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, released on 12 August 2006. It peaked at No. 5 on the

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and remained in the top 50 for 61 weeks. The album was certified 3× platinum in 2011 for shipment of 210,000 copies. Six singles were released from the album, with four of them reaching the ARIA Singles Chart top 50: " I Love It" (July 2006), "

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" (December), "

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" (April 2007) and "

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" (October). At the

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they won

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and

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for ''Sneaky Sound System''.

Information

''Sneaky Sound System'' was released on 12 August 2006 by Australian electropop and dance music collective,

. It entered the

at position 44 on 7 January 2007. It provided six singles with four of them reaching the top 50 on the associated singles chart: " I Love It" (July 2006), "

" (December), "

" (April 2007) and "

" (October). "Pictures" peaked at number one on the ARIA Club Chart with its

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remix. "UFO" was their highest-charting single on the regular ARIA Singles Chart, which reached No. 11. "I Love It", which reached No. 24, remained in the top 100 for 73 weeks – the longest chart run by an Australian artist. When the nominees for the 2007 ARIA Awards were announced Sneaky Sound System received five nominations for the album including; Best Dance Release, Best Independent Release, Breakthrough Artist – Album, Best Group and Album of the Year. At the awards ceremony, in October, they won Best Dance Release and Breakthrough Artist – Album. In the following week, the album reached its peaked position of number five on the ARIA Albums Chart and remained in the top 50 for a total of 61 weeks. The album was accredited 2× platinum by ARIA at the end of that year.ARIA Accreditations of 2007
/ref> In 2011 it was certified 3× platinum for shipment of 210,000 copies. A UK compilation album was released on 20 April 2009 featuring three tracks from ''Sneaky Sound System'' and nine from their second studio album '' 2''.

Track listing

Personnel

* Black Angus (a.k.a. Angus McDonald) – all instruments, guitars (track 7, disc 2), producer, producer (track 7, disc 2) * Nick Broadhurst –

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sax (track 4) * Alex Caradetis – drum solo (track 2) * Miss Connie – vocals (track 7, disc 2) * Peter Dolso – all instruments, cover art (collector's edition), engineered, mixed by, producer * Stylaz Fuego – additional producer (track 2, disc 2), remixer (track 2, disc 2) * Dave Glass – cover art (also on collector's edition) * Jack Glass – additional producer (track 6, disc 2), remixer (track 6, disc 2) * Goodwill – additional producer (track 4, disc 2), remixer (track 4, disc 2) * Groove Terminator – additional producer (track 1, disc 2), remixer (track 1, disc 2) * Mike Marsh – mastering * Michael Morgan – engineer (track 7, disc 2) * Jonny Powell – additional producer (track 5, disc 2), remixer (track 5, disc 2) * Riot in Belgium – additional producer (track 3, disc 2), remixer (track 3, disc 2) * Sam LA More – additional producer (track 1, disc 2), engineer (track 1, disc 2), remixer (track 1, disc 2) * Bennie Single – cover art (also on collector's edition) * Sloan – bass (track 7, disc 2), keys (track 7, disc 2) * Chris Stracey – additional producer (track, disc 2), remixer (track 6, disc 2) * John-Paul Talbot – additional producer (track 5, disc 2), remixer (track 5, disc 2) * Van She Tech – additional producer (track 3, disc 2), remixer (track 3, disc 2) * Rob Woolf – piano solo (track 2)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sneaky Sound System (2006 Album) 2006 debut albums Sneaky Sound System albums Whack Records albums ARIA Award-winning albums