The Sun Never Sets (album) explained

The Sun Never Sets
Type:Album
Artist:The Herd
Cover:The herd The sun never sets.jpg
Released:3 October 2005
Recorded:Elefant Mansion
Genre:Australian hip hop
Length:68:00
Label:Elefant Traks
Producer:The Herd, Ozi Batla, Sulo, Traksewt, Unkle Ho
Prev Title:An Elefant Never Forgets
Prev Year:2003
Next Title:Summerland
Next Year:2008

The Sun Never Sets is the third album by Australian hip hop band The Herd and was released on 3 October 2005.

The album was selected as the Triple J and 2SER 'Album of the Week' and was nominated for the inaugural Triple J - J Award for Australian Album of the year.[1]

The album debuted at #3 on the AIR independent album charts.[2]

In October 2005, The Herd performed a cover of Redgum's classic anti-war song "I Was Only 19" on Triple J's ‘Like a Version’ radio program. The song became one of the most heavily requested songs on the station. The Herd's version of "I Was Only 19" was voted in at #18 in the 2005 Triple J Hottest 100 playlist.[3] It was credited to Schumann, Cheung, Fellows, Harrison and Kennedy.[4] A video by Broken Yellow was directed by Brendan Doyle and produced by Navid Bahadori included actors in roles as Australian soldiers, some actual Vietnam Vets including Frankie Hunt are also shown. An audio mp3 download by Triple J's Hack has reporter Ali Benton discussing the video, interviewing Doyle, Schumann and Hunt.[5]

At the J Award of 2005, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.[6]

In March 2006 the album was re-issued with the inclusion of "I Was Only Nineteen", with Redgum's John Schumann on vocals.[7]

Track listing

All tracks written by (Levinson, Cheung, Harrison, Fellows, Kennedy) unless otherwise indicated.

  1. "Unpredictable" (Levinson, Kenny Sabir, Cheung, Harrison, Fellows, Kennedy) - 4:05
  2. "Long Lunch" (Levinson, Harrison, Fellows, Kennedy) - 3:30
  3. "National Holiday" (Sabir, Levinson, Harrison, Fellows, Kennedy)- 3:18
  4. "We Can't Hear You" - 4:17
  5. "Under Pressure" (Levinson, Harrison, Fellows, Kennedy, Williams) - 4:23
  6. "Where Is Everyone" (R. Tamplenizza, Harrison) - 2:38
  7. "Full Moon" - 4:37
  8. "Apocalypta" (Sabir, Kennedy, Levinson, Fellows) - 5:30
  9. "Can't Breathe" - 5:20
  10. "Starship Troopers [Redux]" (Kennedy, Harrison) - 3:23
  11. "Effortless" (Featuring Braintax) - 4:26
  12. "Mischief" - 4:19
  13. "No Disclaimers" (Sabir, Levinson, Cheung) - 3:37
  14. "Breakfast Club" (Sabir, Levinson, Fellows, Kennedy, Harrison) - 5:57
  15. "The Metres Gained" (Levinson, Kennedy, Johns, Sabir, Cheung) - 4:43
  16. "I Was Only 19" (features on 2006 reissue) (Schumann, Cheung, Fellows, Harrison, Kennedy) - 4:54

Personnel

The Herd

Additional musicians

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Triple J - J Award (2007) . Triple J . 2008-01-15 .
  2. Web site: V Energy AIR Charts : Independent Labels: Albums . Australian Independent Record Labels Association . 24 October 2005 . 2008-04-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927150635/http://www.air.org.au/charts_main/index.php . 27 September 2011.
  3. Web site: Triple J Hottest 100 (2005) . Triple J . 2008-01-15 .
  4. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association . . 2007-12-09 .
  5. Web site: Triple J's hack . Benton . Ali . 17 March 2006 . 2007-11-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070216051109/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hack/notes/s1594780.htm . 16 February 2007 .
  6. Web site: The J Award 2005. Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2005. 15 August 2020.
  7. http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/id/848464 The Sun Never Sets re-issue
  8. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia. pdf.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "The Sun Never Sets (album)".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.