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This Vital Chapter

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{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}}

{{Infobox album

| name = This Vital Chapter

| type = studio

| artist = The Panda Band

| cover = Panda-band-this-vital-chapter.jpg

| released = 6 June 2006 (AUS)
18 September 2006 (US)

| recorded = February 2006 – March 2006

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Indie pop

| length = 37:50

| label = BamBoo/MGM Distribution (AUS)
Filter US Recordings/Fontana Distribution (US)

| producer = David Parkin

| prev_title = "Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town"

| prev_year = 2005

| year = 2006

}}

This Vital Chapter is the first album from The Panda Band, released in Australia on 8 May 2006 and in the United States on 12 September 2006 - subtitled 'We're Almost Not Even Here'. The album features new recordings of radio favourites "Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town" (which reached #73 on Triple J's Hottest 100), "Eyelashes" and the most recent "Ghosts Have The Best Time". The US release, under the Filter US Recordings label, provided a different track listing to the Australian release.

The album was nominated for the Most Popular Album award at the 2007 West Australian Music Industry Awards.{{cite web

|url=http://wam.asn.au/wamifest07.htm#winnerz

|title=WAMi Festival 2007 – Awards

|publisher=WAMi

|accessdate=2007-05-25

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070505202941/http://www.wam.asn.au/wamifest07.htm#winnerz |archivedate = 2007-05-05}}

Following the appearance of the band at SXSW in 2007[http://2007.sxsw.com/music/showcases/band/39931.html SXSW appearance Wednesday 14 March 2007] {{Webarchive|url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090714121100/http://2007.sxsw.com/music/showcases/band/39931.html |date=14 July 2009 }} and subsequent tour of the United States the album received airplay in various cities across the United States.[http://www.wuog.org/dj/world/index.php?page=printplaylist&show_id=5043 WUOG 90.5fm - Athens, Georgia] & [http://www.wrur.org/topthirty.php?date=2007-04-10 WRUR 88.5fm - Boulder, Colorado]

Track listing (AUS)

  1. "Paragraph 1: Hibernation" – (Crosbie) 0:40
  2. "High in Your Saddle" – (Crosbie) 3:19
  3. "Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town" – (Crosbie) 3:07
  4. "Lovely Shoulders" – (Crosbie) 2:31
  5. "Musical Chairs" – (Crosbie) 4:51
  6. "Spanish Bride" – (Crosbie) 3:35
  7. "A Call to Your Arms" – (Crosbie) 1:42
  8. "Ghosts Have the Best Time" – (Crosbie) 2:55
  9. "We've Got the Face of the Earth" – (Crosbie) 1:53
  10. "The Jaguar" – (Crosbie) 3:15
  11. "Eyelashes" – (Crosbie, Namour) 3:42
  12. "Signing Off (We're Almost Not Even Here: Part 1)" – (Crosbie, Namour) 6:12

Track listing (US)

  1. "Paragraph I: Hibernation" - (Crosbie) 0:38
  2. "High in Your Saddle" - (Crosbie) 3:20
  3. "Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town" - (Crosbie) 3:08
  4. "Eyelashes" - (Crosbie, Namour) 3:42
  5. "Spanish Bride" - (Crosbie) 3:33
  6. "Musical Chairs" - (Crosbie) 4:56
  7. "Lovely Shoulders" - (Crosbie) 2:32
  8. "A Call to Your Arms" - (Crosbie) 1:42
  9. "Ghosts Have the Best Time" - (Crosbie) 2:54
  10. "We've Got the Face of the Earth" - (Crosbie) 1:53
  11. "The Jaguar" - (Crosbie) 3:19
  12. "Signing Off (We're Almost Not Even Here) Part I..." - (Crosbie, Namour) 6:08

Personnel

=The Panda Band=

  • Christopher Callan
  • Stephen Callan
  • Damian Robert Crosbie
  • David Namour
  • Gabriel Nicotra

=Additional musicians=

  • Katy Steele - vocals (tracks 7 & 9)
  • Shane Pouley - double bass (track 4)
  • Shaun Lee-Chen - violin (tracks 2, 4, 6, 9 & 12)
  • Alex Brogan - viola (tracks 2, 4, 6, 9 & 12)
  • Tristen Parr - cello, string transcription (tracks 2, 4, 6, 9 & 12
  • Claire McGowan - tuba (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 & 10)
  • James Murphy - trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 & 10)
  • Melanie Price - trombone (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 & 10
  • Mark Sprogowski - saxophones, clarinet (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 & 10
  • Jonathan Fernades - horn transcription (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 & 10)

Reviews

  • [http://www.treblezine.com/reviews/1672.html Treblezine - Terrance Terich] (26 September 2006)
  • [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/the-panda-band-this-vital-chapter/ PopMatters - Dan Rapper] (18 October 2006)
  • [http://www.onetimesone.com/music-reviews/panda-band-vital-chapter.php OneTimesOne] (25 July 2007)
  • [http://www.filter-mag.com/artists/interior.213.html Filter Magazine]

References

External links

  • [http://www.amo.org.au/release.asp?id=7859 Australian Music Online - This Vital Chapter]
  • {{MusicBrainz release|mbid=5ff7794d-602c-411a-8563-94baa1a9f430|name=This Vital Chapter}}
  • {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r840312}}

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Category:2006 debut albums

Category:The Panda Band albums