Australian Ghost Story

Australian Ghost Story
Studio album by The Paradise Motel
Released 11 June 2010
Recorded Warburton, Victoria,
Fitzroy, Victoria
January 2010–April 2010
Genre Acoustic, Orchestral
Length 43:16
Label Inertia Records
Producer The Paradise Motel
The Paradise Motel chronology
Reworkings
(1999)		 Australian Ghost Story
(2010)		 "I Still Hear Your Voice At Night"
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
The Vine positive)[1]
Mess+Noise (positive)[2]
The Mercury (positive)[3]
Beat Magazine (positive)[4]
FasterLouder (positive)[5]
Crikey News (positive)[6]

Australian Ghost Story is an album by Australian group The Paradise Motel. It was released in June 2010 on Left Over Life To Kill and Inertia Records to positive reviews.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by The Paradise Motel

Australian Ghost Story
No. Title Length
1. "The Witnesses"   3:47
2. "Brown Snake"   4:35
3. "My Sister in 94"   5:01
4. "A Bend in the Terror"   4:01
5. "The Cops"   4:00
6. "Goodwin and the Jumpsuit"   4:27
7. "Familiar Stranger"   3:47
8. "Stations of the Cross"   3:45
9. "Prelude to a Saga"   9:56

Personnel

Themes

The album was released to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the death of Azaria Chamberlain and was cited in national press as an insightful and respectful companion-piece to the resurgence in media interest in the case[7]. Chief songwriter Charles Bickford stated "We wanted to write a record about a contemporary event that was unique to Australia and part of our shared experience. A lot of artists explore things like convicts eating each other, but to me that's the ancient past." [8]

References

  1. ^ Hawking, Tom. "Review: The Paradise Motel - Australian Ghost Story". The Vine. http://www.thevine.com.au/music/album-reviews/the-paradise-motel-%27australian-ghost-story%2720100629.aspx. Retrieved 30 July 2010. 
  2. ^ Hammond, JP. "Review:The Paradise Motel - Australian Ghost Story". Mess+Noise. http://www.messandnoise.com/releases/2000708. Retrieved 30 July 2010. 
  3. ^ Bevan, Jarrad. "Review: The Paradise Motel - Australian Ghost Story". The Mercury (Hobart). http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2010/05/28/148981_music-reviews.html. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
  4. ^ Salter, Leigh. "Review:The Paradise Motel: Australian Ghost Story". Beat Magazine. http://guestlisted.blogspot.com/2010/05/paradise-motel-australian-ghost-story.html. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
  5. ^ feelingsinister. "Review: The Paradise Motel - Australian Ghost Story". FasterLouder. http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/music/24329/The-Paradise-Motel--Australian-Ghost-Story.htm. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
  6. ^ Dunlop, Tim. "Review: Ghosts of Australia's Past". Crikey. http://blogs.crikey.com.au/johnnys/2010/06/10/2906/. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
  7. ^ Crawford, Anwyn. "Azaria's story is still part of our psyche 30 years later". Fairfax Media. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=137444792944394&set=a.137442726277934.16759.129206907101516. Retrieved 18 August 2010. 
  8. ^ Quinn, Karl. "Paradise Regained". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/paradise-regained-20100929-15xh7.html. Retrieved 11 October 2010.