Sneaky Sound System (2006 album) explained

Sneaky Sound System
Type:	studio
Artist:	Sneaky Sound System
Cover:	SneakySoundSystem-SneakySoundSystem.jpg
Studio:	The House of Whack, Bondi Beach
Genre:	Electropop dance
Length:	49:18
Label:	Whack
Producer:	Black Angus Peter Dolso
Prev Title:	Other Peoples Music
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	2
Next Year:	2008

Sneaky Sound System is the self-titled debut album by Australian music collective, Sneaky Sound System, released on 12 August 2006. It peaked at No. 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart and remained in the top 50 for 61 weeks. The album was certified 3× platinum in 2011 for shipment of 210,000 copies. Six singles were released from the album, with four of them reaching the ARIA Singles Chart top 50: "I Love It" (July 2006), "Pictures" (December), "UFO" (April 2007) and "Goodbye" (October). At the ARIA Music Awards of 2007 they won Best Dance Release and Breakthrough Artist – Album for Sneaky Sound System.

Information

Sneaky Sound System was released on 12 August 2006 by Australian electropop and dance music collective, Sneaky Sound System. It entered the ARIA Albums Chart at position 44 on 7 January 2007.^[1] It provided six singles with four of them reaching the top 50 on the associated singles chart: "I Love It" (July 2006), "Pictures" (December), "UFO" (April 2007) and "Goodbye" (October).^[1] "Pictures" peaked at number one on the ARIA Club Chart with its Tonite Only remix. "UFO" was their highest-charting single on the regular ARIA Singles Chart, which reached No. 11.^[1] "I Love It", which reached No. 24, remained in the top 100 for 73 weeks – the longest chart run by an Australian artist.^{[2] [3]}

When the nominees for the 2007 ARIA Awards were announced Sneaky Sound System received five nominations for the album including; Best Dance Release, Best Independent Release, Breakthrough Artist – Album, Best Group and Album of the Year.^[4] At the awards ceremony, in October, they won Best Dance Release and Breakthrough Artist – Album.^[5] In the following week, the album reached its peaked position of number five on the ARIA Albums Chart and remained in the top 50 for a total of 61 weeks.^[1] The album was accredited 2× platinum by ARIA at the end of that year.^[6] In 2011 it was certified 3× platinum for shipment of 210,000 copies.^[7]

A UK compilation album was released on 20 April 2009 featuring three tracks from Sneaky Sound System and nine from their second studio album 2.

Personnel

• Black Angus (a.k.a. Angus McDonald) – all instruments, guitars (track 7, disc 2), producer, producer (track 7, disc 2)
• Nick Broadhurst – MIDI sax (track 4)
• Alex Caradetis – drum solo (track 2)
• Miss Connie – vocals (track 7, disc 2)
• Peter Dolso – all instruments, cover art (collector's edition), engineered, mixed by, producer
• Stylaz Fuego – additional producer (track 2, disc 2), remixer (track 2, disc 2)
• Dave Glass – cover art (also on collector's edition)
• Jack Glass – additional producer (track 6, disc 2), remixer (track 6, disc 2)
• Goodwill – additional producer (track 4, disc 2), remixer (track 4, disc 2)
• Groove Terminator – additional producer (track 1, disc 2), remixer (track 1, disc 2)
• Mike Marsh – mastering
• Michael Morgan – engineer (track 7, disc 2)
• Jonny Powell – additional producer (track 5, disc 2), remixer (track 5, disc 2)
• Riot in Belgium – additional producer (track 3, disc 2), remixer (track 3, disc 2)
• Sam LA More – additional producer (track 1, disc 2), engineer (track 1, disc 2), remixer (track 1, disc 2)
• Bennie Single – cover art (also on collector's edition)
• Sloan – bass (track 7, disc 2), keys (track 7, disc 2)
• Chris Stracey – additional producer (track, disc 2), remixer (track 6, disc 2)
• John-Paul Talbot – additional producer (track 5, disc 2), remixer (track 5, disc 2)
• Van She Tech – additional producer (track 3, disc 2), remixer (track 3, disc 2)
• Rob Woolf – piano solo (track 2)

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)! scope="col"

Rank
Australian Albums Chart^[8]	15
Australian Artist Albums Chart^[9]	6
Chart (2008)	Rank
Australian Artist Albums Chart^[10]	32

Release history

Release history and formats for Sneaky Sound System! Region! Date! Label! Format! Catalogue

Australia	16 August 2006	Whack	CD, Digital download	WHACK04
	15 September 2007		CD	WHACK04X
	8 December 2007		CD, digital download	WHACK04CE

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sneaky Sound System – Sneaky Sound System . Australian Charts Portal . Hung Medien . 26 February 2017 .
2. News: Wallace . Ian . 21 January 2008 . The ARIA Report: Issue 934 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080219130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20080220-0000/issue934.pdf . dead . 2008-02-19 . The ARIA Report . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 934 . 4 . 26 February 2017 .
3. News: Sneaky Sound System Make Chart History . Cashmere . Tim . Undercover News . Undercover Media (Paul Cashmere, Ros O'Gorman) . 12 December 2007 . 26 February 2017 .
4. http://www.webwombat.com.au/entertainment/music/aria-awards-nominations-2007.htm Music News: 2007 ARIA AWARDS
5. http://ten.com.au/aria-2008-past-winners.html 2007 ARIA Award Winners
6. http://aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2007Albums.htm ARIA Accreditations of 2007
7. Australia. album. 2011.
8. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums 2007. Australian Recording Industry Association . 8 January 2014.
9. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Australian Artists Albums 2007. Australian Recording Industry Association. 8 January 2014.
10. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Australian Artists Albums 2008. Australian Recording Industry Association. 8 January 2014.