Terra Firma (Tommy Emmanuel and Phil Emmanuel album)

Terra Firma
Studio album by
Phil Emmanuel and Tommy Emmanuel
ReleasedFebruary 1995
Genre
LabelColumbia
Tommy Emmanuel chronology
Initiation
(1995) 		Terra Firma
(1995) 		Classical Gas
(1996)

Terra Firma is an album by Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel with his brother Phil[1] that was released in February 1995 and peaked at No. 12 on the ARIA Albums Chart in Australia.[2] The song "(Back on the) Terra Firma" reached No. 45 on the ARIA Singles Chart.[2]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1995, the album was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album but lost to Brood by My Friend the Chocolate Cake.[3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."(Back on the) Terra Firma[4]"John Jorgenson5:20
2."Love Gone West"Phil Emmanuel, Tommy Emmanuel4:06
3."Nashville Express"Peter Posa2:51
4."Rondo Ala Turka"Dave Brubeck2:42
5."Theme from "Missing""Vangelis3:39
6."Happy Go Lucky Guitar"Buck Owens2:36
7."Bendin' It"Phil Emmanuel3:53
8."Optimism Part One"James Roche0:28
9."Shindig"Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch2:08
10."Town Hall Shuffle"Joe Maphis2:26
11."Last Post"Traditional2:10
12."Ashokan Farewell"Jay Ungar3:26
13."Rise and Shine"Tommy Emmanuel3:40
14."Optimism Part Two"Roche1:23
15."The Shaker"Tommy Emmanuel3:21
16."AC/DC Medley: Riff Raff/Let There Be Rock" 6:02

Personnel

  • Tommy Emmanuel – guitar
  • Phil Emmanuel – guitar
  • Joe Chindamo – accordion
  • Broderick Smith – harmonica
  • Rob Little – bass guitar
  • Kevin Murphy – drums[1]

Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] 12

References

  1. ^ a b "Andrián Pertout speaks with Tommy about the Emmanuel brothers' recording debut with the album 'Terra Firma'". Mixdown Monthly. No. 13. 26 April 1995. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Australiancharts.com – Phil & Tommy Emmanuel – Terra Firma". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Winners by Year 1995". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  4. ^ "TERRA FIRMA (WITH PHIL EMMANUEL)". Tommy Emmanuel. Retrieved 2 October 2020.