''Live from Faraway Stables'' is a 2003 live album and

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by Australian

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band

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. It was recorded at their concert held on 19 April 2003, at

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in the band's home-town of

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, and was the second show to be held during the band's Across the Night world tour of March to June It is Silverchair's first live On all shows of the Across the Night tour, the concert was divided into two which were introduced on the three large video screens above the stage as " Act 1" and "Act 2"; the respective

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and

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s in the album are labelled in the same "Act 1", which showcased mainly quieter and more experimental was "dominated" by songs from the band's then-latest studio album, '' Diorama'', and was marked by "grand

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sections (replicated by two extra keyboards); dramatic flourishes, both vocally and instrumentally; ndan almost parodic leap into

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's 'look at me, look at me' shifts of form and "Act 2", which consisted of heavier rock saw the band "revert to more of a hard rock set-up, with the

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touches junked for less subtle, but brutally effective The album spent three weeks on the Australian

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, peaking at It has been certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The original two-CD/two-DVD release was made available in both CD-sized and DVD-sized packaging.

Track listing

The concert footage of songs listed on the audio CDs (Discs 1 and 2) appear on their corresponding DVDs (Discs 3 and 4). All songs were written by

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, except for the "Overture" from "Act 2", which was written by

"Act 1" – Disc 1 (audio CD)/Disc 3 (DVD)

# "Overture" – 1:32 # " After All These Years" – 4:33 # "World Upon Your Shoulders" – 5:14 # "Tuna in the Brine" – 5:27 # " Luv Your Life" – 4:44 # "Paint Pastel Princess" – 4:36 # "Petrol & Chlorine" – 5:07 # " Across the Night" – 5:25 # "

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" – 4:33 # "

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" – 4:10 # "Steam Will Rise" – 9:26

"Act 2" – Disc 2 (audio CD)/Disc 4 (DVD)

# "Overture" – 0:55 # " Emotion Sickness" – 9:30 # " Without You" – 4:11 # " Israel's Son" – 7:32 # "Black Tangled Heart" – 4:25 # "Do You Feel the Same?" – 4:32 # "

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" – 5:08 # " The Door" – 5:45 # "

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" – 5:12 # " Anthem for the Year 2000" – 6:01 # "One Way Mule" – 6:21 # "Asylum" – 5:22 # "The Lever" – 13:43

Bonus material (DVD)

*"Emotion Sickness" (Live in

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) *An Insight into Production *Behind the scenes *Photo gallery *Sound Dolby Digital 5.1

Personnel

– guitar, piano, vocals *

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– bass guitar *

Ben Gillies Benjamin David Gillies (born 24 October 1979) is an Australian musician, best known as the drummer of Australian rock band Silverchair from 1992 until the band went on hiatus in 2011. In 2003, Gillies formed Tambalane with Wes Carr, initiall ...

– drums *

Julian Hamilton Julian Thomas Hamilton (born September 1976) is an Australian singer-songwriter and keyboardist, who, with bandmate Kim Moyes, formed the electronica duo, The Presets in 2003. They have issued four studio albums, '' Beams'' (September 2005), '' ...

– keyboard, backing vocals *Stuart Hunter – keyboard, backing vocals *

Nick Launay Nicolas Launay is an English record producer, composer and recording engineer. He is one of the most sought after record producers in the world due to his success with recent albums by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Anna Calvi, IDLES, Black Re ...

– mixing *David Davis – assistant mix engineering *Chris Thompson – live recording engineering *Steven Schram – live recording assistant engineering *Don Bartley – mastering *Andrew Lord – television director *Ben Richardson – executive producer

Release history

Certification

References

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