Great Southern Land is the first compilation album by Australianrock/synthpop bandIcehouse, released byChrysalis Records /Regular Records in October 1989. It peaked at No. 2 on the Australian albums charts, and contained two new singles "Touch the Fire", which peaked at No. 13 on the singles chart, and "Jimmy Dean", which peaked at No. 47.[1] Several different versions of this album exist; the Regular Records release for Australian / New Zealand markets was as a 16 track double vinylLP, twinmusic cassette orCD; Chrysalis Records US versions were as 10 track LP / music cassette or 11 track CD release with a different track order; Chrysalis Records UK versions had 12 tracks (some not included on original Australian release); and a video version of 15 tracks was released inVHSPAL format.[2][3]