The album is notable for its theme; narrating the lives of passengers on board a Melbourne tram, navigating the Route 86, from Bundoora to Docklands via Northcote, Collingwood and through the Melbourne CBD.
tram | Hot Country Songs | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | Tram | Complete list of downloadable songs for the Rock Band series | Song of Songs | Hot Dance Club Songs | Songs of Praise | Hot Latin Songs | 45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records | The Songs of Distant Earth | Songs of Innocence and of Experience | Songs from the Last Century | Songs from the Labyrinth | Slave Songs of the United States | More Songs About Buildings and Food | Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs | If It Ain't Love and Other Great Dallas Frazier Songs | Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666 | Fake Songs | Double-decker tram | Deserter's Songs | Body of War: Songs that Inspired an Iraq War Veteran | Behind the Velvet Curtain: Songs from the Motion Picture Redbelt | Australian Rail Tram and Bus Industry Union | York Place tram stop | Tropical Songs | Tram et bus de la CUB | Toby the Tram Engine | The Songs of Distant Earth (album) |
In 2010 Melbourne-based musical comedian The Bedroom Philosopher released an album Songs from the 86 Tram inspired by the tram route as well as an award-winning comedy show of the same name.