''Suburban Songbook'' is the second studio album by

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n singer-songwriter Kevin Mitchell, under the pseudonym Bob Evans, vocalist and guitarist for

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band Jebediah. It was produced by Brad Jones (

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, Yo La Tengo,

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) at the 'Alex the Great Studios' in

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. At the 2006 ARIA Awards, ''Suburban Songbook'' won the "Best Adult Contemporary Album" and at the J Award of 2006, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year. Bob Evans was also nominated for an Australian Music Prize for the album. It debuted at #15 on the

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album charts. In October 2010, it was listed in the book, ''

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''. It was also re-released in a deluxe format featuring promotional clips and exclusive footage and audio.

Background

“I wanted to really push the idea and feeling of turning the `Suburban Everyday’ into something of almost fairytale quality,” Mitchell explains. “Of romanticism. That magic can happen in the suburbs every single day. Almost like making a record where within the stories it’s like everything’s happening on Christmas morning. There’s that little hint of magic in the air.” – Kevin Mitchell

Singles

The first single released off the album was "

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", and the second was " Nowhere Without You", which debuted at #84 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. Both songs had music videos released for them. The third song released was "Friend", although only as a radio single, the video for which is currently available on YouTube and Yahoo! Music Australia & New Zealand. The final song lifted from the album was "Sadness and Whiskey", which coincided with Mitchell's national tour of Australia in June and July 2007.

Track listing

Personnel

*Kevin Mitchell - vocals, guitar, harmonica, bells, claps, baby piano, mandolin * Brad Jones - harmonium, bass guitar, piano, guitar, casio, organ,

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*Jim Hoke - flute,

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*Pete Finney - guitar *Ken Coomer - drums, tambourine *Chris Carmichael - cello, viola, violin *David Henry - cello *Neil Rosengarden -

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, baritone horn,

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Charts

Certifications

References

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