Torch the Moon is the fifth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner in 2002.[2] It peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart.[3] It received platinum album certification from ARIA.[4]
| Torch the Moon | ||||
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| Studio album by The Whitlams | ||||
| Released | 22 July 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2001 - 2002 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 49:58 | |||
| Label | Black Yak / Warner | |||
| Producer | Daniel Denholm | |||
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Limited edition 2 disc version | ||||
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"Cries Too Hard" (0:30)
The opening track of Torch the Moon. | |
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Initial prints of Torch the Moon contained a second CD, entitled Side 4. The track list contained:
A second print of the CD was released with the initial track listing, as well as "Don't Believe Anymore" (a cover of a track from Icehouse's 1984 album Sidewalk) and "Last Life".
A third release of the CD saw the thirteen initial tracks included, but none of the tracks from Side 4.
Finally, a fourth print of the CD saw a combination of the fifteen-track release as well as an exclusive 'Rarities' CD, collecting B-sides and unreleased tracks from the last nine years. The track list ran as follows:
| Chart (2002-03) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] | 1 |
| Chart (2002) | Position |
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| Australian (ARIA Charts)[6] | 49 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[7] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
The first verse of "Kate Kelly",[8] a song about Kate Kelly, younger sister of Ned Kelly, may have inspired Australian author David Hunt in his 2016 book "True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, Volume 2" in which he also describes Joe Byrne as having been "strung up" like a "marionette".[9]
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