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“He'll Never be an 'Ol Man River” by TISM
From the album Machiavelli and the Four Seasons (1995)
“He'll Never be an 'Ol Man River” by TISM appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1995. It was first released in 1995 on the album Machiavelli and the Four Seasons. Its best result is #9 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #125 alternative song of 1995.
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"He'll Never be an 'Ol Man River" comes off Machiavelli and the Four Seasons, the third studio album by the Australian group TISM, short for This Is Serious Mum, released in May 1995. The band produced it themselves, with Laurence Maddy recording, engineering and mixing, and the writing credit is split five ways between Eugene Paul Mark Cester, Damian Cowell, John Angus Holt, Peter Minack and James Desmond Paull.
The record had a bumpy birth. TISM spent 1992 and 1993 chasing a hard rock sound, then shared the Big Day Out with Soundgarden in early 1994 and decided they wanted nothing to do with grunge. They scrapped those sessions, started over with demos in a techno-tinged alternative dance style, and cut the finished album at Platinum Studios that September.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 9 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995 | 100 |
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