User:Elomis/Example (album)

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Example
Example cover
Studio album by The Examples
Released December 24, 2006
Recorded May – June 2006 at Sound City, Van Nuys and Devonshire
Genre Rock
Length 59:20
Label DGC Records
Sub Pop
Producer Biggie Smalls
Professional reviews
The Examples chronology
The Examples
(2000)		 Example
(2006)		 Best of the Examples
(2009)

Contents

[edit] Overview

Example is the critically acclaimed second album from Australian rock group The Examples and sent the group from it's localised fame in Australia to fame around the world. It was the centerpiece of their 2006 European tour and was the first album by an Australian band to reach high chart positions in New Zealand.

Example was produced by Biggie Smalls posthumously.

[edit] Singles

I'm Famous on Myspace was released as a single in the weeks before the album officially launched, and quickly came under fire by community groups in Australia for it's strong lyrics that no warning appeared on the case for. Subsequently two interviews on the Today Show and Jerry Springer were hastily cancelled.

The Accoustics in Dad's Garage and Singing in the Shower were released as singles on Bigpond Music however days before release of Example, Singing in the Shower was decided against for inclusion on the final album, it's interesting to note that the first day or so's production run of the album included the track and these copies of the album have been sold on the auction site Ebay for up to AUD$300.00.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "I'm Famous on Myspace" – 5:01
  2. "Singing in the Shower" - 3:45 (Only on approximatley 200 issues of the album)
  3. "The Accoustics in Dad's Garage" – 4:12
  4. "Rocking Kazaa" – 2:12
  5. "Blank CD and Ten Burners" – 4:01
  6. "I Play in Pubs" - 3:39
  7. "Nobody in School Sings Our Stuff" - 4:12
  8. "Mum Says I Should Work at Burger King" - 3:09
  9. "It has Been Suggested this Guitarist be Merged (discuss)" - 1:49
  10. "My Existence is a Stub" - 4:11


[edit] Sales

  • American sales: 2006; 10 million units (Diamond)
  • UK sales: 600 thousand units (Double Platinum)
  • Canadian sales: 1 million units (Diamond)
  • French sales: 2006; 1,500,000 (Diamond)
  • Japanese sales: 2006 16 weeks, 120,270
  • Switzerland: 2006;Gold ,1992;Platinum.
  • New Zealand: 2006; Platinum.
  • Spain: 2006; Platinum.