''Chaos and Bright Lights'' is the first

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band

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released in Australia on 10 November 2007 (see

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) by

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. The band co-wrote most of the songs on the album with help from many writers including the album's producer Adam Anders. The

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released from the album gave the band little success on the charts with "Save Yourself" peaking in the Australian

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top hundred and "My Life Again" debuting in the top twenty on the CMC top thirty. Band member Brooke McClymont stated that the album has many moods and the songs present a young woman's outlook on keeping, finding and losing relationships."The McClymonts – Biography"
. ''Getmusic''. Retrieved 13 November 2007. The band wrote all the songs for the album in both

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and

with some national and international songwriters including –

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(who writes for

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), Eric Silver (who has written for

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(who has written for

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), Nathan Chapman (who has written for

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), Steve Diamond (who has written for

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), and Frank Myers. "Save Yourself" was the first song released from the album, to radio on 3 September 2007 and to

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on 22 October 2007. In 2014, the album was certified gold in Australia.

Track listing

# "My Life Again" (Adam Anders, Nathan Chapman,

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) – 3:22 # "Save Yourself" (Anders,

, McClymont) – 3:35 # "Don't Tie My Hands" (Steve Diamond, McClymont, Mollie McClymont) – 4:13 # "Good Cry" (McClymont, McClymont,

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, Eric Silver) – 3:47 # "Settle Down" (B. McClymont, Erinn Sherlock) – 4:21 # "Way Too Late" (McClymont, McClymont, McClymont, Rod McCormack) – 3:09 # "You Were Right" (B. McClymont, Sherlock) – 3:48 # "Shotgun" (McClymont, McClymont, McClymont) – 3:43 # "Favourite Boyfriend of the Year" (Anders, McClymont, McClymont, McClymont) – 3:20 # "Finally Over Blue" (A. Herickson, L, Kittilsen, B. McClymont, J. Schumann) – 4:00 # "Til You Love Me" (Anders, S. McClymont, Frank Myers) – 3:58 # "Ghost Town" (M. McClymont, S. McClymont, Sherlock) – 2:53

Charts

Weekly charts

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Certifications

References

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