ITunes Session (Chet Faker EP)
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{{Infobox album
| italic_title = no
| name = iTunes Session
| type = EP
| artist = Chet Faker
| cover = ITunes Session - Chet Faker cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 28 November 2014
| recorded = 2014; Studios 301 {{small|(Sydney, Australia)}}
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 33:27
| label = Future Classic
| producer =
| prev_title = Built on Glass
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = Work
| next_year = 2015
}}
iTunes Session is an extended play (EP) by Australian electronic musician Chet Faker. It was released on 28 November 2014 exclusively on the iTunes Store through Future Classic. The six-track EP was recorded at Studios 301 in Sydney{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Chetfaker/posts/763182827053001|title=Pre-order the 6-track iTunes Session that was...|first=Chet|last=Faker|publisher=Facebook|date=27 November 2014|accessdate=27 January 2015}} and features live versions of tracks originally for his debut album Built on Glass with the exception of "I'm Into You" which appeared on his 2012 debut EP, Thinking in Textures. The EP debuted and peaked at number 18 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
Background
During 2014, Faker won five awards at the 2014 ARIA Awards, had a number 1 album in Australia and was given the J Award for Australian Album of the Year after recording and releasing his own iTunes Sessions album.{{cite web|url=http://www.bossymusic.com/#!Chet-Faker-iTunes-Session-out-now-watch-ARIA-performance-shows-sell-out-/colb/0F0EE034-3C4D-4448-87BD-AA5DC24228F3 |title=Chet Faker iTunes Session out now – Watch ARIA performance| publisher=www.bossymusic/com|date= December 12, 2014|accessdate = 27 January 2015}} "Gold" was given a solo piano rendition, while "Talk Is Cheap" features a cello.{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/chet_faker_gets_his_own_itunes_session|title=Chet Faker Gets His Own 'iTunes Session'|work=Alex Hudson|publisher=www.exlaim.ca|date=27 November 2014|accessdate=27 January 2015}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Nick Murphy
| total_length = 33:27
| title1 = I'm Into You
| length1 = 4:50
| title2 = 1998
| length2 = 5:01
| title3 = To Me
| length3 = 8:14
| title4 = Cigarettes & Loneliness
| length4 = 6:51
| title5 = Gold
| length5 = 4:15
| title6 = Talk Is Cheap
| length6 = 4:16
}}
Charts
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| Chart (2014)
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| {{albumchart|Australia|18|artist=Chet Faker|album=iTunes Session|accessdate=27 January 2015|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"| Australian Independent Albums (AIR){{cite web|url=http://www.air.org.au/charts/20141208/?chart=independent-label-album-charts|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150127010352/http://www.air.org.au/charts/20141208/?chart=independent-label-album-charts|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 27, 2015|title=Independent Label Albums Charts|publisher=Australian Independent Record Labels Association|date=8 December 2014|accessdate=27 January 2015}}
| 2 |
Release history
References
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