Sailing Around the World is the twenty-second album released by The Wiggles, initially released in America on June 21st, 2005. The album's tie-in video special was respectively released in America and Australia on July 19th and September 23rd, 2005.
Tracklist[]
- Intro - 0:20
- Sailing Around The World - 2:43
- Intro - 0:14
- Hula, Hula, Hula Nothing Could Be Cooler! - 1:21
- Intro - 0:23
- San Francisco Trolley Car - 1:47
- Intro - 0:21
- Agapame Tin Athena (We Love Athens) - 2:52
- Intro - 0:22
- Elbow To Elbow - 2:16
- Intro - 0:26
- London Town - 1:50
- Intro - 0:24
- Sicily (I Want To Go) - 1:33
- Intro - 0:18
- Here We Go Mexico City! - 2:10
- Intro - 0:21
- Goldfish - 2:32
- Intro - 0:18
- The Pennsylvania Polka - 2:51
- Intro - 0:13
- Roll Out the Barrel (The Beer Barrel Polka) - 2:42
- Intro - 0:12
- Mop Mop - 2:01
- Intro - 0:20
- Brisbane - 1:54
- Intro - 0:18
- Sydney Barcarolle - 2:01
- Goodbye - 0:15
- The Captain's Wavy Walk - 2:49
Personnel[]
The Wiggles are Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field and Greg Page
- Produced by: Anthony Field
- Musical Arrangements: The Wiggles, Dominic Lindsay
- Vocals: Greg Page
- Backing Vocals: The Wiggles
- Guest Vocals: Fernando Moguel, Fernandito Moguel, Julio Moguel
- Manzillas: Craig Abercrombie, Brett Clarke, Ryan Desaulnier, Sam Moran, Paul Paddick, Mark Punch
- Guitars: Anthony Field, John Field, Robin Gist, Fernando Moguel, Mark Punch
- Bass: Murray Cook, Chris Lupton
- Keyboard: Jeff Fatt, Steve Blau, Dominic Lindsay
- Brass: Dominic Lindsay
- Drums: Tony Henry
- Percussion: Dominic Lindsay
- Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at Electric Avenue Studios, Sydney, Australia by Robin Gist
Trivia[]
- This was the first Wiggles album to feature Fernando Moguel Sr as a guitarist.
- This was the last Wiggles album to feature Paul Paddick as a backing vocalist until The Wiggles Go Bananas!.
- This was the last Wiggles album to feature backing vocalist/guitarist Mark Punch, keyboardist Steve Blau, and sound engineer/guitarist Robin Gist as musicians. Blau passed away in August 2004 before the album's release and Gist would still work as an engineer on subsequent Wiggles albums.
- All of the pre-song introduction tracks (except for the one before "Sailing Around The World") are spoken in rhyme.
- "The Pennsylvania Polka" and "Brisbane" were the only songs on the album to not appear in the tie-in video special.
- "Mop Mop" previously debuted during the Santa's Rockin'! Live in Concert tour before the album's release.
Mistakes and Errors[]
- George Tseros was not credited for playing bouzouki on the album.
- Despite the other Wiggles being credited for backing vocals, only Anthony Field was heard speaking in one song, "Agapame Tin Athena (We Love Athens)".
- On the North American digital Spotify release, John Field is not credited for writing "Hula, Hula, Hula Nothing Could Be Cooler!" and "Elbow To Elbow", and Steve Blau is not credited for writing the latter song.
- Robin Gist was not credited for recording, mixing, and mastering the music in the album's liner notes, but is still credited for doing so in the end credits of the tie-in video.