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. It was released on 30 July 2010. The album debuted at No. 1 in Australia for the week commencing 9 August 2010. It has since been certified Platinum by

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. It was nominated by Australian radio station, Triple J for Album of the Year, along with

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's ''I Believe You Liar'', and

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, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.

Track listing

#"Never Land" – 2:10 (Skit) (features a sample from the 1960 film

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) #"Flying Through the City" – 3:17 (Prod.

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& Bliss) #" Addicted" – 3:51 (Prod. Hattori Hunzo) #" Down by the River" – 2:54 (Prod. Hattori Hunzo) #"The Moses Twist" – 4:16 (Prod. Hattori Hunzo) #"Art House Audio" – 3:02 (Prod. M-Phazes & Bliss) #"Family Affair" – 3:56 (Prod. Hattori Hunzo) #" Reflections" – 3:05 (Prod. Hattori Hunzo) #"Coastal Kids" – 3:57 (Prod. Bonobo) #"People Up on It" (featuring

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) – 4:26 (Prod. Hattori Hunzo) #"Caught at the Pub" – 2:05 (Skit) #"Where the Wild Things Are" (featuring

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) – 4:12 (Prod. Hattori Hunzo) #"The Children of the Night" – 4:47 (Prod. M-Phazes & Bliss) #"Smoke Like a Fire" (featuring RZA) – 3:52 (Prod. Hattori Hunzo) #"Re-Debating Reality" – 0:51 (Skit) #"Late One Night" – 3:42 (Prod. Hattori Hunzo) (features a sample of

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and Shane Nicholson) #"I Can" (featuring

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) – 4:13 (Prod. M-Phazes) #"Weightless Wings" – 3:29 (Prod. Matik) #"Golden Years" – 2:58 (Prod. Hattori Hunzo, co-prod. Bliss)

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References