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Odyssey Oceania
Odyssey Oceania
Compilation album by The Neoclassics
Recorded	2026–
Studio	Studio RGB-Newt
Label	Fishal Project Records
Producer	The Fishal Project
The Neoclassics compilation chronology

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Odyssey Oceania is an upcoming set of compilation/tribute albums from The Neoclassics, comprised of covers of nearly 100 songs (including three bonus tracks) where the original artists, bands, and performers have originated from, or are based in, Australia and New Zealand, or the song is about the aforementioned countries, or related to places in them in some way.

Four volumes are set to release, one focusing on covering patriotic and pub rock anthems, another on mostly 2000s pop rock and emotional songs, a third containing covers of alternative and experimental indie tunes, with the final volume being for miscellaenous tracks. While it is the case that these volumes have these themes to them, most of the covers have their genre changed from the original. Truncated versions of each volume are also set to be released on streaming services, due to copyright issues where the rights to some songs could not be secured.

The fourth album in the set contains an original skit titled "She'll Be Roight, Mate" which leads into the second-last bonus track, "Xanadu". In the skit, Neoclassics band members have an "argie bargie" (Australian slang term for "argument") over whether the following track can be considered Australian, due it to just having late British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John as the original artist, and whether preceding tracks were even Australian too. Every argument is shut down with a voice saying the Aussie slang phrase "She'll be right". The final bonus track, "Sydney", is also not lyrically or thematically about the Australian town, but is included in the album in reference to it.

Background

Early title ideas for this album project included Oceanic Golden Nuggetz, Greener Than Gold, and With Love from Sydney. These names were later used for each volume's subtitle, along with famous Aussie chant "Oi Oi Oi!"

Rare songs such as The Monitors' "Singin' in the '80s" were prioritised for selection due to them not having their own Wikipedia article, or only having a couple thousand views or streams on platforms like YouTube and Spotify. It is hoped that this project will bring more ears to the original tracks.

Composition

Production

Album artwork

Release

Reception

Track listing

Notes denote facts about the original songs, not the recordings of the cover versions for this album.

Some streaming services are set to have the volumes further split into parts. Volume 1 has 4 parts and Volumes 2 & 4 have 5 parts (these 3 volumes having 5 tracks in each part, skit not counted, giving the final part to volume 4 an additional track), while Volume 3 has 3 parts (6 tracks in each part).

Volume 1 - "*Oi Oi Oi!*" digital download
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Notes	Length
1.	"Advance Australia Fair"	Peter Dodds McCormick Tommy Tycho	National Anthem of Australia
2.	"I've Been Everywhere"	Geoff Mack
3.	"I Still Call Australia Home"	Peter Allen
4.	"True Blue"	John Williamson
5.	"Give Me a Home Among the Gumtrees"	Wally Johnson Bob Brown
6.	"Waltzing Matilda" (Odyssey Oceania version)	Banjo Paterson Christina MacPherson Thomas Bulch James Barr Robert Tannahill Harry Nathan Marie Cowan	Public Domain / Traditional Music
7.	"Sounds of Then (This Is Australia)"	Mark Callaghan
8.	"Great Southern Land"	Iva Davies
9.	"Rain"	Johanna Pigott Todd Hunter Marc Hunter
10.	"You're the Voice"	Chris Thompson Maggie Ryder Andy Qunta Keith Reid
11.	"Beds Are Burning"	Rob Hirst Jim Moginie Peter Garrett
12.	"Down Under"	Colin Hay Ron Strykert
13.	"It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)"	Angus Young Malcolm Young Bon Scott
14.	"Run to Paradise"	Mark Gable Brad Carr
15.	"Come Anytime"	Dave Faulkner
16.	"That's My Team"	Dave Faulkner
17.	"In the Summertime"	Rai Thistlethwayte
18.	"Amazing"	Alexander Wasiliev
19.	"Absolutely Everybody"	Mark Holden James Roy Ingram Anthony John Hicks
20.	"I Am Australian"	Bruce Woodley Dobe Newton
21.	"Creepin' Up Slowly"	Jason Singh Tim Watson Tim Wild Dow Brain Brad Young
22.	"Shine"	Matthew Gerrard Andy Stochansky
Total length:				0:00

Volume 2 - "*Golden NuggetZ*" digital download
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Great Adventure"	Lindsay Rimes Nick Hardcastle
2.	"I Don't Do Surprises"	Axle Whitehead Robert Conley
3.	"Rain"	Andreas Romdhane Josef Larossi Savan Kotecha
4.	"Whatever Will Be"	Jake Schulze Savan Kotecha Carl Falk
5.	"Someday Soon"	Natalie Bassingthwaighte Paul Barry Alex Smith
6.	"Save the Lies"	Gabriella Cilmi Miranda Cooper Brian Higgins Tim Powell Bob Bradley Saint Etienne
7.	"Innocent Eyes"	Delta Goodrem Vince Pizzinga
8.	"Out of the Blue"	Delta Goodrem Guy Chambers
9.	"Art of Love"	Guy Sebastian Adam Reily
10.	"Feels Like WOAH"	Wesley Dean T. Jay Adam Argyle
11.	"Round the Twist"	Andrew Duffield
12.	"Neighbours Theme"	Tony Hatch Jackie Trent
13.	"Eyes Wide Open"	Wally De Backer
14.	"These Kids"	Joel Turner Tim Turner
15.	"For One Day"	James He Simon Holmes
16.	"Look What You've Done"	Nic Cester
17.	"Colour Day Tours"	Aaron Malcolmson Shaun Gionis Stacey Gray Tim Morrison
18.	"Little Miss Liar"	Wesley Dean Ben Gillies Phil McKellar
19.	"She's Love"	Justin Burford
20.	"Calm Down"	Ella Hooper Jesse Hooper Adam Pedretti Warren Jenkin
21.	"This Heart Attack"	Nathan Hudson
22.	"Foreign Land"	Kavyen Temperley Stuart MacLeod Joel Quartermain Steve Parkin
23.	"Don't Let Me Down"	Kavyen Temperley Stuart MacLeod Joel Quartermain Steve Parkin
24.	"Lanterns"	Ian Berney Ian Kenny Glenn Sarangapany Adam Spark Adam Weston
25.	"Lost and Running"	Jon Coghill John Collins Bernard Fanning Ian Haug Darren Middleton
26.	"Wish You Well"	Bernard Fanning
27.	"Hi-5 Theme"	Helena Harris Chris Harriott
28.	"North South East and West"	Chris Harriott Leone Carey
Total length:			0:00

Volume 3 - "*Greener than Gold*" digital download
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Notes	Length
1.	"Singin' in the '80s"	Mark Moffatt Terry McCarthy
2.	"Computer Games"	Murray Burns Steve Gilpin Kevin Stanton
3.	"Just a Song About Ping Pong"	Operator Please
4.	"Le Bump"	Andrew Stanley Crystal Waters Duncan Maclennan Matt Handley
5.	"Magic"	Kylie Minogue Teemu Brunila Daniel Davidsen Peter Wallevik Michelle Buzz
6.	"Zeus in the Architecture"	Jim Finn Dan McNamee Dan Williams
7.	"Way to Go!"	Jamie Appleby David Isaac
8.	"Revolution"	Chantal Kreviazuk Raine Maida
9.	"Are You the One?"	Julian Hamilton Kim Moyes
10.	"Fire in the Water"	Nicholas Allbrook Jay Watson Joseph Ryan Jamie Terry Kevin Parker
11.	"Couldn’t See Past My Ego"	Jay Watson
12.	"Crumbling Castle"	Stu Mackenzie	Public Domain
13.	"Queen Pinky"	Cal Shortal Ambrose Kenny-Smith
14.	"Wings of Time"	Kevin Parker Nicholas Allbrook
15.	"Let It Happen"	Kevin Parker
16.	"Mind's Eye"	Andrew Stockdale Myles Heskett Chris Ross
17.	"Staple Tape Worms..." (Clean Version)	Swift Cooma Sol Ioannoui Treweeke
18.	"My Happiness"	Jon Coghill John Collins Bernard Fanning Ian Haug Darren Middleton
19.	"All of the Dreamers"	Jon Coghill John Collins Bernard Fanning Ian Haug Darren Middleton
20.	"State of the Art"	Wally de Backer
21.	"Magenta Mountain"	Stu Mackenzie Joseph Walker Ambrose Kenny-Smith
22.	"Neon River"	Jay Watson Nicholas Allbrook
23.	"Like a Fox"	Luke Ferris Michael Godde Spike Rogers Damian Tapley Joshua Murphy
24.	"Working Life"	Luke Ferris Michael Godde Spike Rogers Damian Tapley Joshua Murphy
Total length:				0:00

Volume 4 - "*With Love from Sydney*" digital download
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Apple Crumble"	Dave K. Haddad Oliver Leimbach Louis Leimbach Idris Elba
2.	"Reflections of a Sound"	Daniel Johns
3.	"She Called Up"	Neil Finn
4.	"Six Months in a Leaky Boat"	Tim Finn Neil Finn Noel Crombie Nigel Griggs Eddie Rayner Split Enz
5.	"How Bizarre"	Alan Jansson Pauly Fuemana
6.	"What Was That"	Ella Yelich-O'Connor James Harmon Stack
7.	"Please Don’t Move to Melbourne"	Samuel Cromack
8.	"Big Jet Plane"	Angus Stone Julia Stone
9.	"Geronimo"	Jay Bovino Amy Sheppard George Sheppard
10.	"Boredom"	Pete Kilroy Bill Bingley Pluto Jonze Ross Pearson Tony Garrett
11.	"Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?)"	Anthony Field Greg Page Jeff Fatt Murray Cook
12.	"Buses and Trains"	James Roche
13.	"Opinions Won't Keep You Warm at Night"	Darren Cordeux Joel Vanderuit Karl Ammitzboll Sean Thomas
14.	"Yanada"	Isabella Manfredi Jacinta Tobin Jack Moffitt
15.	"Young Man, Old Man (You Ain't Better Than the Rest)"	Paul Mac Daniel Johns
16.	"Better Off Alone"	Pat Davern Phil Jamieson Scott Russo
17.	"The Last Day on Earth"	Kate Miller-Heidke Keir Nuttall
18.	"Elastic Heart"	Sia Furler Thomas Wesley Pentz Abel Tesfaye Andrew Swanson
19.	"Afterglow"	Andrew Farriss Desmond Child
20.	"Rainbow"	Sia Furler Jesse Shatkin James Vincent Notorleva
21.	"Don't Listen to the Radio"	Craig Nicholls
22.	"What's on Your Radio"	Chris Cheney Andy Strachan
23.	"It's Time" (Bonus Track)	Paul Jones Mike Shirley Pat Aulton
24.	"She'll Be Roight, Mate" (Skit)	NeonWabbit
25.	"Xanadu" (Bonus Track)	Jeff Lynne
26.	"Sydney" (Bonus Track)	Arnaud Vial Charles Delaporte Antoine Toustou Hugues Payen
Total length:			0:00

Personnel

Additional musicians

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog No.
Worldwide	TBA	Fishal Project Records	Volume 1 (Oi Oi Oi!) digital download	NW-S26FPR02_Vol1
	TBA		Volume 2 (Golden NuggetZ) digital download	NW-S26FPR02_Vol2
	TBA		Volume 3 (Greener than Gold) digital download	NW-S26FPR02_Vol3
	TBA		Volume 4 (With Love from Sydney) digital download	NW-S26FPR02_Vol4

References

External links

Self-published

Distributed via Distrokid

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+'''''Odyssey Oceania''''' is an upcoming set of compilation/tribute albums from [[The Neoclassics]], comprised of covers of nearly 100 songs (including three bonus tracks) where the original artists, bands, and performers have originated from, or are based in, Australia and New Zealand, or the song is about the aforementioned countries, or related to places in them in some way.
 Four volumes are set to release, one focusing on covering patriotic and pub rock anthems, another on mostly 2000s pop rock and emotional songs, a third containing covers of alternative and experimental indie tunes, with the final volume being for miscellaenous tracks. While it is the case that these volumes have these themes to them, most of the covers have their genre changed from the original. Truncated versions of each volume are also set to be released on streaming services, due to copyright issues where the rights to some songs could not be secured.
-The fourth album in the set contains an original skit titled "[[She'll Be Roight, Mate]]" which leads into the second-last bonus track, "Xanadu". In the skit, Argie Bees band members have an "argie bargie" (Australian slang term for "argument") over whether the following track can be considered Australian, due it to just having late British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John as the original artist, and whether preceding tracks were even Australian too. Every argument is shut down with a voice saying the Aussie slang phrase "She'll be right". The final bonus track, "Sydney", is also not lyrically or thematically about the Australian town, but is included in the album in reference to it.
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v t e The Neoclassics songs
Discography Videography
Music from The Aussie Goldmine's Original Pitch Pilot EP	"Put Down Your Pickaxe"
The Disappearing OST	"The Squid's Game" "The Great Voltage and His Bunny, Sunny" "Voltereier Makes His Long Staff Rod Vanish Before Your Very Eyes" "A Bump of the Lamp" "Closing Curtains"
The Thirst Tides	"Adrift at Sea" "Flying Free" (The Thirst Tides album version) "Seagulls" "Seabreeze" "Chromatic Currents" "Lighthouse, Darkhouse" "Serene's Serenade" "In Waves" "Re-Surfacing" "Endless Ocean" "The First Tides" "Skipping Stones" "Neon Rain" "Drifting Ashore" "What's in the Bottle?"
The Thirst B-Sides	"Anchored at Bay" "Ibis Business" "Seals Pretending To Be Mermaids" "the grey inbetween" "Serpent Seamonster" "Drowning" "Clear Skies" "A Message Unsent" "A Thirst Quenched"
2... 2!	"To Too" "Double Take" (Take 2) "In Duet" "Twice Upon a Time" "Into the Bifocal Lens" "Three's a Crowd" "Parallel Lines" "Second Wind" "Echoes (Echoes)" "Pair-a-dise" "Fork in the Road" "Repeat" "Doppelgänger in a Mirror World" "The Dynamic Duo" "The Second Tides" "Repeat (Reprise)"
Farewell Stairwell	Farewell Stairwell
Other songs	"Really Neat!" "Accordio Nyah" "Where Is Clover?"
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