Shoot This

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Field	Value
name	Shoot This
type	studio
artist	Motor Ace
cover	Motorace_shoot this.jpg
released	12 August 2002
studio
genre	Post-grunge
length	49:29
label	Sputnik
producer	Chris Sheldon
prev_title	Five Star Laundry
prev_year	2001
next_title	Animal
next_year	2005
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Shoot This is the second studio album by Australian post-grunge band Motor Ace, released in August 2002. The album gained more commercial success than their first album, debuting at number 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart and reached No. 40 in New Zealand.

Background

Shoot This was recorded by Australian post-grunge and alternative rock band Motor Ace with Chris Sheldon producing for Festival Mushroom Records' imprint Sputnik Records, which was issued in August 2002. The group had formed in Melbourne in 1998 and by early the following year the line-up had stabilised with Matt Balfe on bass guitar, Damian Costin on drums, Dave Ong on lead guitar and "Patch" Robertson on lead vocals and guitar. Shoot This, their second studio album, was preceded by two singles "Carry On" in May and "Keeping Secrets" in early August. Both reached the top 30 on the ARIA singles chart. The album debuted at No. 1 and was accredited a gold record for shipment of 35,000 copies by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). On the Official New Zealand Music Chart it peaked at No. 40.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Damian Birchall Costin, Patrick Thomas Robertson, David Ghim Cheng Ong and Matt Charles Balfe.

"Carry On" – 4:55
"Opportunity" – 4:06
"Pieces" – 4:07
"Feathers" – 4:10
"Keeping Secrets" – 4:36
"Ride the Wave" – 4:03
"Shoot This" – 4:44
"For Yourself" – 4:16
"Where Did You Go?" – 4:17
"When the Day Falls" – 3:31
"When the Feeling's Gone" – 6:44

Personnel

Motor Ace

Matt Balfe – bass guitar, Hammond organ, backing vocals
Damian Costin – drums, percussion
Dave Ong – guitars, piano, backing vocals
"Patch" Robertson – guitar, piano, lead vocal

Additional musicians

John Barrett – horn
Ian Bell – horn
Chris Sheldon – backing vocals

Artisans

Chris Blair – mastering
David Chapman – string arrangements
David Coulthard Clark – assistant
Iva Davies – string arrangements
David Davis – mixing assistant
Chris Dickie – engineer
Chris Sheldon – mixing, producer

Charts

Weekly charts

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Year-end charts

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Chart (2002)	Position	Australian Albums Chart	Australian Artist Albums Chart
82
17
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Certifications

References

(2017). "[[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop". Third Stone Press.
"Motor Ace Biography, Songs, & Albums". [[AllMusic]].
Hung, Steffen. "Discography Motor Ace". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
Hung, Steffen. "Discography Motor Ace". New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
"Song Catalogue Search Results for 'Carry On'". [[APRA AMCOS]] (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society).
"End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 100 Albums 2002". [[Australian Recording Industry Association]].
"ARIA Top 50 Australian Artists Albums 2002". [[Australian Recording Industry Association]].

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