This Vital Chapter

This Vital Chapter is the first album from The Panda Band, released in Australia on May 8, 2006 and in the United States on September 12, 2006 - subtitled 'We're Almost Not Even Here'. The album features new recordings of radio favourites "Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town" (which reached #73 on Triple J's Hottest 100), "Eyelashes" and the most recent "Ghosts Have The Best Time". The US release, under the Filter US Recordings label, provided a different track listing to the Australian release.

The album was nominated for the Most Popular Album award at the 2007 West Australian Music Industry Awards.^[1]

Following the appearance of the band at SXSW in 2007 ^[2] and subsequent tour of the United States the album received airplay in various cities across the United States^[3].

1 Track listing (AUS)
2 Track listing (US)
3 Personnel
- 3.1 The Panda Band
- 3.2 Additional musicians
4 Reviews
5 External links
6 References

[edit] Track listing (AUS)

"Paragraph 1: Hibernation" – (Crosbie) 0:40
"High in Your Saddle" – (Crosbie) 3:19
"Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town" – (Crosbie) 3:07
"Lovely Shoulders" – (Crosbie) 2:31
"Musical Chairs" – (Crosbie) 4:51
"Spanish Bride" – (Crosbie) 3:35
"A Call to Your Arms" – (Crosbie) 1:42
"Ghosts Have the Best Time" – (Crosbie) 2:55
"We've Got the Face of the Earth" – (Crosbie) 1:53
"The Jaguar" – (Crosbie) 3:15
"Eyelashes" – (Crosbie, Namour) 3:42
"Signing Off (We're Almost Not Even Here: Part 1)" – (Crosbie, Namour) 6:12

[edit] Track listing (US)

"Paragraph I: Hibernation" - (Crosbie) 0:38
"High in Your Saddle" - (Crosbie) 3:20
"Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town" - (Crosbie) 3:08
"Eyelashes" - (Crosbie, Namour) 3:42
"Spanish Bride" - (Crosbie) 3:33
"Musical Chairs" - (Crosbie) 4:56
"Lovely Shoulders" - (Crosbie) 2:32
"A Call to Your Arms" - (Crosbie) 1:42
"Ghosts Have the Best Time" - (Crosbie) 2:54
"We've Got the Face of the Earth" - (Crosbie) 1:53
"The Jaguar" - (Crosbie) 3:19
"Signing Off (We're Almost Not Even Here) Part I..." - (Crosbie, Namour) 6:08

[edit] Personnel

[edit] The Panda Band

Christopher Callan
Stephen Callan
Damian Robert Crosbie
David Namour
Gabriel Nicotra

[edit] Additional musicians

Katy Steele - vocals: "A Call to your Arms", "We've Got the Face of the Earth"
Shane Pouley - double bass: "Lovely Shoulders"
Shaun Lee-Chen - violin: "High in Your Saddle", "Lovely Shoulders", "Spanish Bride", "We've Got the Face of the Earth", "Signing Off"
Alex Brogan - viola: "High in Your Saddle", "Lovely Shoulders", "Spanish Bride", "We've Got the Face of the Earth", "Signing Off"
Tristen Parr - cello, string transcription: "High in Your Saddle", "Lovely Shoulders", "Spanish Bride", "We've Got the Face of the Earth", "Signing Off"
Claire McGowan - tuba: "Paragraph 1 : Hibernation", "High in Your Saddle", "Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town", Musical Chairs", "Ghosts Have the Best Time", "The Jaguar"
James Murphy - trumpet: "Paragraph 1 : Hibernation", "High in Your Saddle", "Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town", Musical Chairs", "Ghosts Have the Best Time", "The Jaguar"
Melanie Price - trombone: "Paragraph 1 : Hibernation", "High in Your Saddle", "Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town", Musical Chairs", "Ghosts Have the Best Time", "The Jaguar"
Mark Sprogowski - saxophones, clarinet: "Paragraph 1 : Hibernation", "High in Your Saddle", "Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town", Musical Chairs", "Ghosts Have the Best Time", "The Jaguar"
Jonathan Fernades - horn transcription: "Paragraph 1 : Hibernation", "High in Your Saddle", "Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town", Musical Chairs", "Ghosts Have the Best Time", "The Jaguar"