Diorama (album)

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Diorama
Studio album by Silverchair
Released	July 30, 2002
Genre	Art Rock
Length	57:09
Label	Atlantic
Producer(s)	David Bottrill & Daniel Johns
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Silverchair chronology
Neon Ballroom (1999)	Diorama (2002)	Live from Faraway Stables (2003)

Diorama is the fourth album by the Australian band Silverchair, released in 2002. Although Silverchair were known as a post-grunge band, by this time in their career, their music had progressed to such an extent that it became largely unrecognizable as work of the same adolescent rock-group that burst onto the international music scene in 1995.

The sound of Diorama has been described by many as more refined than Silverchair's earlier work. It is probably more accurate, however, to view Diorama as a natural continuation of the changes to their sound that began in 1999's Neon Ballroom. In any case, many of the songs can be described as progressive rock, including power ballads (e.g. "World Upon Your Shoulders"). One is reminded of Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion albums, except that a greater focus seems to be put on the symphonic arrangements (arranged by Van Dyke Parks, Brian Wilson's SMiLE collaborator). Other songs, however, (e.g. "One Way Mule") exhibit more familiar Silverchair riffs, albeit with more melodic, less angry vocals. Throughout the album can be heard time signatures other than 4/4, a throwback to Silverchair's earlier work and that of contemporaries Soundgarden.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Across the Night" – 5:37
2. "The Greatest View" – 4:05
3. "Without You" – 5:17
4. "The World Upon Your Shoulders" – 4:37
5. "One Way Mule" – 4:14
6. "Tuna in the Brine" – 5:40
7. "Too Much of Not Enough" – 4:42
8. "Luv Your Life" – 4:29
9. "The Lever" – 4:22
10. "My Favourite Thing" – 4:14
11. "After All These Years" - 3:40 (on the CD the song lasts for 9:52 because of a "hidden" track that starts approximately – 8:48 into the song. The track is piano exit music with no vocals.)