Beautiful Machine

Beautiful Machine
Studio album by Shihad
Released	21 April 2008
Recorded	Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne
Genre	Alternative rock, electronic rock
Label	Warner Music
Producer	Alan Moulder, Shihad, Scott Horscroft
Shihad chronology
Love Is The New Hate (2005) Beautiful Machine (2008) Ignite (2010)
Alternative covers
Beautiful Machine 2 CD cover
Beautiful Machine pre-release artwork
Singles from Beautiful Machine
"One Will Hear the Other" Released: January 2008 "Vampires" Released: March 2008 "Beautiful Machine" Released: June 2008 "Rule the World" Released: November 2008

Beautiful Machine is the seventh album from Shihad and was released 21 April 2008, in New Zealand and released 17 May 2008, in Australia.

The album is much softer than previous Shihad releases, including many electronica elements and '80s backing rhythms - to the point where lead singer Jon Toogood has called some tracks "dance songs."

The lead single "One Will Hear the Other" was released early January 2008, where it peaked as the 2nd most played Kiwi song. "Vampires" was the album's second single and surpassed "One Will Hear the Other" in airplay, peaking as the number one most played Kiwi song shortly after its release.

Beautiful Machine entered the NZ Music Charts at Number 1, going Gold in its first day of release (7,500+ sales) --- though it failed to go Platinum, Shihad's first album to not do this in 12 years.

Like Shihad's previous album Love is the New Hate, Beautiful Machine's top position in the Australian Music Charts was 11.

Track listing

1. "One Will Hear The Other" - 4:01
2. "Rule The World" - 4:22
3. "Hard To Please" - 3:59
4. "Beautiful Machine" - 4:14
5. "Vampires" - 4:04
6. "Count It Up" - 2:22
7. "Waiting Around For God" - 5:13
8. "Chameleon" - 3:37
9. "Eliza" - 4:39
10. "The Bible And The Gun" - 4:22
11. "When Are You Coming Home?" - 3:44
12. "The Prophet" - 5:14

2 CD Bonus Disk Tracks:

1. "Lowlife" - 3:15
2. "Won't Let You Down" 4:09
3. "Skank" (Played live 2007) - 3:50
4. "It's a Crime" - 4:39
5. "Lightbulb" - 2:49
6. "Name Your Price" - 4:22

iTunes Only Bonus Tracks:

1. "Violence+Bloodshed"
2. "Easy Life Romance"
3. "No Religion (Getting Nowhere Fast)"

Unreleased B-Sides:

1. "Settle Down"
2. "Michaelangelo"
3. "Alazama"
4. "Outta Here" (Played live 2006)
5. "Whatever" (Played live 2006)

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