In 2014, Smudge celebrated the 20th anniversary of their debut album, Manilow. A remastered vinyl release coincided with an Australian tour and plans were hatched for a very special 21st birthday present for Manilow.
Tom, Gal and Adam asked their friends if they would like to cover their favourite track from Manilow, and fortunately, a whole bunch of them said "Yes please."
So here you have it! The Manilow Tribute album. We're just a little bit thrilled and honoured.
- MANILOW - UNDEAD APES
- INGROWN - SEJA
- IMPRACTICAL JOKE - TWO AM I (Tim Rogers and Davey Lane)
- SUPERHERO - SLEEPY
- FUNNY YOU SHOULD MENTION THAT - BEN MASON
- BODYSHIRT - SIMON HOLMES AND ALANNAH RUSSACK (ex-Hummingbirds)
- DOWN ABOUT IT - LOU BARLOW
- LITTLE HELP - LITTLE LOVERS
- DESMOND - YOUTH GROUP
- SCARY CASSETTES - NIC DALTON AND THE GLOOMCHASERS
- MR COFFEE MAN - UNDEAD APES
- PULP - SKYLAR GUDASZ
- DAVE THE TALKING BEAR - SAM SHINAZZI
- UGLY JUST LIKE ME - BABAGANOUJ
- DIVAN - COURTNEY BARNETT
- NOT HERE FOR A HAIRCUT - EVAN DANDO
- DON’T UNDERSTAND - LETICIA NISCHANG AND MARYANNE WINDOW
- HELL ON HOT BREAD - RATCAT
- TOP BUNKIN’ DUNCAN - UNDEAD APES
The Manilow Tribute album will be pressed in a one-off vinyl edition available worldwide and made available digitally on
bandcamp.
Manilow Tribute Tour Dates
December
Friday 11 - Northcote Social Club, Melbourne with Ben Mason and special guests TBA
GET TIX HERE
Saturday 12 - Newtown Social Club, Sydney with Sam Shinazzi and special guests TBA
GET TIX HERE