Stack Is the New Black
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Stack Is the New Black is the debut studio album by Australian pop punk band Short Stack, released through Sunday Morning Records on 14 August 2009. It peaked at number 1 on the ARIA Charts. The "happy" skull and cross-bones on the cover is Short Stack's personal design. The boys in the band officially named the skull and cross-bones "Maurice the Pirate".
Release
The album's track listing was announced on 12 June 2009 through the band's website. The same day the album was also made available for pre-order, with all pre-orders before 17 July receiving a personal phone call from the band, and their name printed in the album's booklet.[1] JB Hi-Fi online also offered a pre-order of a signed album with a free shirt, guitar picks, poster and stickers.
Both songs "The Back of My Head" and "Thick as Thieves" were both written in the band's early years. They were remade for the album, "Thick as Thieves" was previously named "We Breakdance, Not Hearts". It sounded very similar to "Thick as Thieves". Originally, "The Back of My Head" had Andy Clemmensen and Shaun Diviney singing in the chorus and just Andy singing the verses, but this was changed so that Andy sung the verses and Shaun sung the choruses. (Normally, Andy is the backing vocalist and Shaun in the lead vocalist, except on this song.)
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Australian | [3] |
| The Mercury | [4] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Shaun Diviney
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Ladies & Gentlemen" | 3:27 |
| 2. | "Princess" | 3:18 |
| 3. | "Shimmy a Go Go" | 4:04 |
| 4. | "Sway, Sway Baby!" | 2:50 |
| 5. | "In This Place" | 3:30 |
| 6. | "Drop Dead Gorgeous" | 2:53 |
| 7. | "Counting the Stars" | 3:25 |
| 8. | "Before Angels Fall" | 3:12 |
| 9. | "The Back of My Head" | 4:02 |
| 10. | "One Step Closer" | 3:28 |
| 11. | "It's4U" | 3:01 |
| 12. | "17" | 4:13 |
| 13. | "We All Know" (produced by Short Stack) | 3:26 |
| 14. | "Thick as Thieves" (produced by Short Stack) | 5:17 |
| 15. | "Darling, I'll Be Your Werewolf" (acoustic bonus track; recorded in 2007) | 3:47 |
Chart history
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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| ARIA Albums Chart | 1[5] |
References
- ^ "Stack Is The New Black (Pre-order)". Get Music Australia. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
- ^ Greenberg, Adam (14 August 2009). "Stack Is the New Black - Short Stack". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "This week's CD reviews". The Australian. 12 September 2009.
- ^ Jarrad Bevan (4 September 2009). "Short Stack - Stack is the New Black Music Reviews - The Mercury - The Voice of Tasmania". The Mercury. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart". ARIA. 24 August 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009.