''Serene Machine'' is the seventh solo album by Australian guitarist and songwriter Ed Kuepper recorded in 1993 and released on the

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label.The Kuepper Files: Discography
accessed 6 July 2010 It received an

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for 'Best Independent Release' at the ARIA Music Awards of 1994.

Reception

The album spent one week in the

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Albums Chart in 1993 at No. 45. ''Serene Machine'' was awarded an

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for the Best Independent Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 1994.8th Annual ARIA Awards
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Track listing

(All compositions by Ed Kuepper except as indicated) # "When She's Down" – 3:09 # "Sleepy Head (Serene Machine)" – 4:00 # "Who's Been Talking?" – 2:45 # "It's Happened Before" – 3:48 # "I Wish You Were Here" – 3:01 # "Maria Peripatetica" (Traditional) – 3:36 # "Sounds Like Mysterious Wind" – 3:19 # "Reasons" – 3:54 # "This Hideous Place" – 3:12 # "(You) Don't Know What To Steal" – 3:47 # "You Can't Please Everybody (Sweete Reprise)" – 4:00 # "Married To My Lazy Life" – 2:24

Charts

Personnel

* Ed Kuepper –

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*Mark Dawson –

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*Sir Alfonso –

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* Artie Sledge – guitar, bass guitar *The Hub Matinee Choral Society, The Socialist Republic of Newtown's People's Choir – vocals

References

{{Authority control Hot Records albums Ed Kuepper albums 1993 albums ARIA Award-winning albums