Hear (Diesel album)

Hear
A close-up of the artist's face singing into a blurred microphone. His name is at top right with album title below. At the right side is a blurred image of a guitar's neck with its strings.
Studio album by
Diesel
ReleasedOctober 7, 2002 (2002-10-07)
RecordedFebruary–March 2002
Studio
GenreHard rock
Length45:23
LabelHepfidelity
Producer
Diesel chronology
Soul Lost Companion
(1999) 		Hear
(2002) 		Singled Out
(2004)
Singles from Hear
  1. "Getta Kick"
    Released: September 2002
  2. "Battleworn"
    Released: November 2002
  3. "Angel Face"
    Released: January 2003
  4. "Faith and Gasoline"
    Released: April 2003

Hear is the seventh studio album released by American-born, Australian-based hard rocker, Diesel.[1] It was nominated for Best Independent Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 2003, but lost to Up All Night by the Waifs.[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Diesel (a.k.a. Mark Lizotte) except where noted.[3]

  1. "Angel Face" – 3:09
  2. "Faith and Gasoline" – 3:40
  3. "Getta Kick" (Diesel, Guy Davies) – 3:55
  4. "She's High" – 3:27
  5. "Brighter than the Sun" (Diesel, Davies) – 4:18
  6. "Battleworn" – 4:15
  7. "Don't Send Another" (Diesel, G. Wattenberg) – 2:26
  8. "I'm Here" (Diesel, Lee Moloney, Richie Vez, Rob Woolf) – 4:45
  9. "On Your Sand" (Diesel, Moloney, Vez, Woolf) – 3:50
  10. "Lotion" (Diesel, Davies) – 4:17
  11. "The Embers" – 3:27
  12. "I Wanna Fly" – 3:54

Personnel

  • Diesel – vocals, guitar, cello and bass (tracks 3, 5, 12)
  • Lee Moloney – drums, percussion
  • Richie Vez – bass guitar
  • Rob Woolf – keyboards, backing vocals (track 8)
Additional musicians
  • Guy Davies – keyboards and programming (tracks 3, 5), backing vocals (track 3)
  • Gary Pinto – backing vocals (track 2)
Graphics
  • Design, layout – artofthestate.com.au
  • Photography – Tracy Stevenson
Recording details
  • Producer – Diesel and Craig Porteils (except track 3), Diesel, Porteils and Guy Davies (track 3); at Eargasm and Studios 301, Sydney
  • Mixer – Craig Porteils at Studios 301
  • Mastering – Leon Zervos at Masterdisk, NYC
  • Assistant engineer – Nick Cervanaro

References

  1. ^ Diesel (2002), Hear, Hepfidelity Records, retrieved 5 December 2017 – via National Library of Australia, Publishers no. HFR002
  2. ^ "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 2003: 17th Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  3. ^ "'Angel Face' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 5 December 2017. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' or 'Performer:'