Stack Is the New Black

Stack Is the New Black is the debut studio album by Australian pop punk band Short Stack, released through Sunday Morning Records on 14 August 2009. It peaked at number 1 on the ARIA Charts. The "happy" skull and cross-bones on the cover is Short Stack's personal design. The boys in the band officially named the skull and cross-bones "Maurice the Pirate".

Release

The album's track listing was announced on 12 June 2009 through the band's website. The same day the album was also made available for pre-order, with all pre-orders before 17 July receiving a personal phone call from the band, and their name printed in the album's booklet.^[1] JB Hi-Fi online also offered a pre-order of a signed album with a free shirt, guitar picks, poster and stickers.

Both songs "The Back of My Head" and "Thick as Thieves" were both written in the band's early years. They were remade for the album, "Thick as Thieves" was previously named "We Breakdance, Not Hearts". It sounded very similar to "Thick as Thieves". Originally, "The Back of My Head" had Andy Clemmensen and Shaun Diviney singing in the chorus and just Andy singing the verses, but this was changed so that Andy sung the verses and Shaun sung the choruses. (Normally, Andy is the backing vocalist and Shaun in the lead vocalist, except on this song.)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Australian	^[3]
The Mercury	^[4]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Shaun Diviney.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ladies & Gentlemen"	3:27
2.	"Princess"	3:18
3.	"Shimmy a Go Go"	4:04
4.	"Sway, Sway Baby!"	2:50
5.	"In This Place"	3:30
6.	"Drop Dead Gorgeous"	2:53
7.	"Counting the Stars"	3:25
8.	"Before Angels Fall"	3:12
9.	"The Back of My Head"	4:02
10.	"One Step Closer"	3:28
11.	"It's4U"	3:01
12.	"17"	4:13
13.	"We All Know" (produced by Short Stack)	3:26
14.	"Thick as Thieves" (produced by Short Stack)	5:17
15.	"Darling, I'll Be Your Werewolf" (acoustic bonus track; recorded in 2007)	3:47

Chart history

Chart (2009)	Peak position
ARIA Albums Chart	1^[5]

Preceded by The Essential Michael Jackson by Michael Jackson	Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album 24 August 2009 – 30 August 2009	Succeeded by The E.N.D. by The Black Eyed Peas

References

↑ "Stack Is The New Black (Pre-order)". Get Music Australia. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
↑ Greenberg, Adam (2009-08-14). "Stack Is the New Black - Short Stack". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
↑ "This week's CD reviews". The Australian. 12 September 2009.
↑ Jarrad Bevan (2009-09-04). "Short Stack - Stack is the New Black Music Reviews - The Mercury - The Voice of Tasmania". The Mercury. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
↑ "ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart". ARIA. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-23.

Short Stack

Shaun Diviney Andy Clemmensen Bradie Webb Shannon Hotchkins

Studio albums	Stack Is the New Black This Is Bat Country Art Vandelay Homecoming

Extended plays	Shimmy a Go Go Princess Sweet December Planets Heartbreak Made Me a Killer

Singles	"Shimmy a Go Go" "Princess" "Sway, Sway Baby!" "Ladies & Gentlemen" "Sweet December" "Planets" "We Dance to a Different Disco, Honey" "Heartbreak Made Me a Killer" "Bang Bang Sexy" "Television"

Music videos	"Sway, Sway Baby!" "Drop Dead Gorgeous" "Shimmy a Go Go" "Princess" "Sway, Sway Baby!" (remake) "Ladies & Gentlemen" "Sweet December" "Planets" "We Dance to a Different Disco, Honey" "Heartbreak Made Me a Killer" "Bang Bang Sexy" "S.O.U.L." "Television"

Films	The Story of Short Stack

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