Lovers (The Sleepy Jackson album) explained

Lovers
Type:Album
Artist:The Sleepy Jackson
Cover:TheSleepyJackson Lovers.jpg
Released:30 June 2003 (Australia)
14 July 2003 (UK)
29 July 2003 (United States)
Recorded:2003
Genre:Indie rock
Length:40:45 (original)
44:53 (international)
48:10 (Japan)
Label:Capitol Records
Producer:Jonathan Burnside
Next Title:Personality - One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird
Next Year:2006

Lovers is the first album by the Australian band The Sleepy Jackson. The album entered the ARIA Album charts at #21, the UK Album Charts at #69 and the French Album Charts at #117.[1]

The album was a minor commercial success, selling around 100,000 copies worldwide.[2]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2003, the album was nominated for four awards.

In October 2010, Lovers was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[3]

Track listing

Original release

  1. "Good Dancers" – 4:12
  2. "Vampire Racecourse" – 3:10
  3. "Rain Falls for Wind" – 4:03
  4. "This Day" – 3:48
  5. "Acid in My Heart" – 3:31
  6. "Fill Me with Apples" – 1:05
  7. "Tell the Girls That I'm Not Hangin' Out" – 4:13
  8. "Come to This" – 3:28
  9. "Morning Bird" – 2:17
  10. "Don't You Know" – 5:12
  11. "Old Dirt Farmer" – 3:31
  12. "Mourning Rain" – 2:06

International release

  1. "Good Dancers" – 4:12
  2. "Vampire Racecourse" – 3:10
  3. "Rain Falls for Wind" – 4:03
  4. "This Day" – 3:48
  5. "Acid in My Heart" – 3:31
  6. "Fill Me with Apples" – 1:05
  7. "Tell the Girls That I'm Not Hangin' Out" – 4:13
  8. "Come to This" – 3:28
  9. "Miniskirt" (bonus track) – 4:08
  10. "Morning Bird" – 2:17
  11. "Don't You Know" – 5:12
  12. "Old Dirt Farmer" – 3:31
  13. "Mourning Rain" – 2:06
  14. "Sunkids" (Japan-only bonus track) – 3:17

Charts

Weekly charts

Notes and References

  1. http://acharts.us/album/16388 Album Chart Listing - Lovers
  2. News: Man of Steele. West Australian Newspapers Ltd. The West Australian. 26 September 2009. Collins. Simon.
  3. Book: . O'Donnell . John . John O'Donnell (music journalist) . Creswell . Toby . Toby Creswell . Mathieson . Craig . Craig Mathieson . Hardie Grant Books . October 2010 . . 978-1-74066-955-9 .
  4. Book: Roberts, David . 2006 . British Hit Singles & Albums . 19th . Guinness World Records Limited . London . 1-904994-10-5 . 507.