| Live from Faraway Stables | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | Silverchair |
| Cover: | Livefromfaraway.jpg |
| Caption: | The original four-disc CD-sized packaging |
| Released: | 10 November 2003[1] |
| Recorded: | 19 April 2003, at Newcastle Civic Theatre, Newcastle, Australia[2] |
| Genre: | Post-grunge, alternative rock[3] |
| Length: | 133:05 |
| Label: | Eleven |
| Prev Title: | Rarities 1994–1999 |
| Prev Year: | 2002 |
| Next Title: | Young Modern |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
Live from Faraway Stables is a 2003 live album and concert film by Australian alternative rock band Silverchair. It was recorded at their concert held on 19 April 2003, at Newcastle Civic Theatre in the band's home-town of Newcastle, New South Wales, and was the second show to be held during the band's Across the Night world tour of March to June It is Silverchair's first live
On all shows of the Across the Night tour, the concert was divided into two which were introduced on the three large video screens above the stage as "Act 1" and "Act 2"; the respective CDs and DVDs in the album are labelled in the same "Act 1", which showcased mainly quieter and more experimental was "dominated" by songs from the band's then-latest studio album, Diorama, and was marked by "grand orchestrated sections (replicated by two extra keyboards); dramatic flourishes, both vocally and instrumentally; [and] an almost parodic leap into prog rock's 'look at me, look at me' shifts of form and "Act 2", which consisted of heavier rock saw the band "revert to more of a hard rock set-up, with the cabaret touches junked for less subtle, but brutally effective
The album spent three weeks on the Australian ARIA Charts, peaking at It has been certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The original two-CD/two-DVD release was made available in both CD-sized and DVD-sized packaging.
The concert footage of songs listed on the audio CDs (Discs 1 and 2) appear on their corresponding DVDs (Discs 3 and 4). All songs were written by Daniel Johns, except for the "Overture" from "Act 2", which was written by
| width=150 | Australian release date | Label | Format | Packaging | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 November 2003 | Eleven | 4 DISC SET (2-CD + 2-DVD) (original release) | CD-sized | ELEVENCD19 | |
| DVD-sized | ELEVENDVD19 | ||||
| 18 August 2007 | 2-CD reissue | CD-sized | ELEVENCD75 | ||
| 2-DVD reissue | DVD-sized | ELEVENDVD75 | |||
| 28 August 2007 | Virgin | 2-CD reissue (retitled Live from Faraway Stables: Across the Great Divide Tour; different artwork) | VIR5059742.2 |