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The Official Fiction

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Released
  
15 August 2003

Artist
  
Something for Kate

Producer
  
Trina Shoemaker

Genre
  
Alternative rock

Length
  
53:48

Release date
  
2003

Label
  
Murmur Records

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Recorded
  
Mangrove Studios, Somersby, NSW

The Official Fiction(2003)
  
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The Official Fiction was the fourth studio album by Australian band Something for Kate. The album debuted at Number 1 on the ARIA charts and earned platinum status for sales exceeding 70,000 units. It earned the band four ARIA Music Award nominations (Album of the Year, Best Rock Album, Best Group, Best Cover Art) and took out Rolling Stone's Album of the Year and Single of the Year for "Déjà Vu". The first single from the album, "Déjà Vu", remains a staple of their live sets. It was followed by two other singles, "Song For A Sleepwalker" and "Moving Right Along".

Contents

Track listing

(All songs by Something for Kate)

  1. "Max Planck" – 4:41
  2. "Best Weapon" – 4:47
  3. "Song For A Sleepwalker" – 3:54
  4. "Kaplan/Thornhill" – 4:44
  5. "Light at the End of the Tunnel" – 3:36
  6. "Letter to the Editor" – 3:31
  7. "Déjà Vu" – 4:26
  8. "Reverse Soundtrack" – 4:41
  9. "Coldwater Canyon" – 4:23
  10. "Souvenir" – 3:24
  11. "Moving Right Along" – 3:27
  12. "Asleep at the Wheel" – 3:56
  13. "No Man's Land" – 4:17

Personnel

  • Paul Dempsey - guitars, vocals
  • Stephanie Ashworth - bass
  • Clint Hyndman - drums
  • Grant-Lee Phillips - backing vocals ("No Man's Land")
  • Caitlin Cary - backing vocals ("Song for a Sleepwalker")
  • Lisa Germano - backing vocals ("Light at the End of the Tunnel", "Reverse Soundtrack")
  • Kathryn Brownhill - violin ("Song for a Sleepwalker", "Reverse Soundtrack", "Coldwater Canyon", "Souvenir")
  • Catherine Tabrett - cello ("Light at the End of the Tunnel", "Reverse Soundtrack", "Coldwater Canyon")

    • String section ("Kaplan/Thornhill", "Déjà Vu"):

  • Eric Gorfain - violin
  • Daphne Chan - violin
  • Leah Katz - viola
  • Richard Dodd - cello

    • Songs

    1Max Planck4:41
    2Best Weapon4:48
    3Song for a Sleepwalker3:54

    References

    The Official Fiction Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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