Melodia (album)
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Melodia is fourth studio album by Australian alternative rock band The Vines. The album was produced by Rob Schnapf, and subsequently released by Ivy League Records in Australia on July 12, 2008, and through retailer Insound, in the United States on July 22, 2008. The album peaked at #12 on the Australian ARIA Charts.
Background
Recording of the album was completed during the week of 3-10 of March, 2008, with a release occurring in July 2008. Originally thought to be called Braindead, the title of the album was confirmed via their MySpace website on May 22, 2008 to be Melodia and a official track listing was also announced. The band demoed 25 songs, only 14 of which made the final cut. This is The Vines' first album for record label Ivy League Records, after parting ways with EMI and Capitol Records in 2007. The band began recording in Los Angeles in November 2007 with producer Rob Schnapf, who has also worked on their albums Highly Evolved and Winning Days. The song "True as the Night" is the sequel to the song "Vision Valley", which appeared on the album of the same name.
The first single "He's a Rocker" was debuted officially at the 2008 MTV Awards in Australia, on April 26, with airplay beginning on radio soon after. "He's a Rocker" was released through iTunes on June 3, with two bonus tracks. "Blue Jam" being a rough early version of "Jamola" with "Hey Now" being an exclusive non-album song.
A limited number of signed copies of the album were made available for online pre-order on June 23 in Australia, whilst Melodia was sold on CD exclusively in the United States by Insound, from July 22.[3] Orders online through Insound received a free MP3 of the song "Make Believe".
Melodia will have its UK physical release on October 6th 2008.
Track listing
All tracks are written by C. Nicholls
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Get Out" | 2:10 |
| 2. | "Manger" | 2:02 |
| 3. | "A.S. III" | 1:53 |
| 4. | "He's a Rocker" | 1:57 |
| 5. | "Orange Amber" | 2:01 |
| 6. | "Jamola" | 0:59 |
| 7. | "True as the Night" | 6:07 |
| 8. | "Braindead" | 2:26 |
| 9. | "Kara Jayne" | 2:07 |
| 10. | "MerryGoRound" | 2:12 |
| 11. | "Hey" | 1:33 |
| 12. | "A Girl I Knew" | 2:19 |
| 13. | "Scream" | 2:00 |
| 14. | "She is Gone" | 2:52 |
B-Sides and Bonus Tracks
| Song | Length | Source |
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| Blue Jam | 1:05 | He's a Rocker EP |
| Hey Now | 1:20 | He's a Rocker EP |
| Make Believe | 1:25 | Insound Preorder / iTunes bonus track |
Charts
| Charts (2008) | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Albums Chart | 12 |
Personnel
- Craig Nicholls – vocals, guitars, album cover with Love Police
- Ryan Griffiths – guitars, backing vocals
- Hamish Rosser – drums, percussion
- Brad Heald – bass, backing vocals
- Rob Schnapf - production, mixing, 12 string guitar on "Orange Amber" and acoustic guitar on "A.S. III"
- Doug Boehm - recording, mixing
- Graham Hope - assistant recording
- Dave Bowling - assistant recording
- Jason Gossman - assistant mixing
- Clint Welander - assistant mixing
- John Oreshnick - drum tuning / drum set
- Jason Borger - string arrangement ("True As The Night")
- Daphne Chen - violin
- Amy Wickman - violin
- Stirling Trent - violin
- Matt Fish - cello
- Love Police - album sleeve / artwork
Notes
- http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/the_vines_fill_us_in_on_album_4.html
- http://undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=4440
- http://thevinesperu.blogspot.com
- http://comfortcomes.com/?page=reviews&id=2476
References
- ^ MTV Australia. "MTV AA 2008 Red Carpet". Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- ^ StefanieNicholls. "The Vines Message Board". Retrieved 2008-06-25.
- ^ a b Insound. "The Vines' Melodia is Out on July 22". Retrieved 2008-06-25. Cite error: The named reference "insoundmainportal" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).