The Essential is a greatest hits album released by GANGgajang in 1996. It features all the tracks from their 1985 self-titled debut and several songs from their other albums.
Track listing
All songs written by Mark Callaghan unless otherwise indicated.
"Sounds of Then (This is Australia)" – 3:56
"Gimme Some Lovin" (Callaghan, Graham Bidstrup) – 2:47
"Hundreds Of Languages" (Callaghan, Robert James) – 3:36
"Ordinary World" (Bidstrup, Callaghan, James) – 3:54
"Giver of Life" (Geoffrey Stapleton, Chris Bailey, Callaghan, Bidstrup, Kayellen Bidstrup aka Kay Bee) – 3:40
"Distraction" – 3:20
"Talk to Me" – 4:02
"Initiation" (Callaghan, Bidstrup) – 3:28
"Maybe I" (Bidstrup, Callaghan) – 3:35
"American Money" (Stapleton) – 3:43
"Ambulance Men" – 3:24
"Tree of Love" – 4:18
"House of Cards" – 2:48
"To the North" (Bidstrup, Callaghan) – 2:47
"Initiation (Mad Wax Mix)" (Callaghan, Bidstrup) – 3:29
"Sounds of Then (Mad Wax Mix)" – 3:24
"The Bigger They Are" – 3:29
"Luck of the Irish" – 3:46
"Shadow of Your Love" (Bidstrup, Callaghan) – 3:07