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Desert Lights
Studio album by
Released1 June 2006
GenreAlternative rock
Length43:25
LabelMurmur
ProducerBrad Wood
Something for Kate chronology
Phantom Limbs: Selected B-Sides
(2004)
Desert Lights
(2006)
iTunes Originals - Something for Kate
(2007)
Singles from Desert Lights
  1. "Cigarettes and Suitcases"
    Released: May 2006
  2. "Oh Kamikaze"
    Released: September 2006
  3. "California"
    Released: March 2007

Desert Lights is the fifth studio album by Australian band, Something for Kate, released on 1 June 2006. The album peaked at No.1 on the ARIA Charts.[1]

Track listing

(All songs by Something for Kate)

  1. "California" – 3:42
  2. "Down the Garden Path" – 4:54
  3. "Cigarettes and Suitcases" – 4:04
  4. "This Is the Life for Me" – 3:59
  5. "A Fool's History Pt.1" – 3:37
  6. "Oh Kamikaze" – 3:55
  7. "Impossible" – 4:58
  8. "Transparanoia" – 4:53
  9. "Statues" – 4:13
  10. "Washed out to Sea" – 5:07

Bonus Bootleg Disc

(from the limited edition 2 CD version)

  1. "Three Dimensions" (Live at the Zoo)
  2. "Hawaiian Robots" (Live at the Zoo)
  3. "Prick" (Live at the Zoo)
  4. "Pinstripe" (Live at the Zoo)
  5. "Déjà Vu" (Live at the Zoo)
  6. "Born to Run" (originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen)[2][3]

Live tracks are taken from two concerts at live music venue, The Zoo, in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, on 20 and 21 May 2006.

Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 1

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[5] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Something for Kate
Additional personnel

References

  1. ^ Levin, Darren (28 September 2012), "Something for the jokers", The Age, retrieved 8 October 2012
  2. ^ Pat McGrath (2012). "Something for Kate The Murmur Years". Mess+Noise. Mess+Noise p/l. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  3. ^ AKASHICREC0RDS (11 February 2012). "Something For Kate - Born To Run" (Video upload). YouTube. Google, Inc. Retrieved 18 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Desert Lights – {{{album}}}". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  5. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 16 December 2014.