''Forget Yourself'' is the fifteenth album by the Australian

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band The Church, released in October 2003. It was recorded at drummer

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' Spacejunk studios in Australia and features many straight-to-tape recordings with few

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s. Around the time of ''Parallel Universe''s (late 2002) release, the Church returned to the studio to record another album, eventually entitled ''Forget Yourself''. Rather than fleshing the songs out over a long, gradual process, the band decided to keep the music as close to the original jam-based material as possible. Stylistically, this made for a much rawer sound, primarily recorded live and with minimal overdubs. As had become routine since '' Sometime Anywhere'' (May 1994), songs saw numerous instrument changes between members, with Powles playing guitar on "Sealine" and Willson-Piper switching to drums on "Maya." John D. Luersson at

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described the album as "a timeless, magical disc that is easily as strong as anything from their 1980s peak", adding that "the real brilliance peeks through on lush numbers like 'Telepath,' 'Maya,' and 'June,' all boasting the ethereal moments that made early discs like ''Remote Luxury'' and ''Heyday'' fan favorites." Note: for charting information user may need to click on 'Awards' tab. The album peaked in the top 50 on ''

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'' component chart, Top Independent Albums.

Track listing

All songs written by Kilbey/Koppes/Powles/Willson-Piper #"Sealine" – 5:06 #"Song In Space" – 5:24 #"The Theatre and Its Double" – 4:34 #"Telepath" – 4:56 #"See Your Lights" – 4:14 #*Vocals:

Marty Willson-Piper Marty Willson-Piper (born 7 May 1958) is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter best known as a former long-time member of the Australian psychedelic rock band The Church. He joined in 1980 after seeing an early gig where they were perform ...

#"Lay Low" – 4:13 #"Maya" – 3:45 #"Appalatia" – 4:09 #*Vocals:

Peter Koppes Peter Koppes (born 21 November 1955) is an Australian guitarist, best known as a founding and almost-continuous member of the independent rock band The Church. He is a multi-instrumentalist, also playing mandolin, drums, piano, and harmonica. ...

#"June" – 4:05 #"Don't You Fall" – 3:10 #"I Kept Everything" – 4:01 #"Nothing Seeker" – 4:22 #"Reversal" – 4:41 #"Summer" – 7:02

U.S. Bonus disc

All tracks from Beside Yourself #"Serpent Easy" – 14:44 #"Cantilever" – 10:00 #"Moodertronic" – 4:22

Personnel

Steve Kilbey Steven John Kilbey (born 13 September 1954) is an English Australians, English-Australian singer-songwriter and bass guitarist for the rock band The Church (band), the Church. He is also a music producer, poet, and painter. As of 2020, Kilbey h ...

– lead vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, guitar *

– guitars, keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals *

– drums, percussion, backing vocals, guitar *

– guitars, bass guitar, backing vocals, drums

References

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