Black Ticket Day Explained

Black Ticket Day
Type:	studio
Artist:	Ed Kuepper
Cover:	Black Ticket Day.jpg
Released:	August 1992
Recorded:	1992
Genre:	Alternative rock
Label:	Hot
Producer:	Ed Kuepper Phil Punch
Prev Title:	Honey Steel's Gold
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	Serene Machine
Next Year:	1993

Black Ticket Day is the sixth solo album by Australian guitarist and songwriter Ed Kuepper, recorded in 1992 and released on the Hot label.^[1]

Lead single "Real Wild Life" was released in June 1992 and peaked at number 132.^[2]

Reception

The album spent two weeks in the Australian charts in 1992, peaking at number 45.^[3] Black Ticket Day was awarded an ARIA for the Best Independent Release and was a nominee for Best Album at the 1993 ARIA Music Awards.^[4]

The AllMusic review by Roch Parisien awarded the album 2½ stars and states: "Even at his most gorgeously melodic, there's always a dark, mournful tinge to Kuepper's work. His ability to combine beauty with sadness and basic pop structures with extended improvisation can be mesmerizing."^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Ed Kuepper except as indicated

1. "It's Lunacy" – 3:56
2. "Blind Girl Stripper" – 9:02
3. "Real Wild Life" – 3:52
4. "All My Ideas Run to Crime" – 5:46
5. "Black Ticket Day" – 4:42
6. "Helps Me Understand" – 5:42
7. "There's Nothing Natural" – 3:49
8. "Walked Thin Wires" – 6:39

Personnel

• Ed Kuepper – vocals, guitar
• Mark Dawson – drums, percussion
• Sir Alfonso – bass guitar, string arrangements
• Peter Bull – piano, organ
• Tim Hopkins – saxophone
• Cameron Lundy – string bass
• Paula Punch – vocals
• The Hub String Quartet (track 2)

Charts

Chart performance for Black Ticket Day!Chart (1992)!Peak
position

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Kuepper Files: Discography . thekuepperfiles.com . 5 July 2010.
2. Web site: Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 6 July 1992 . Bubbling Down Under. 6 Jul 2024.
3. Web site: Australian Charts entry . https://web.archive.org/web/20121012014353/http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Ed+Kuepper&titel=Black+Ticket+Day&cat=a . 12 October 2012 . live . australian-charts.com . 6 July 2010.
4. Web site: 7th Annual ARIA Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20071214142945/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1993 . 14 December 2007 . dead . ariaawards.com.au . 8 July 2010.
5. Parisien, R. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r171239|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] Retrieved 5 July 2010