Torch the Moon
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Torch the Moon is the fifth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner in 2002.[1] It peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart.[2] It received platinum album certification from ARIA.[3]
Track listing
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All tracks written by Tim Freedman, unless otherwise noted.[4]
- "Cries Too Hard" – 4:11
- "Fall for You" (Freedman, D. Denholm) – 3:47
- "The Lights Are Back On" – 3:44
- "I Will Not Go Quietly (Duffy's Song)" (Freedman, J. Willing) – 3:53
- "Kate Kelly" – 4:18
- "Royal in the Afternoon" – 2:58
- "Gone Surfing" (Freedman, J. Housden, T. Richmond, W. Hornby) – 2:12
- "Best Work" (Freedman, B. Fink, N. Freedman) – 4:33
- "Start My Cellar Again" – 4:08
- "Coming Over" (Freedman, W. Hornby) – 4:26
- "Out the Back" – 4:31
- "Breathing You In" – 2:56
- "Ease of the Midnight Visit" – 4:20
Re-releases
Initial prints of Torch the Moon contained a second CD, entitled Side 4. The track list contained:
- "Don't Believe Anymore" – 5:22
- "Last Life" – 4:45
- "Witness Protection Scheme" – 3:52
- "Back into the Wild" – 3:40
- "Still in Love with You" – 3:23
A second print of the CD was released with the initial track listing, as well as "Don't Believe Anymore" (a cover of a track from Icehouse's 1984 album Sidewalk) and "Last Life".
A third release of the CD saw the thirteen initial tracks included, but none of the tracks from Side 4.
Finally, a fourth print of the CD saw a combination of the fifteen-track release as well as an exclusive 'Rarities' CD, collecting B-sides and unreleased tracks from the last nine years. The track list ran as follows:
- "The Curse Stops Here" – 3:37
- "Where Is She? (Demo)" – 4:28
- "Tiny Girls" – 2:50
- "Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No. 2) (Live)" – 4:53
- "Bring Me Back to Your Love (Full Band Version)" – 4:05
- "Coming up for Air" – 3:46
- "Fall for You (Perky Mix)" – 3:36
- "Never Fall in Love Again" – 3:36
- "No Aphrodisiac (MGF Remix)" – 4:22
- "400 Miles from Darwin (Demo)" – 3:20
- "Out the Back (Sculthorpe Variation)" – 9:43
- "I Make Hamburgers (Live Remix)" – 3:01
Personnel
- Tim Freedman – Piano, Vocals, Backing Vocals
- Jak Housden – Guitar, Backing Vocals
- Terepai Richmond – Drums, Percussion
- Warwick Hornby – Bass
- Daniel Denholm – Strings
- Emma-Jane Murphy, Melissa Barnard, Peter Morrison – Cello
- Caroline Henbest – Viola
- Aiko Goto, Doreen Cumming, Elizabeth Jones, Helena Rathbone, Jun Yi Ma, Naomi Radom – Violin
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end chart
| Chart (2002) | Position |
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| Australian (ARIA Charts)[5] | 49 |
Certifications
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In popular culture
The first verse of "Kate Kelly",[6] a song about Kate Kelly, younger sister of Ned Kelly, may have inspired Australian author David Hunt in his 2016 book "True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, Volume 2" in which he also describes Joe Byrne as having been "strung up" like a "marionette".[7]
References
External links
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