This Vital Chapter
This Vital Chapter | ||||
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Studio album by The Panda Band | ||||
Released |
6 June 2006 (AUS) 18 September 2006 (US) | |||
Recorded | February 2006 - March 2006 | |||
Genre | Indie pop | |||
Length | 37:50 | |||
Label |
BamBoo/MGM Distribution (AUS) Filter US Recordings/Fontana Distribution (US) | |||
Producer | David Parkin | |||
The Panda Band chronology | ||||
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This Vital Chapter is the first album from The Panda Band, released in Australia on 8 May 2006 and in the United States on 12 September 2006 - subtitled 'We're Almost Not Even Here'. The album features new recordings of radio favourites "Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town" (which reached #73 on Triple J's Hottest 100), "Eyelashes" and the most recent "Ghosts Have The Best Time". The US release, under the Filter US Recordings label, provided a different track listing to the Australian release.
The album was nominated for the Most Popular Album award at the 2007 West Australian Music Industry Awards.[1]
Following the appearance of the band at SXSW in 2007 [2] and subsequent tour of the United States the album received airplay in various cities across the United States.[3]
Track listing (AUS)
- "Paragraph 1: Hibernation" – (Crosbie) 0:40
- "High in Your Saddle" – (Crosbie) 3:19
- "Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town" – (Crosbie) 3:07
- "Lovely Shoulders" – (Crosbie) 2:31
- "Musical Chairs" – (Crosbie) 4:51
- "Spanish Bride" – (Crosbie) 3:35
- "A Call to Your Arms" – (Crosbie) 1:42
- "Ghosts Have the Best Time" – (Crosbie) 2:55
- "We've Got the Face of the Earth" – (Crosbie) 1:53
- "The Jaguar" – (Crosbie) 3:15
- "Eyelashes" – (Crosbie, Namour) 3:42
- "Signing Off (We're Almost Not Even Here: Part 1)" – (Crosbie, Namour) 6:12
Track listing (US)
- "Paragraph I: Hibernation" - (Crosbie) 0:38
- "High in Your Saddle" - (Crosbie) 3:20
- "Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town" - (Crosbie) 3:08
- "Eyelashes" - (Crosbie, Namour) 3:42
- "Spanish Bride" - (Crosbie) 3:33
- "Musical Chairs" - (Crosbie) 4:56
- "Lovely Shoulders" - (Crosbie) 2:32
- "A Call to Your Arms" - (Crosbie) 1:42
- "Ghosts Have the Best Time" - (Crosbie) 2:54
- "We've Got the Face of the Earth" - (Crosbie) 1:53
- "The Jaguar" - (Crosbie) 3:19
- "Signing Off (We're Almost Not Even Here) Part I..." - (Crosbie, Namour) 6:08
Personnel
The Panda Band
- Christopher Callan
- Stephen Callan
- Damian Robert Crosbie
- David Namour
- Gabriel Nicotra
Additional musicians
- Katy Steele - vocals (tracks 7 & 9)
- Shane Pouley - double bass (track 4)
- Shaun Lee-Chen - violin (tracks 2, 4, 6, 9 & 12)
- Alex Brogan - viola (tracks 2, 4, 6, 9 & 12)
- Tristen Parr - cello, string transcription (tracks 2, 4, 6, 9 & 12
- Claire McGowan - tuba (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 & 10)
- James Murphy - trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 & 10)
- Melanie Price - trombone (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 & 10
- Mark Sprogowski - saxophones, clarinet (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 & 10
- Jonathan Fernades - horn transcription (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 & 10)
Reviews
- Treblezine - Terrance Terich (26 September 2006)
- PopMatters - Dan Rapper (18 October 2006)
- OneTimesOne (25 July 2007)
- Filter Magazine
References
- ↑ "WAMi Festival 2007 – Awards". WAMi. Archived from the original on 2007-05-05. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
- ↑ SXSW appearance Wednesday 14 March 2007
- ↑ WUOG 90.5fm - Athens, Georgia & WRUR 88.5fm - Boulder, Colorado
External links
- Australian Music Online - This Vital Chapter
- This Vital Chapter at MusicBrainz
- This Vital Chapter at AllMusic