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Beautiful Machine
Studio album by
Shihad
ReleasedNew Zealand 21 April 2008
Australia 17 May 2008
RecordedSing Sing Studios, Melbourne
Genre
LabelWarner Music
ProducerAlan Moulder, Shihad, Scott Horscroft
Shihad chronology
Love Is the New Hate
(2005) 		Beautiful Machine
(2008) 		Ignite
(2010)
Alternative covers
Beautiful Machine 2 CD cover
Alternative cover
Beautiful Machine pre-release artwork
Singles from Beautiful Machine
  1. "One Will Hear the Other"
    Released: January 2008
  2. "Vampires"
    Released: March 2008
  3. "Beautiful Machine"
    Released: June 2008
  4. "Rule the World"
    Released: November 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Salient[1]
Yahoo!Xtra[2]
Yahoo!Xtra[3]

Beautiful Machine is the seventh studio album by Shihad and was released on 21 April 2008 in New Zealand and 17 May 2008 in Australia.

The album is much softer than previous Shihad releases, including many electronica elements and '80s backing rhythms - to the point where lead singer Jon Toogood has called some tracks "dance songs".

The lead single "One Will Hear the Other" was released early January 2008, where it peaked as the second most played Kiwi song. "Vampires" was the album's second single and surpassed "One Will Hear the Other" in airplay, peaking as the number one most played Kiwi song shortly after its release.

Beautiful Machine entered the New Zealand Music Chart at number 1, going Gold on its first day of release (7,500+ sales). Despite this achievement it failed to go Platinum, Shihad's first album to not do so in 12 years.

Like Shihad's previous album Love Is the New Hate, Beautiful Machine's top position on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart was 11.

Track listing

  1. "One Will Hear The Other" - 4:01
  2. "Rule The World" - 4:22
  3. "Hard To Please" - 3:59
  4. "Beautiful Machine" - 4:14
  5. "Vampires" - 4:04
  6. "Count It Up" - 2:22
  7. "Waiting Around For God" - 5:13
  8. "Chameleon" - 3:37
  9. "Eliza" - 4:39
  10. "The Bible And The Gun" - 4:22
  11. "When You Coming Home?" - 3:44
  12. "The Prophet" - 5:14

2 CD Bonus Disk Tracks:

  1. "Lowlife" - 3:15
  2. "Won't Let You Down" 4:09
  3. "Skank" (Played live 2007) - 3:50
  4. "It's a Crime" - 4:39
  5. "Lightbulb" - 2:49
  6. "Name Your Price" - 4:22

iTunes Only Bonus Tracks:

  1. "Violence+Bloodshed"
  2. "Easy Life Romance"
  3. "No Religion (Getting Nowhere Fast)"

Unreleased B-Sides:

  1. "Settle Down"
  2. "Michaelangelo"
  3. "Alazama"
  4. "Outta Here" (Played live 2006)
  5. "Whatever" (Played live 2006)

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Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[3] Gold 7,500^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Track names announced". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
  2. ^ Beautiful Machine listing - JB Hifi
  3. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Shihad – Beautiful Machine". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 25 January 2023.


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