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Norman Gunston – The Popular Ballad Animal (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1976
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The Popular Ballad Animal is an LP by Norman Gunston from 1976 released on the Lamington label.
About this album
The Popular Ballad Animal is a sharp, good-humoured comedy-pop album that turns Norman Gunston’s deadpan persona into a sly vehicle for satire and musical parody. Released in 1976, it blends spoof, character comedy and pop-rock pastiche, with Gunston skewering media pomposity, celebrity culture and showbiz clichés while treating familiar songs as comic material. The album draws on the outsider charm that made Gunston a distinctive Australian television and stage figure, and its mix of joke writing, character performance and musical send-up captures the irreverent spirit of mid-1970s Australian popular entertainment.
Genre: Non-Music
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A1 Here'S Norman
A2 Delilah
A3 Maltese F.M.
A4 If
A5 Jailhouse Rock
A6 Nepotism
A7 Send In The Clowns
A8 Copyright
A9 Salute To Abba
A10 Norman'S Dreamtime
A11 Piano Man
B1 Vesti La Guibba
B2 Problem
B3 Liza With A Z
B4 Consumer Straightalk
B5 A Little Love And Understanding
B6 Human Determination
B7 Pinball Wizard
B8 Daddy What If?
B9 I (Who Have Nothing)
B10 Epilogue