Desert Lights

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Field	Value
name	Desert Lights
type	Album
artist	Something for Kate
cover	Desert Lights.jpg
released	1 June 2006
genre	Alternative rock
length	43:25
label	Murmur
producer	Brad Wood
prev_title	Phantom Limbs: Selected B-Sides
prev_year	2004
next_title	iTunes Originals - Something for Kate
next_year	2007
name	Desert Lights
type	Studio
single1	Cigarettes and Suitcases
single1date	May 2006
single2	Oh Kamikaze
single2date	September 2006
single3	California
single3date	March 2007
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Desert Lights is the fifth studio album by Australian band, Something for Kate, released on 1 June 2006. It peaked at No. 1 on the ARIA Charts – their second studio album to do so after The Official Fiction (August 2003). Desert Lights was accredited gold by ARIA for shipment of 35,000 copies by the end of 2006.

Background

Something for Kate were established in 1994 as an alternative rock band in Melbourne. By 1998 the line-up was Paul Dempsey on lead vocals, guitar and keyboards; Clint Hyndman on drums and percussion and Stephanie Ashworth on bass guitar, percussion and backing vocals. Something for Kate had issued their fourth studio album, The Official Fiction in August 2003, which became their first number-one album.

Desert Lights, their fifth studio album was issued on 1 June 2006, which also topped the charts – their second number-one album. It was accredited gold record status within a month of its release for shipment of 35,000 copies. They had recorded it over four months in Los Angeles with production by Brad Wood (Ben Lee, the Smashing Pumpkins, Liz Phair). It provided three singles, "Cigarettes and Suitcases" (May 2006), "Oh Kamikaze" (September) and "California" (March 2007).

Track listing

| all_writing = Stephanie Ashworth, Paul Dempsey, Clint Hyndman, unless noted otherwise

| title1 = California | length1 = 3:42

| title2 = Down the Garden Path | length2 = 4:54

| title3 = Cigarettes and Suitcases | length3 = 4:04

| title4 = This Is the Life for Me | length4 = 3:59

| title5 = A Fool's History Part 1 | length5 = 3:37

| title6 = Oh Kamikaze | length6 = 3:55

| title7 = Impossible | length7 = 4:58

| title8 = Transparanoia | length8 = 4:53

| title9 = Statues | length9 = 4:13

| title10 = Washed out to Sea | length10 = 5:07

| total_length = 43:25

Bonus Bootleg Disc

(from the limited edition 2 CD version)

"Three Dimensions" (Live at the Zoo)
"Hawaiian Robots" (Live at the Zoo)
"Prick" (Live at the Zoo)
"Pinstripe" (Live at the Zoo)
"Déjà Vu" (Live at the Zoo)
"Born to Run" (originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen)

Live tracks are taken from two concerts at live music venue, The Zoo, in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, on 20 and 21 May 2006.

Deluxe edition bonus disc

The 2014 deluxe edition included a bonus disc of the album's B-sides.

Track listing

"Three Dimensions (Live at the Zoo)" - 3:44
"Hawaiian Robots (Live at the Zoo)" - 5:04
"Prick (Live at the Zoo)" - 3:55
"Pinstripe (Live at the Zoo)" - 5:55
"Déjà vu (Live at the Zoo)" - 4:49
"Born to Run" (Bruce Springsteen) - 4:33
"The Actor Makes His Move" - 3:39
"The Killing Moon" (Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson, Pete de Freitas) - 4:25
"Prick (Live at the POW)" - 3:59
"Airport Kid" - 4:07
"The Amazing Machine that Does Not Work - Demo version" - 4:34
"Close to Me" (Robert Smith) - 3:43
"Cassandra Walks the Plank" - 3:01
"Rock the Casbah" (Topper Headon, Joe Strummer, Mick Jones) - 3:49
"Oh Kamikaze (T-Rek Remix)" - 7:44
"The Futurist" - 4:05

Charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (2006) | Peak position | Australia|1|artist=Something For Kate|album=Desert Lights|access-date=29 November 2023}} | |---|---|---| ::

Certifications

Personnel

Something for Kate

Paul Dempsey – guitar, vocals
Clint Hyndman – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Stephanie Ashworth – bass guitar, backing vocals

Additional personnel

Mike Garson – piano on "Washed Out to Sea"
Pete Yorn – backing vocals on "California"
Brad Wood – backing vocals
Jaye Ellah – backing vocals
Chick Molverton – backing vocals

Release history

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Region	Date	Edition(s)	Label	Catalogue
June 2006	{{flat list	Standard	Murmur	MATTCD136
July 2014	{{flat list	Deluxe Edition, Reissue	Murmur, Sony Music Australia	88843074362
August 2018	{{flat list	Limited Edition, Reissue	Sony Music Australia	88843074881
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References

(1999). "[[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]]". [[Allen & Unwin]].
"Something for Kate". Howlspace – The Living History of Our Music. White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd (Ed Nimmervoll).
Hung, Steffen. "Discography Something for Kate". Australian Charts Portal (Hung Medien).
Levin, Darren. (28 September 2012). "Something for the Jokers". [[The Age]].
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"Something for Kate – Desert Lights". [[Amazon.com]].
"Song Catalogue Search Results for 'Down the Garden Path'". [[APRA AMCOS]] (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society).
Pat McGrath. (2012). "Something for Kate The Murmur Years". Mess+Noise Proprietary Limited.
(11 February 2012). "Something For Kate - Born To Run". Akashic Records.

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