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Human Frailty Pty Ltd
2001 - 2011

 

Natural Selection / Greatest Hits

 

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Summary

 

Natural Selection

Information: An all inclusive Hunters and Collectors studio 'best of', spanning their entire back catalogue and released by Liberation Records in 2003. Released in one CD, DVD and limited edition two CD formats.

Released In: [Australia / NZ].

Release Date: 2 CD: 13 October 2003. 1 CD: 19 April 2004. DVD: 24 November 2003.

Australian Chart Position: CD: 40 (ARIA). DVD: [Did Not Enter].

Availability: Extremely common. Available new in CD, DVD and digital forms.

Value: A$15-A$36.

Front Cover:

Natural Selection Back Cover:

Unnatural Selection Back Cover:

Natural Selection CD:

Unnatural Selection CD:

DVD Front Cover:

DVD:

 

Greatest Hits

Information: Reissue of 2004 Natural Selection CD and 2003 Natural Selection DVD in a two disc pack.

Released In: [Australia / NZ].

Release Date: 21 October 2011.

Australian Chart Position: [Did Not Enter].

Availability: Moderately common. Available new in CD/DVD and digital forms.

Value: A$15-A$30.

Front Cover:

 

Track Listing(s)

Legend:

Highly recommended track.
Commercial single.
Promotional single.

 

Version: Liberation Records Australian one CD album.

Natural Selection. Total CD album length: 66 minutes, 23 seconds.

Natural Selection. ReplayGain loudness: -10.02dB (2003).

01. Talking To A Stranger

02. Carry Me

03. The Slab

04. Say Goodbye

05. Everything's On Fire

06. Is There Anybody In There?

07. Back On The Breadline

08. Do You See What I See?

09. When The River Runs Dry

10. Blind Eye

11. True Tears Of Joy

12. Where Do You Go?

13. Back In The Hole

14. Holy Grail

15. Throw Your Arms Around Me (live)

 

 

Version: Liberation Records Australian two CD album.

Natural Selection. CD 1 album length: 66 minutes, 23 seconds. See above.

Unnatural Selection. CD 2 album length: 74 minutes, 46 seconds.

Unnatural Selection. ReplayGain loudness: -9.16dB (2003).

01. The Finger

02. Skin Of Our Teeth

03. World Of Stone

04. Little Chalkie (live)

05. Towtruck

06. I Couldn't Give It To You

07. What's A Few Men?

08. Stuck On You

09. This Morning

10. Dog

11. January Rain

12. The One and Only You

13. Hear No Evil

14. Debris

15. Wasted In The Sun

16. True Believers

 

 

Version: Liberation Records/Warner Vision Australian DVD video (all region, PAL).

DVD Audio: LPCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 2.0.

Video length: 104 minutes, 0 seconds.

ReplayGain loudness: -7.14dB (LPCM 2.0 2008).

01. Talking To A Stranger

02. Lumps Of Lead

03. Judas Sheep

04. The Slab

05. Carry Me (live)

06. Say Goodbye

07. Throw Your Arms Around Me (1986)

08. Everything's On Fire

09. Is There Anybody In There?

10. Do You See What I See?

11. Still Hanging 'Round

12. Back On The Breadline

13. When The River Runs Dry

14. Blind Eye

15. The Way You Live

16. Throw Your Arms Around Me (1990)

17. Where Do You Go?

18. Head Above Water

19. We The People

20. True Tears Of Joy

21. Holy Grail

22. Easy

23. Panic In The Shade

24. Back In The Hole

25. Debris

 

 

Version: Liberation Records Australian CD and DVD (all region, PAL) album.

Greatest Hits. CD album length: 66 minutes, 23 seconds. See above.

Greatest Hits. DVD length: 104 minutes, 0 seconds.

DVD Audio: LPCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 2.0.

 

Original studio source of the songs on these compilation albums:

World Of Stone EP (attached to "Hunters And Collectors" CD's) contains:

   World Of Stone

Hunters And Collectors contains:

   Talking To A Stranger

   Skin Of Our Teeth

Payload EP (attached to "The Jaws Of Life" CD's) contains:

   Towtruck

   Lumps Of Lead

The Fireman's Curse contains:

   Judas Sheep

The Jaws Of Life contains:

   Carry Me

   The Slab

   Chalkie

   I Couldn't Give It To You

Human Frailty contains:

   Say Goodbye

   Everything's On Fire

   Is There Anybody In There?

   Throw Your Arms Around Me

   The Finger

   Stuck On You

   This Morning

   Dog

Living Daylight EP (attached to most "Human Frailty" CD's) contains:

   January Rain

Fate / What's A Few Men? contains:

   Back On The Breadline

   Do You See What I See?

   Still Hanging 'Round

   What's A Few Men?

Ghost Nation contains:

   When The River Runs Dry

   Blind Eye

   The Way You Live

Cut contains:

   True Tears Of Joy

   Where Do You Go?

   Holy Grail

   Hear No Evil

   Head Above Water

   We The People

Demon Flower contains:

   Easy

   Panic In The Shade

   Back In The Hole

   The One and Only You

Juggernaut contains:

   Wasted In The Sun

   True Believers

Mutations contains:

   Debris (originally on the Drop In The Ocean single)

 

Click here to see comments from True Believers on the making of the "Natural Selection" compilation.

 

Review

Note: The Natural Selection DVD in the Horn of Plenty box set is remastered. All other versions are not remastered.

Below is the official blurb from Liberation Records on the limited edition 2 CD release:

The only Hunters & Collectors studio compilation that covers their entire career.

Pure power has a name - Hunters & Collectors. The most powerful band in Australian history return with Natural Selection, an all new Greatest Hits set that comprehensively covers their remarkable 15 year career for the very first time. From the avant garde rumblings of Talking To A Stranger and The Slab to the pop heights of Holy Grail and When The River Runs Dry, the matchless Hunters & Collectors will always remain in a league of their own.

Natural Selection comes with a limited edition bonus disc of essential Hunters tracks that weren't singles. Not to be confused with a disc of B sides and obscurities, the accompanying CD Unnatural Selection brings together 16 Hunters favourites, including their remarkable version of The Small Faces' 'Debris', one of the few covers in their incredible body of work. Digitally remastered and with all new liner notes by Mark Seymour, Natural Selection belongs in the home of every fan of Australian music.

 

 

Liner Notes

[Two CD version]

Click here to read Mark Seymour's liner notes (including commentary on every song).

Disc 01
Tracks 1-15 Lyrics: Mark Seymour, Music: Hunters and Collectors.

Disc 02
Tracks 1-16 Lyrics: Mark Seymour, Music: Hunters and Collectors except Track 8 Written by: Ian Rilen / Stephanie Rilen and Track 14 Written by: Ronnie Lane.

All tracks published by Human Frailty / Mushroom Music Publishing except Disc Two, Track 8 by EMI Publishing and Disc Two, Track 14 by Warner Chappell Music Australia. All tracks exclusively licensed to Liberation Music for Australian and New Zealand.

Thanks to all in the extended tribe.

Hunters & Collectors final lineup:
John Archer - bass; Doug Falconer - drums; Jack Howard - trumpet, keys; Robert Miles - live sound, art; Barry Palmer - guitar; Mark Seymour - singer, guitar, lyrics; Jeremy Smith - french horn, keys, guitar; Michael Waters - trombone, keys.
Former members: Geoff Crosby, Martin Lubran, Greg Perano, Ray Tosti.

Management: Michael Roberts, Loud & Clear Management.
P.O. Box 276 Albert Park, Victoria, 3206, Australia / loud@zip.com.au

Thanks to Stuart Fenech (a true believer) for website curatorship and jogging our memories and to Craig Tigwell for relentless conceptual suggestions.

Links: www.liberation.com.au (good to be back with the firm), www.humanfrailty.com

Cover art by Rob, with layout by Sam Hickey, Amorphous9.

 

Liberation Blue
(P) and (C) 2003 Human Frailty Pty. Ltd. (This Compilation). Blue034.5.
Exclusively licensed to Liberation Records for Australian and New Zealand.
www.liberation.com.au www.humanfrailty.com

 

[DVD Version]

Tracks 1-24 Lyrics: Mark Seymour. Music: Hunters and Collectors. Track 25 Ronnie Lane.

All tracks published by Human Frailty / Mushroom Music Publishing except Track 25, published by Warner Chappell Music Australia. All tracks exclusively licensed to Liberation Music for Australia and New Zealand.

Track 25 - "Debris" clip directed by Matthew Hancock, 2003.

Hunters & Collectors final lineup:
John Archer - bass; Doug Falconer - drums; Jack Howard - trumpet, keys; Robert Miles - live sound, art; Barry Palmer - guitar; Mark Seymour - singer, guitar, lyrics; Jeremy Smith - french horn, keys, guitar; Michael Waters - trombone, keys.
Former members: Geoff Crosby, Martin Lubran, Greg Perano, Ray Tosti.

Thanks to all in the extended tribe.

Management: Michael Roberts, Loud & Clear Management.
P.O. Box 276 Albert Park, Victoria, 3206, Australia / loud@zip.com.au

Thanks to Stuart Fenech (a true believer) and Caelie Kairos for website curatorship and jogging our memories and to Craig Tigwell for relentless conceptual suggestions.

Links: www.liberation.com.au (good to be back with the firm), www.humanfrailty.com

Cover art by Rob, with layout by Sam Hickey, Amorphous9.

Region Code: 1/2/3/4/5/6, Audio Format: 2.0 Stereo PCM & 2.0 Dolby Digital.

Disc Format: Dual Layer DVD-9, Duration: 104min.

(P) and (C) 2003 Human Frailty Pty Ltd (This Compilation). LIBDVD1007.
Exclusively licences to Liberation Music for Australia and New Zealand.
www.liberation.com.au www.humanfrailty.com

Exempt from classification. Liberation Music DVD. Warner Vision Australia.