Stumblin'
"Stumblin'" | ||||
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Single by Powderfinger | ||||
from the album These Days: Live in Concert | ||||
Released | 4 June 2004 (Australia) | |||
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CD single Digital download | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | Universal | |||
Producer(s) | Nick DiDia | |||
Powderfinger singles chronology | ||||
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"Stumblin'" is a song by Australian rock group Powderfinger, which is a track on their fifth album, Vulture Street (4 July 2003).[1] A live version was issued on 4 June 2004 as a promotional single from the group's first live album, These Days: Live in Concert (6 September 2004), which had been recorded from a performance at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 12 December 2003. The B-side is the studio version from Vulture Street. The track was listed on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2003 – an annual poll by listeners of the national radio station.[2] The song was used in an ad for Australian road safety.
Reception
Marsdenator from FasterLouder opined that it is "one of the strongest songs from [Vulture Street]. It’s a big call because there are many great tracks on that album, but it is this song that speaks to me the most... all the instruments are set to a relaxed and comfortable tempo that is in no way intrusive, including a solo with a similar sound to those of Led Zepplin [sic] and Eric Clapton."[1] Olivier for Sleaze Roxx in his review of the studio album felt "Songs such as 'Rockin' Rocks', 'Stumblin' ' and of course '(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind' have an infectious groove to them and are excellent straight-on rockers with an old school '70s feel... after the seventh song 'Stumblin' ', you might as well just shut off the CD and call it a day."[3] Bernard Zuel of The Sydney Morning Herald compared the track to "what the Stooges' Ron Ashton might have sounded like if he had played with the Rolling Stones."[4]
Track listing
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"Stumblin'"
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- "Stumblin'" (Live from Sydney Entertainment Centre, 12 December 2003)
- "Stumblin'" (Studio version)
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marsdenator (13 September 2004). "Powderfinger - 'Stumblin' '". Music Reviews. FasterLouder. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ↑ "Hottest 100 History 2003". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Archived from the original on 11 February 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ↑ "CD Review: Powderfinger - Vulture Street". Sleaze Roxx. February 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ↑ Zuel, Bernard (11 July 2003). "Powderfinger, Vulture Street". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 31 March 2015.