The Overture & the Underscore
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| The Overture & The Underscore | ||
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| Studio album by Sarah Blasko | ||
| Released | 11 October, 2004 | |
| Recorded | Bliss Recording Studios, L.A. April-June 2004 |
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| Genre | Alternative | |
| Length | 49:08 | |
| Label | Dew Process UMA DEW90132 | |
| Producer(s) | Wally Gagel, Sarah Blasko & Robert F Cranny | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Sarah Blasko chronology | ||
| Prelusive EP 2002 | The Overture & The Underscore (2004) |
What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have (2006) |
The Overture & The Underscore is the 2004 debut album by Australian songwriter Sarah Blasko.
"Essentially I wanted there to be something really classic about the album", says Blasko on her official site. "The kind of debut albums I like are those that don't try and do too much too soon, that point towards a number of possible directions, and that give the songs some room to move. It was really important to me that my voice and the songs had some character and that there was an intimacy to them. We tried to achieve this by using little or no effect on the voice and not going too far with overdubs".
Triple J Music Director Richard Kingsmill rated it ninth on his list of favourite 2004 albums.
The album features former Beck and REM drummer Joey Waronker, who took a few days off working on Paul McCartney's new album Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard with producer Nigel Godrich to lay down his drum tracks for Overture & The Underscore.
The highest it placed in the Australian album charts was number 35.
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[edit] Track listing
- "All Coming Back" – 3:15
- "Beautiful Secrets" – 3:24
- "Always Worth It" – 3:46
- "At Your Best" – 3:36
- "Don't U Eva" – 4:19
- "Counting Sheep" – 4:21
- "Perfect Now" – 3:33
- "Sweet November" – 3:55
- "Cinders" – 4:09
- "True Intentions" – 4:11
- "Remorse" – 4:55 [Includes the hidden track "Long Time" – 5:07]
All tracks written by Sarah Blasko and Robert F Cranny.
[edit] Singles
"Don't U Eva" was released as a CD single containing two unique b-sides (Fall Down & Into The Great Wide Open) on 27 September 2004.
The following tracks have also been released as radio singles:
- "Counting Sheep"
- "Perfect Now"
- "Always Worth It"
[edit] Studio Crew
- Joey Waronker - Drums and percussion
- Robert F Cranny - Bass, drum programming, horn & string sample arrangements, guitars, organ, piano, synth
- Sarah Blasko - Vocals, guitars, synth, percussion
Other musical contributors included Wally Gagel, Nadav & Edo Khan, Darren Hanlon, Bruce MacFarlane and Korel Tunador.
All tracks recorded & mixed by Wally Gagel, and mastered by Louis Teran, except "Long Time", recorded by Bruce MacFarlane.
