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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Notes From A Ceiling
| type = [[Album]]
| artist = [[The Mess Hall]]
| cover = Notes from ceiling ac.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|df=y|2005|6|20}}
| recorded = [[Byron Bay, New South Wales|Byron Bay]]
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Indie rock]]
| length = 43:36
| label = [[Shock Records|Shock]]
| producer = [[Matt Lovell]] <br /> [[Chris Joannou]]
| prev_title = [[Feeling Sideways]]
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = [[Devils Elbow]]
| next_year = 2007
}}

'''''Notes from a Ceiling''''' is the second album from the Australian two-piece rock band [[The Mess Hall]], which was issued on 20 June 2005. It peaked at No. 8 on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Hitseekers Albums Chart]].<ref name="ARIA Report 801">{{cite journal | date = 4 July 2005 | archiveurl = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050719140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20050720-0000/issue801.pdf | title = Week Commencing ~ 4th July 2005 ~ Issue #801 | last = Thomas | first = Tara | work = The ARIA Report | format = PDF | publisher = [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) | issue = 801 | page = 19 | url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/issue801.pdf | archivedate = 19 July 2005 | accessdate = 10 April 2018 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
It won an [[ARIA Music Awards of 2005|ARIA Music Award]] for [[ARIA Award for Engineer of the Year|Engineer of the Year]] for [[Matt Lovell]], and a nomination for [[ARIA Award for Producer of the Year|Producer of the Year]] for [[Chris Joannou]] and the group.<ref name="ARIA2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2005|title=ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2005: 19th Annual ARIA Awards|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|accessdate=10 April 2018}}</ref> It was short-listed for the inaugural Australian Music Prize<ref>{{cite web | year = 2005 | url = http://melbourne.citysearch.com.au/profile?id=26796 | title = The Mess Hall | publisher = melbourne citysearch | accessdate = 2006-06-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051126132852/http://melbourne.citysearch.com.au/profile?id=26796 | archive-date = 26 November 2005 | url-status = dead }}</ref> and was included in both [[Triple J]] and [[Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone's]] [[Top 50]]<ref>{{cite web | year = 2005 | url = http://www.mushroommusic.com/songwriters/songwriter.asp?id=513 | title = SONGWRITERS: Mess Hall, The | publisher = Mushroom Music | accessdate = 2006-05-31 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060404191725/http://www.mushroommusic.com/songwriters/songwriter.asp?id=513 | archivedate = 2006-04-04 }}</ref> of 2005.

According to [[Jed Kurzel]] ([[vocals|vocalist]]/[[guitar]]ist), the only recollection he has of recording the [[album]] is that [[Cec Condon]] ([[drummer]]/[[Singing|vocals]]) nearly set fire to the studio whilst barbecuing, and that while suffering [[Vertigo (medical)|vertigo]], the attending doctor was more interested in whether the band were touring on the next [[Big Day Out]] than attending to his illness.<ref>{{cite web | year = 2005 | url = http://www.amo.org.au/release.asp?id=7336 | title = Notes From A Ceiling | publisher = Australian Music Online | accessdate = 2006-05-31 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060909135451/http://www.amo.org.au/release.asp?id=7336  |archivedate = 2006-09-09}}</ref>
In early 2004, ''Kurzel'' lived somewhat of a nomadic lifestyle. Having moved house once, he kept moving from friend's place to friend's place. His main memory of that year is "staring up at different ceilings, wondering what the hell I was doing" <ref>{{cite web | year = 2005 | url = http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/360/a-features.shtml | title = The Mess Hall | publisher = Dbmagazing | accessdate = 2006-05-31 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060827060647/http://dbmagazine.com.au/360/a-features.shtml | archive-date = 27 August 2006 | url-status = usurped }}</ref> which is how the album title came about.

==Track listing==
# "Diddley" – 5:23
# "[[Pills (The Mess Hall song)|Pills]]" – 4:00
# "Call It Black" – 4:12
# "Disco 1" – 3:59
# "Skyline" – 6:01
# "Shaky Ground" – 3:28
# "[[Metal And Hair (single)|Metal And Hair]]" – 2:35
# "Disco 2" – 4:38
# "Holes" – 2:41
# "Red Eyes And Sunshine" – 6:34

==References==

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==External links==
* [http://www.themesshall.com.au The Mess Hall] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601215109/http://www.themesshall.com.au/ |date=1 June 2017 }}

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[[Category:2005 albums]]
[[Category:ARIA Award–winning albums]]
[[Category:The Mess Hall albums]]
[[Category:Shock Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Matt Lovell]]

Notes from a Ceiling - Revision history

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