''Sold'' is the sixth album by Australian rock band

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. It was released in 1996 and peaked at No. 29 in the ARIA album charts. The album was the last to include drummer, Nick Kennedy, who left during recording; he was replaced in the sessions by Shane Melder, on loan from Sidewinder. It was co-produced by former

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vocalist

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, who had produced the band's 1986 debut ''

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'', and

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, who went on to co-produce their next two albums. Singer and song co-writer

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said the album's lyrics, inspired by the departure of his long-time girlfriend, were very personal. He told the ''

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'': "Every song can actually move me to tears. It was something I had to get out of my system. It was something that was happening in my life and it stopped happening and I'm trying to get over it." ''The Age'' called the album a classic, the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' described it as "magnificent" and the ''Herald Suns review said: "While it retains some of the rough edges associated with previous records, ''Sold'' is mostly pristine and polished, and pitched squarely at commercial radio."Steve Venom, ''Herald Sun'', 29 February 1996, pg 62. It was Died Pretty's second and final album for Sony Records. The company dropped the band from its roster in April 1996.

Track listing

(All songs by Brett Myers and

except where noted) # "Sold" – 2:56 # "Cuttin' Up Her Legs" – 3:10 # "Good at Love" – 2:51 # "Cry" – 4:53 # "Slipaway" – 3:14 # "B.loved" – 5:11 # "She's Not There" – 3:02 # "Stops 'n' Starts" – 3:12 # "Which Way to Go" – 4:36 # "1,2,3" – 4:00 # "How I Feel" – 4:06 # "Comin' Down" (Brett Myers, Ron Peno, Robert Warren) – 4:02 # "Hallelujah" – 7:11

Personnel

* Brett Myers – guitar * John Hoey – keyboards *

– vocals * Robert Warren – bass * Shane Melder – drums * Nick Kennedy – drums

Additional personnel

* Sunil de Silva – strings

References

{{Authority control 1996 albums Died Pretty albums Columbia Records albums