01 Profile
Kim Salmon is an Australian guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer whose work runs from Perth punk through swamp rock, noise and experimental solo recordings. He founded the Cheap Nasties, led The Scientists and went on to the Beasts of Bourbon , Kim Salmon and the Surrealists, Antenna, the Darling Downs and a succession of collaborative projects.
This page follows his principal original albums across those projects.
Instruments: vocals, guitar, banjo, zither, jaw harp and percussion.
Active: 1976–present · Origin: Perth, Western Australia.
Recorded work
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01Hit Me with the Surreal Feel
02Just Because You Can't See It... Doesn't Mean It Isn't There...
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Produced by Kim Salmon and the Surrealists.
03Essence
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Produced by Kim Salmon and the Surrealists, with Rob Grant credited as co-producer.
04Sin Factory
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Produced by Tony Cohen.
05Hookline and Singer
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Originally released as a live cassette in 1994 and reissued on vinyl in 2018.
06Hey Believer
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Produced by Kim Salmon and Phillip McKellar.
07Kim Salmon & the Surrealists
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Produced by Tony Cohen.
08Ya Gotta Let Me Do My Thing
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Produced by Jim Dickinson and Kim Salmon.
09Installation
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Produced by Antenna.
10Record
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Produced by Kim Salmon, co-produced by Andy Baldwin, with Dave Faulkner as executive producer.
11E(a)rnest
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Produced by David McCluney.
12Wall / Paper
13How Can I Forget This Heart of Mine?
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Produced by Kim Salmon.
14From One to Another
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Produced by Kim Salmon, with production assistance from Ron S. Peno, Dave Graney and Clare Moore.
15Rock Formations
16Grand Unifying Theory
17Runaways
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Executive-produced by Adrian Akkerman, who also recorded, mixed and mastered the album.
18In the Days When the World Was Wide
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Produced by Kim Salmon, Ron S. Peno and Andrew Hehir.
19My Script
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Produced and mixed by Myles Mumford.
20Live at Tym Guitars
21Rantings from the Book of Swamp
22Self Replicator / Everybody's Out of Town
23Totally Sick!!
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Produced by Kim Salmon and Roger Bergodaz, assisted by Michael Stranges.
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