Notes from a Ceiling

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Field	Value
name	Notes From A Ceiling
type	Album
artist	The Mess Hall
cover	Notes from ceiling ac.jpg
released
recorded	Byron Bay
genre	Indie rock
length	43:36
label	Shock
producer	Matt Lovell
Chris Joannou
prev_title	Feeling Sideways
prev_year	2003
next_title	Devils Elbow
next_year	2007
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| name = Notes From A Ceiling | type = Album | artist = The Mess Hall | cover = Notes from ceiling ac.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = Byron Bay | venue = | studio = | genre = Indie rock | length = 43:36 | label = Shock | producer = Matt Lovell Chris Joannou | prev_title = Feeling Sideways | prev_year = 2003 | next_title = Devils Elbow | next_year = 2007

Notes from a Ceiling is the second album from the Australian two-piece rock band The Mess Hall, which was issued on 20 June 2005. It peaked at No. 8 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums Chart. It won an ARIA Music Award for Engineer of the Year for Matt Lovell, and a nomination for Producer of the Year for Chris Joannou and the group. It was short-listed for the inaugural Australian Music Prize and was included in both Triple J and Rolling Stone's Top 50 of 2005.

According to Jed Kurzel (vocalist/guitarist), the only recollection he has of recording the album is that Cec Condon (drummer/vocals) nearly set fire to the studio whilst barbecuing, and that while suffering vertigo, the attending doctor was more interested in whether the band were touring on the next Big Day Out than attending to his illness. In early 2004, Kurzel lived somewhat of a nomadic lifestyle. Having moved house once, he kept moving from friend's place to friend's place. His main memory of that year is "staring up at different ceilings, wondering what the hell I was doing" which is how the album title came about.

Track listing

1. "Diddley" – 5:23
2. "Pills" – 4:00
3. "Call It Black" – 4:12
4. "Disco 1" – 3:59
5. "Skyline" – 6:01
6. "Shaky Ground" – 3:28
7. "Metal And Hair" – 2:35
8. "Disco 2" – 4:38
9. "Holes" – 2:41
10. "Red Eyes And Sunshine" – 6:34

References

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References

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