| The Overture & the Underscore | ||||
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| Studio album by Sarah Blasko | ||||
| Released | October 11, 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 | Wally Gagel, Sarah Blasko & Robert F Cranny | |||
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The Overture & the Underscore is the 2004 (see 2004 in music) 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 R.E.M. drummer Joey Waronker, who took a few days off working on Paul McCartney's new album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard with producer Nigel Godrich to lay down his drum tracks for The Overture & the Underscore.
The album peaked at #35 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
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"Don't U Eva" was released as a CD single containing two unique B-sides ("Fall Down" and "Into the Great Wide Open") on September 27, 2004.
The following tracks have been released as radio singles: