Departures (album) explained

Departures
Type:	studio
Artist:	Bernard Fanning
Cover:	Departures_album_cover.jpg
Released:	7 June 2013
Genre:	Alternative rock, country-folk
Length:	39:34
Label:	Dew Process (AUS)
Prev Title:	Tea & Sympathy
Prev Year:	2005
Next Title:	Civil Dusk
Next Year:	2016

Departures is the second solo album by Australian musician Bernard Fanning, a follow-up to his 2005 #1 Australian charting album Tea & Sympathy, and the first since Fanning's band Powderfinger was disbanded in 2011. The album was released on 7 June 2013. The album heralds a departure from Fanning's debut 2005 effort of folk and roots in favour of a rock sound, more akin to his Powderfinger origins.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Tell Me How It Ends" – 3:41
2. "Limbo Stick" – 3:53
3. "Battleships" – 3:10
4. "Grow Around You" – 4:20
5. "Drake" – 3:48
6. "Call You Home" – 4:51
7. "Departures (Blue Toowong Skies)" – 4:20
8. "Zero Sum Game" – 4:07
9. "Here Comes the Sadist" – 3:35
10. "Inside Track" – 3:49
11. "Ghosts" (Retail bonus track) – 3:58
12. "Come Down On Your Side" - 3:27 (iTunes bonus track)

Charts

Departures debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart dated 17 June 2013, becoming Fanning's second number-one album as a solo artist.^[2]

See also

• List of number-one albums of 2013 (Australia)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Departures (Bernard Fanning). 1 June 2013. 14 June 2013. The Australian. Iain Shedden.
2. Web site: Ryan. Gavin. ARIA Chart: Bernard Fanning Departures Debuts at No. 1. Noise11. Noise Network. 15 June 2013. 16 June 2013.