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Broken UFO

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Broken UFO
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 2002
Recorded2001–2002
StudioYikesville, Melbourne
GenreRock
Length52:49
LabelRubber Records
ProducerShane O'Mara and East Van Parks
Icecream Hands chronology
Sweeter Than the Radio
(1999)
Broken UFO
(2002)
You Can Ride My Bike: The Best of the Icecream Hands
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Age[1]
The Age[2]
The Courier-Mail[3]
The Herald Sun[4]

Broken UFO is the fourth album by Australian rock band Icecream Hands. It was released in August 2002.

A single, "Rain Hail Shine", was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Independent Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 2002.[5]

Track listing

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(All songs by Charles Jenkins except where noted)

  1. "Broken UFO" — 3:05
  2. "Coming After You Again" — 4:42
  3. "Beautiful Fields" — 3:15
  4. "Head Down" (Marcus Goodwin) — 3:33
  5. "Stay in the Same Room" — 3:35
  6. "The Diplomat's Daughter" — 4:00
  7. "Why'd You Have to Leave Me This Way" — 3:27
  8. "When the Show is Over" (Douglas Lee Robertson) — 4:05
  9. "Because You're Young" — 4:02
  10. "Come Down Come Down" — 3:11
  11. "Rain Hail Shine" — 3:44
  12. "Waterproof" — 3:51
  13. "Leaving All the Best" — 4:08
  14. "Happy in the Sky" (Robertson) — 4:11

Personnel

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  • Marcus Goodwin — guitar
  • Charles Jenkins — guitar, vocals
  • Douglas Lee Robertson — bass, vocals
  • Derek G. Smiley — drums, vocals

Additional personnel

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  • Garrett Costigan — pedal steel
  • Ian Whitehurst — saxophones
  • Eugene Ball — trumpet
  • Stephanie Lindner — violin
  • Caerwen Martin — cello
  • Shane O'Mara — guitar
  • Rebecca Barnard — backing vocals
  • Matthew Vehl — hammond organ

Charts

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Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 84

References

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  1. ^ Shaun Carney, The Age, 12 September 2002.
  2. ^ Jo Roberts, The Age, 13 September 2002.
  3. ^ Noel Mengel, The Courier-Mail, 14 September 2002.
  4. ^ Neala Johnson, The Herald Sun, 5 September 2002.
  5. ^ "ARIA nominees announced," The Age, 17 September 2002.
  6. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 135.