Bill Lawry... This Is Your Life

Bill Lawry... This is Your Life
Studio album by
The Twelfth Man
Released7 December 1997
RecordedThe Loft, Mittagong,
November 1997
GenreSpoken word, comedy
Length49:43
LabelEMI Music
ProducerBilly Birmingham, David Froggatt
The Twelfth Man chronology
Wired World of Sports II
(1994) 		Bill Lawry... This is Your Life
(1997) 		The Final Dig?
(2001)

Bill Lawry... This is Your Life is the fifth album released by The Twelfth Man. Released on 7 December 1997, it reached number one on the ARIA Album Charts for two weeks. The album contains special guest vocals from Jimmy Barnes, John Farnham, and Merv Hughes.[1]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1998, the album was nominated for Best Comedy Release losing to Paul McDermott's Unplugged Good News Week Tapes: Volume 1.[2]

Plot

An episode of This Is Your Life is aired about Bill Lawry, with many of Bill's friends and rivals making appearances. There is a running gag throughout that Richie is none too impressed by Bill receiving an episode of This Is Your Life before him and not inviting him to a party in the city. Another running gag is Bill Lawry repeatedly calling host Mike Munro, Matt Munro.

Track listing

CD (4934352)

  1. "What's on the Box" – 1:11
  2. "Bill's Surprise" – 3:32
  3. ""..You Were Born..." / The Doctor / The School Master" – 8:29
  4. "Blind Love / The Wife / The Pigeons / The School Chum / Ratings-winning Guest #1" – 7:59
  5. "Bill's Early Careers / Richie / 'The Don' / Ratings-winning Guest #2" – 8:25
  6. "Peter Pollock / The Nawab / Geoff Boycott / The Fan Club" – 7:40
  7. "Bill Hangs Up His Boots / Chappelli And Maxy / Tony / The Hero" – 12:27

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1997/98) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[4] 27

Year-end charts

Chart (1997) Position
Australian (ARIA Charts)[5] 17
Australian artist (ARIA Charts) 7

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[6] 3× Platinum 210,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bill Lawry... This Is Your Life". Discogs. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. ^ "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1998: 12th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Australiancharts.com – 12TH MAN – BILLY LAWRY... THIS IS YOUR LIFE". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Charts.nz – 12TH MAN – BILLY LAWRY... THIS IS YOUR LIFE". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  5. ^ "1997 ARIA ALBUMS CHART". ARIA. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  6. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.



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