |
| 7. | "No Promises" (Davies, Robert Kretschmer) | Measure for Measure | 4:42 |
| 8. | "Jimmy Dean" (Davies, Kretschmer) | Man of Colours | 4:02 |
| 9. | "Cross the Border" (Davies, Kretschmer) | Measure for Measure | 3:57 |
| 10. | "Street Cafe" | Primitive Man | 4:12 |
| 11. | "Love in Motion" | Standalone Single | 3:41 |
| 12. | "Walls" | Icehouse | 4:23 |
| 13. | "Baby, You're So Strange" (Davies, Kretschmer) | Measure for Measure | 4:00 |
| 14. | "We Can Get Together" | Icehouse | 3:48 |
| 15. | "Mr. Big" (Davies, Kretschmer) | Measure for Measure | 3:47 |
| 16. | "Don't Believe Anymore" | Sidewalk | 5:16 |
| No. | Title | Album | Length |
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| 1. | "Touch the Fire" | Icehouse | 3:45 |
| 2. | "Jimmy Dean" (Davies, Kretschmer) | Man of Colours | 4:02 |
| 3. | "Hey Little Girl" | Primitive Man | 4:21 |
| 4. | "Can't Help Myself" | Icehouse | 3:40 |
| 5. | "Great Southern Land" | Primitive Man | 5:20 |
| 6. | "Sister" (Davies, Michael Hoste) | Icehouse | 3:24 |
| 7. | "Cross the Border" (Davies, Kretschmer) | Measure for Measure | 3:57 |
| 8. | "We Can Get Together" | Icehouse | 3:48 |
| 9. | "Street Cafe" | Primitive Man | 4:12 |
| 10. | "Don't Believe Anymore" | Sidewalk | 5:16 |
| 11. | "No Promises (12" Dance Mix)" (Davies, Robert Kretschmer) | Measure for Measure | 8:48 |
| No. | Title | Album | Length |
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| 1. | "Touch the Fire" | Icehouse | 3:45 |
| 2. | "Jimmy Dean" (Davies, Kretschmer) | Man of Colours | 4:02 |
| 3. | "Hey Little Girl" | Primitive Man | 4:21 |
| 4. | "Great Southern Land" | Primitive Man | 5:20 |
| 5. | "Electric Blue" (Davies, John Oates) | Man of Colours | 4:21 |
| 6. | "Crazy" (Davies, Robert Kretschmer, Andy Qunta) | Man of Colours | 3:24 |
| 7. | "Cross the Border" (Davies, Kretschmer) | Measure for Measure | 3:57 |
| 8. | "Street Cafe" | Primitive Man | 4:12 |
| 9. | "Don't Believe Anymore" | Sidewalk | 5:16 |
| 10. | "No Promises (12" Dance Mix)" (Davies, Robert Kretschmer) | Measure for Measure | 8:48 |
| 11. | "Sister" (Davies, Michael Hoste) | Icehouse | 3:24 |
| 12. | "Icehouse" | Icehouse | 4:10 |
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| Chart (1989/90) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] | 2 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5] | 5 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[6] | 2× Platinum | 140,000^ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[7] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
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