Modern Artillery

Modern Artillery
Studio album by
the Living End
Released28 October 2003
Recorded2003
StudioOcean (Burbank, California)
Genre
Length49:43
Label
ProducerMark Trombino
The Living End chronology
Roll On
(2000) 		Modern Artillery
(2003) 		From Here on In
(2004)

Modern Artillery (stylized as MODERN ARTillery) is the third studio album by Australian punk rock band the Living End, released on 28 October 2003 internationally and on 2 March 2004 in the United States. It is the first album to feature drummer Andy Strachan, since Travis Demsey had left the band after their second album, Roll On.

The song "Who's Gonna Save Us?" was released as a single and appeared in commercials for the documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11. "End of the World" is featured on the soundtrack for the video game Tony Hawk's Underground 2.

ARIA publicised that the album had officially achieved platinum status in Australia in November 2007.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chris Cheney, except where noted

Modern Artillery track listing
No.TitleLength
1."What Would You Do?" (Scott Owen)1:28
2."One Said to the Other"2:46
3."Who's Gonna Save Us?"3:21
4."End of the World"3:36
5."Jimmy"3:29
6."Tabloid Magazine"3:21
7."In the End"4:16
8."Maitland Street"4:07
9."Putting You Down"3:47
10."Short Notice" (Owen, Cheney, Andy Strachan)2:43
11."So What?"2:58
12."Rising Up from the Ashes"3:16
13."Hold Up"2:28
14."The Room"8:07
Total length:49:43
  • On vinyl releases of the album, the tracks "One Said to the Other" and "Tabloid Magazine" are swapped.[1]

Bonus DVD

Released as a limited edition bonus DVD with the Australian version of the album, it includes six live tracks from Splendour in the Grass 2003, as well as backstage footage. All tracks were recorded live at Splendour in the Grass, Byron Bay, Australia.

  1. "Roll On"
  2. "Save the Day"
  3. "Carry Me Home"
  4. "West End Riot"
  5. "E-Boogie"
  6. "Second Solution"

Singles

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Modern Artillery
Chart (2003) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] 3
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[3] 43

Certifications

Certifications for Modern Artillery
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[4] Platinum 70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "The Living End: Modern Artillery (180g) (Limited Numbered Edition) (Translucent Red Vinyl) (LP) – JPC".
  2. ^ "Australiancharts.com – The Living End – Modern Artillery". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Charts.nz – The Living End – Modern Artillery". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  4. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 4 October 2019.