Lovers (The Sleepy Jackson album)

Lovers
Studio album by The Sleepy Jackson
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 EMI
Producer Jonathan Burnside
The Sleepy Jackson chronology
Lovers
(2003)		 Personality - One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird
(2006)Personality - One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird2006
Singles from Lovers
  1. "Vampire Racecourse"
    Released: 7 July 2003
  2. "Good Dancers"
    Released: 13 October 2003
  3. "Come to This"
    Released: 23 February 2004
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Review scores
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Pitchfork Media(6.0/10) link

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] 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

Singles

  • "Vampire Racecourse" (7 July 2003)
UK CD single
  1. "Vampire Racecourse" – 3:15
  2. "Hell Is Here" – 1:42
  3. "Holly" – 1:31
UK red-colored 7" single
  1. "Vampire Racecourse" – 3:15
  2. "Glasshouses" – 3:45
Australian CD single
  1. "Vampire Racecourse" – 3:15
  2. "Hell Is Here" – 1:42
  3. "Revolution" – 2:01
  4. "Holly" – 1:31
  5. "Mosquito Kids" – 4:17
  • "Good Dancers" (13 October 2003)
UK CD single
  1. "Good Dancers" – 4:14
  2. "Bucket of Love" – 1:54
  3. "Hymn #1" – 1:09
  4. "Good Dancers" (enhanced video)
UK 7" single
  1. "Good Dancers" – 4:14
  2. "Hymn #1" – 1:09
  3. "Raindrop" – 2:24
Australian CD single
  1. "Good Dancers" – 4:14
  2. "Come to This" (Acoustic) – 3:56
  3. "Good Dancers" (Acoustic) – 3:35
  4. "Bucket of Love" – 1:54
  5. "Raindrop" – 2:24
  • "Come to This" (23 February 2004 – UK CD single)
  1. "Come to This" – 3:29
  2. "Tonight You Will Change" – 2:49
  3. "You've Got No More Days Left" – 2:13
  4. "You Are So Cold" – 4:06
  • "This Day"/"Come to This" (22 March 2004 – Australian 7" single)
  1. "This Day" – 3:48
  2. "Tonight You Will Change" – 2:49
  3. "Come to This" – 3:29
  4. "You've Got No More Days Left" – 2:13

References

  1. ↑ Album Chart Listing - Lovers
  2. ↑ Collins, Simon (26 September 2009). "Man of Steele". The West Australian. West Australian Newspapers Ltd.
  3. ↑ O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
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