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Torch the Moon

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{{Infobox album

| name = Torch the Moon

| type = Album

| artist = The Whitlams

| cover = Torch_the_moon.jpg

| alt =

| released = 22 July 2002

| recorded = 2001–2002

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop

| length = 49:58

| label = Black Yak / Warner

| producer = Daniel Denholm

| prev_title = Love This City

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title = Little Cloud

| next_year = 2006

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative Covers

| type = Album

| cover = Torch_the_moon_2_disc.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = Limited edition 2 disc version

}}

{{Singles

| 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

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1017630|first=Clayton|last=Bolger}}

| rev2 =

| rev2Score =

| noprose = yes

}}

Torch the Moon is the fifth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner in 2002.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/the-whitlams-20020727-gdfhn7.html|title=The Whitlams|date=2002-07-27|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-10-27}} It peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart.{{cite web | url = http://www.australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Whitlams | title = Discography The Whitlams | publisher = Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung) | last = Hung | first = Steffen | access-date = 23 October 2015 }} It received platinum album certification from ARIA.{{cite web | date = 11 August 2008 | archiveurl = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080819140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20080820-0000/issue963.pdf | title = The ARIA Report | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | issue = 963 | page = 2 | url = http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/issue963.pdf | archivedate = 19 August 2008 | access-date = 23 October 2015 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Track listing

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All tracks written by Tim Freedman, unless otherwise noted.{{Citation |title=The Whitlams - Torch The Moon |date=2002 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3083719-The-Whitlams-Torch-The-Moon?srsltid=AfmBOoqKo4V-yf778notZAEY3AoZ8-Qj-9n_X_uiGE855N1NwzJDbIuX |access-date=2025-04-28 |language=en}}

  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=

class="wikitable"

!Chart (2002–03)

!Peak
position

{{album chart|Australia|1|artist=The Whitlams|title=Torch the Moon|access-date=26 December 2021}}

=Year-end chart=

class="wikitable"

!Chart (2002)

!Position

Australian (ARIA Charts){{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=PDF|page=301}}

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=The Whitlams|title=Torch the Moon|award=Platinum|relyear=2002|certyear=2003|type=album|access-date=26 December 2021}}

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In popular culture

The first verse of "Kate Kelly",{{cite web | url=https://www.google.com.au/search?q=kate+kelly+lyrics | title=Kate Kelly Lyrics }} 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".{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ypyDwAAQBAJ&q=joe+byrne+strung+up+marionette | isbn=978-1925435320 | title=True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, Volume 2 | author=David Hunt | year=2016 | page=369 |chapter=Such is Life}}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.thewhitlams.com Official site]

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Category:2002 albums

Category:The Whitlams albums