Torch the Moon

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Field	Value
name	Torch the Moon
type	Album
artist	The Whitlams
cover	Torch_the_moon.jpg
released	22 July 2002
recorded	2001–2002
genre	Pop
length	49:58
label	Black Yak / Warner
producer	Daniel Denholm
prev_title	Love This City
prev_year	1999
next_title	Little Cloud
next_year	2006
misc	{{Extra album cover
header	Alternative Covers
type	Album
cover	Torch_the_moon_2_disc.jpg
caption	Limited edition 2 disc version
name	Torch the Moon
type	studio
single1	Fall For You
single1date	17 June 2002
single2	Best Work
single2date	9 September 2002
single3	Royal in the Afternoon
single3date	February 2003
single4	Don't Believe Anymore
single4date	June 2003
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Torch the Moon is the fifth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner in 2002. It peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart. It received platinum album certification from ARIA.

Track listing

All tracks written by Tim Freedman, unless otherwise noted.

1. "Cries Too Hard" – 4:11
2. "Fall for You" (Freedman, D. Denholm) – 3:47
3. "The Lights Are Back On" – 3:44
4. "I Will Not Go Quietly (Duffy's Song)" (Freedman, J. Willing) – 3:53
5. "Kate Kelly" – 4:18
6. "Royal in the Afternoon" – 2:58
7. "Gone Surfing" (Freedman, J. Housden, T. Richmond, W. Hornby) – 2:12
8. "Best Work" (Freedman, B. Fink, N. Freedman) – 4:33
9. "Start My Cellar Again" – 4:08
10. "Coming Over" (Freedman, W. Hornby) – 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

Personnel

• Tim Freedman – Piano, Vocals, Backing Vocals
• Jak Housden – Guitar, Backing Vocals
• Terepai Richmond – Drums, Percussion
• Warwick Hornby – Bass
• Daniel Denholm – Strings
• Emma-Jane Murphy, Melissa Barnard, Peter Morrison – Cello
• Caroline Henbest – Viola
• Aiko Goto, Doreen Cumming, Elizabeth Jones, Helena Rathbone, Jun Yi Ma, Naomi Radom – Violin

Charts

Weekly charts

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Year-end chart

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Chart (2002)	Position
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Certifications

In popular culture

The first verse of "Kate Kelly", 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".

References

References

1. {{AllMusic. Clayton. Bolger
2. (2002-07-27). "The Whitlams".
3. Hung, Steffen. "Discography The Whitlams". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
4. (11 August 2008). "The ARIA Report". [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA).
5. (2002). "The Whitlams - Torch The Moon".
6. Ryan, Gavin. (2011). "Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010". Moonlight Publishing.
7. "Kate Kelly Lyrics".
8. David Hunt. (2016). "True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, Volume 2".

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