Torch the Moon

Torch the Moon
Studio album by
The Whitlams
Released22 July 2002
Recorded2001–2002
GenrePop
Length49:58
LabelBlack Yak / Warner
ProducerDaniel Denholm
The Whitlams chronology
Love This City
(2000) 		Torch the Moon
(2002) 		Little Cloud
(2006)
Alternative Covers
Limited edition 2 disc version
Singles from Torch the Moon
  1. "Fall For You"
    Released: 17 June 2002
  2. "Best Work"
    Released: 9 September 2002
  3. "Royal in the Afternoon"
    Released: February 2003
  4. "Don't Believe Anymore"
    Released: June 2003
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Torch the Moon is the fifth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner in 2002.[2] It peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart.[3] It received platinum album certification from ARIA.[4]

Track listing

"Cries Too Hard"
The opening track of Torch the Moon.
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  1. "Cries Too Hard" – 4:11
  2. "Fall for You" – 3:47
  3. "The Lights Are Back On" – 3:44
  4. "I Will Not Go Quietly (Duffy's Song)" – 3:53
  5. "Kate Kelly" – 4:18
  6. "Royal in the Afternoon" – 2:58
  7. "Gone Surfing" – 2:12
  8. "Best Work" – 4:33
  9. "Start My Cellar Again" – 4:08
  10. "Coming Over" – 4:26
  11. "Out the Back" – 4:31
  12. "Breathing You In" – 2:56
  13. "Ease of the Midnight Visit" – 4:20

Re-releases

Initial prints of Torch the Moon contained a second CD, entitled Side 4. The track list contained:

  1. "Don't Believe Anymore" – 5:22
  2. "Last Life" – 4:45
  3. "Witness Protection Scheme" – 3:52
  4. "Back into the Wild" – 3:40
  5. "Still in Love with You" – 3:23

A second print of the CD was released with the initial track listing, as well as "Don't Believe Anymore" (a cover of a track from Icehouse's 1984 album Sidewalk) and "Last Life".

A third release of the CD saw the thirteen initial tracks included, but none of the tracks from Side 4.

Finally, a fourth print of the CD saw a combination of the fifteen-track release as well as an exclusive 'Rarities' CD, collecting B-sides and unreleased tracks from the last nine years. The track list ran as follows:

  1. "The Curse Stops Here" – 3:37
  2. "Where Is She? (Demo)" – 4:28
  3. "Tiny Girls" – 2:50
  4. "Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No. 2) (Live)" – 4:53
  5. "Bring Me Back to Your Love (Full Band Version)" – 4:05
  6. "Coming up for Air" – 3:46
  7. "Fall for You (Perky Mix)" – 3:36
  8. "Never Fall in Love Again" – 3:36
  9. "No Aphrodisiac (MGF Remix)" – 4:22
  10. "400 Miles from Darwin (Demo)" – 3:20
  11. "Out the Back (Sculthorpe Variation)" – 9:43
  12. "I Make Hamburgers (Live Remix)" – 3:01

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2002–03) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 1

Year-end chart

Chart (2002) Position
Australian (ARIA Charts)[6] 49

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[7] Platinum 70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

The first verse of "Kate Kelly",[8] a song about Kate Kelly, younger sister of Ned Kelly, may have inspired Australian author David Hunt in his 2016 book "True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, Volume 2" in which he also describes Joe Byrne as having been "strung up" like a "marionette".[9]

References

  1. ^ Bolger, Clayton. Torch the Moon at AllMusic
  2. ^ "The Whitlams". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 July 2002. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  3. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography The Whitlams". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  4. ^ "The ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 11 August 2008. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Australiancharts.com – The Whitlams – {{{album}}}". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  6. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 301.
  7. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2003 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Kate Kelly Lyrics".
  9. ^ David Hunt (2016). "Such is Life". True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, Volume 2. p. 369. ISBN 978-1925435320.