Ringside (Cold Chisel album) explained

Ringside is a live album released by Cold Chisel in 2003. Recorded over 4 nights in June 2003,^[1] it peaked at number 27 in 2003^[2] and peaked at number 16 following its vinyl release on 12 November 2021.^[3]

Album details

The album contains two Steve Prestwich songs ("Lovelight", "All I Wanna Do") not released on any other Cold Chisel album, and "Fallen Angel", which was recorded by the band during sessions for The Last Wave of Summer but did not appear on the album, and later appeared on a solo Don Walker album. These were the first Cold Chisel songs to feature Prestwich and Walker on lead vocals.

Ringside features covers of Johnny Cash's "Big River", the standard "Cry Me a River", and Dragon's "Sunshine", written by Walker's friend Paul Hewson.

The concert was an attempt to feature the band, "performing in a smaller, intimate environment," and often, "in an acoustic format."^[4] Inspired by Elvis Presley's 1968 comeback special, there was a 360 degree view of the rotating stage, with the furthest seats from the stage being within 30 metres.^[5]

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "Home And Broken Hearted" – 4:14
2. "The Things I Love in You" – 3:06
3. "Cheap Wine" – 3:45
4. "Rosaline" – 6:19
5. "Breakfast at Sweethearts" – 3:59
6. "My Baby" – 4:13
7. "Houndog" – 4:59
8. "Plaza" – 2:48
9. "Fallen Angel" – 4:55
10. "Shipping Steel" – 4:13
11. "The Last Wave of Summer" – 5:49
12. "Pretty Little Thing" – 3:18
13. "Merry Go Round" – 4:25
14. "Forever Now" – 5:32
15. "Khe Sanh" – 4:47

Disc 2

1. "Cry Me a River" – 3:46
2. "Four Walls" – 3:08
3. "Lovelight" – 3:33
4. "When the War is Over" – 6:00
5. "All I Wanna Do (Steve Vocal)" – 3:26
6. "Big River" – 2:43
7. "Painted Doll" – 2:34
8. "Saturday Night" – 5:42
9. "You Got Nothing I Want" – 3:12
10. "Rising Sun" – 3:26
11. "Flame Trees" – 4:38
12. "Bow River" – 7:12
13. "Water Into Wine" – 4:46
14. "F-111" – 3:36
15. "Sunshine" – 5:46
16. "Goodbye (Astrid Goodbye)" – 4:34
17. "All I Wanna Do (Jimmy Vocal)" – 3:34

Notes and References

1. Web site: coldchisel.com. Ringside . 5 August 2012.
2. Web site: australian-charts.com. Cold Chisel - Ringside . 5 August 2012.
3. Web site: Cold Chisel to Release Ringside of Vinyl. noise11. 7 October 2021. 9 October 2021.
4. Book: Michael Lawrence . Cold Chisel: Wild Colonial Boys. 2012. 275 . Melbourne Books . Melbourne, Victoria. 9781877096174.
5. News: Sydney Morning Herald. Cheap whine for another rock around the block . 5 August 2012. 7 April 2003.
6. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. 6 December 2021. 3 December 2021.