Toffee Apple

1987 studio album by Peter Combe

Toffee Apple

Studio album by

Peter Combe

Released

12 June 1987

Recorded

1986

Studio

Axent Studios, Sydney

Genre

Children's music

Label

ABC Music

Producer

Peter Combe

Peter Combe chronology

Spaghetti Bolognaise
(1985)

Toffee Apple
(1987)

Newspaper Mama
(1988)

Toffee Apple is the fourth studio album by Australian musical artist, Peter Combe. It was released in June 1987 and peaked at number 86 on the Kent Music Report and was certified platinum in Australia in December 1989.^[1]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1988, the album won the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album.^[2]

Track listing

Side A

"Juicy Juicy Green Grass (A Sheep's Lament)"
"Moon Moon"
"The Silly Postman"
"Cats"
"Toffee Apple"
"Red Balloon"
"Standing on a Bus"
"Little Caterpillar"
"The Walking Song"
"Green Green Green"
"Baghdad"

Side B

"Tadpole Blues"
"I Have"
"Dr. McKew"
"Jeffrey Hill"
"Jack and the Beanstalk"
"Why Don't We"
"Sweet Dreams and Teddy Bears"
"Take a Bath"
"That's The Way I Like It"
"Lullaby (for Tom)"

All songs composed, arranged and produced by Peter Combe.

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)^[3]	86

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[1]	Platinum	70,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Edition(s)	Label	Catalogue
Australia	June 1987	LP CD cassette	Standard	ABC Records	L27206 / C27206
Australia	1988	Gatefold LP	Re-release	ABC Records	836037-1

Personnel

Peter Combe - lead vocals, guitar

Additional musicians

Children From Sutherland Christian School, Sydney - backing vocals
Ross McGregor - piano, synthesizer
Doug Charleston - bass guitar
Graham Cox - guitar
John Grant - guitar
Michael Fix - guitar
Merv Dick - drums
Sean Gilroy - fiddle
Matt Tone - mandolin

References

^ ^a ^b "Toffee Apple (1987)". petercombe. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
^ "1988 ARIA Award winners". ARIA Awards. 1988. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 71. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.