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, released in Australia and New Zealand on 4 February 2006 and internationally on 11 July 2006. It debuted in the number one position of the Australian

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. The album's first single was "

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", released in November 2005. The follow-up single, " Wake Up" was released on 18 February 2006, and debuted at number 5 on the ARIA charts, making it the highest single debut position of the band (not including the EP ''

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''). At the

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, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year. The limited edition comes with a DVD, documenting the stages of the album's production and shows footage of the band's concerts, including performances as ''

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'' and at

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. They also released a live DVD of the ''State of Emergency'' tour, ''

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''. A limited edition

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of the album, limited to 500 copies worldwide, was also released.

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publicized that State of Emergency had officially achieved 2× platinum status in Australia in November 2007. The album is the band's second highest selling, behind the efforts of their record-breaking debut album.

Background

In December 2005, The Living End, as ''

'', played gigs in Sydney featuring tracks from the album. This was to test out audience reactions to new songs in order to ready themselves for the

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music festival. Tracks were also given a live airing in festivals of late 2005 and early 2006, such as the 2005

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festival at

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. The Living End played at

, a music festival in

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, the day before they were due to start recording ''State of Emergency''. Band members decided that if they got positive reactions during their performance, they'd do well producing the record and be in the right frame of mind to do so.

Track listing

How to Make an Album and Influence People

''How to Make an Album and Influence People'' is a documentary DVD covering the making of ''State of Emergency'', showing live and behind the scenes footage of the band. Starting from laying down the basic tracks in a practice studio, to the re-introduction of

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(producer of the band's second studio album, '' Roll On'') and playing a gig at

in 2005, before heading to the studio to record and mix the album. The DVD came as a bonus with the limited edition album.

Personnel

The Living End *

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, backing vocals Backing vocals on "Wake Up" * Christina Bell * Michael Bell * John Boneventura * Ruby Bryant * Olivia Bunting * Eva Conner * Scarlett Conner * Jessica Dredge * Alan Gibson * Mila Grant * India Murphy * D'arcy Noonan * Mia Quinsee-Jarvis * Rebecca Schwarz * Nicholas Schwarz Visuals and imagery * Alison Smith –

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* Chris Cheney – art direction * James Pipino – cover

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, studio photography * Martin Philby – booklet photography * Scott Ebsary – disc photography Instruments * Justine Jones –

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* Jack Howard – horns * Jeremy Smith – horns * Michael Waters – horns Technical and production *

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, mixing,

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* Jimmi Maroudas – mixing of "Into the Red" * Steve Smart – mastering * Matt Handley – guitar tech * Ant Milne – drum tech, bass tech Managerial * Rae Harvey –

management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

* Josh O'Donnell – A&R * Stephen Zagami – tour management * Jim Scott – FOH * Owen Orford – bookings * Darryl Eaton – bookings * Mike Dewdney – bookings

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:State Of Emergency (Album) 2006 albums The Living End albums Adeline Records albums Albums produced by Nick Launay