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. It was released on 8 August 2005 by littleBIGMAN Records. The album debuted and peaked at number 40 on the ARIA Charts, becoming the band's first charting album. At the

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, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year. In May 2020, the album was re-released to streaming media. Laffer said "Recorded in Sydney, this album began in

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that no cab driver would agree to pick us up from, so we had to walk a few blocks, only this boxing gym was open. I think we stayed safe through being too strange to bother with."

Background and release

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) and it was completed within a week.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jae Laffer, Paul Otway, Drew Wootton, Myles Wootton and Julian Grigor. #"One Too Many Itches" – 4:00 #"Sleeps Like a Curse" – 3:55 #"My Best Mistake" – 3:13 #"Like an Unwelcome Guest" – 3:56 #"Someone Somewhere Somehow" – 4:54 #"Twin Sisters" – 3:01 #"Minor A" – 3:01 #"Speak It" – 3:25 #"It's Not a Thing" – 3:21 #"The General Calling" – 5:13 #"Keep an Eye on Me" – 5:07 # ntitled– 1:40

Personnel

The Panics

*Jae Laffer – vocals, guitars, keyboards,

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*Drew Wootton – guitars, bass *Paul Otway – bass, guitars *Julian Douglas – guitars, keyboards, vocals *Myles Wootton – drums, percussion, glockenspiel, samples

Additional musicians

*Wibbeke Rezcek – vocals ("My Best Mistake", "Like an Unwelcome Guest", Keep an Eye on Me") *Jacinta McCormick – vocals ("One Too Many Itches") *Kathy Potter – viola ("The General Calling") *Tristen Parr – cello ("The General Calling")

Charts

Release history

References

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