''The Official Fiction'' was the fourth studio album by Australian band
Something for Kate
Something for Kate are an Australian alternative rock band, which formed in 1994 with Paul Dempsey on lead vocals and guitar, and Clint Hyndman on drums. They were joined in 1998 by Stephanie Ashworth on bass guitar and backing vocals. The gr ...
. The album debuted at Number 1 on the
ARIA charts
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and earned platinum status for sales exceeding 70,000 units. It earned the band four
ARIA Music Award
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nominations (Album of the Year, Best Rock Album, Best Group, Best Cover Art)
ARIA Awards winners 2003
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s Album of the Year and Single of the Year for "Déjà Vu
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". The first single from the album, "Déjà Vu
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", remains a staple of their live sets. It was followed by two other singles, " Song for a Sleepwalker" and "Moving Right Along".
Track listing
(All songs by Something for Kate except where noted)
#"Max Planck" – 4:41
#"Best Weapon" – 4:47
#" Song for a Sleepwalker" – 3:54
#"Kaplan/Thornhill" – 4:44
#"Light at the End of the Tunnel" – 3:36
#"Letter to the Editor" – 3:31
#"Déjà Vu
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" – 4:26
#"Reverse Soundtrack" – 4:41
#"Coldwater Canyon" – 4:23
#"Souvenir" – 3:24
#"Moving Right Along" – 3:27
#"Asleep at the Wheel" – 3:56
#"No Man's Land" – 4:17
Deluxe edition bonus disc
The 2014 deluxe edition included a bonus disc of the album's B-sides.
Track listing
#"Losing My Mind" – 4:55
#"Blueprint Architecture" – 3:30
#"You Only Hide (Live Acoustic version)" – 4:16
#"Moving Right Along – Alternate version" – 3:22
#"Anchorman II" – 4:50
#"Faster" – 5:41
#"Life of the Party" – 5:40
#" Ashes to Ashes" (Live at the POW) (David Bowie
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) – 4:36
#"Hanging on the Telephone
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Blondie h ...
" ( Jack Lee) – 2:38
Personnel
;Something for Kate
* Paul Dempsey
Paul Anthony Dempsey (born 25 May 1976) is an Australian musician. He is best known as the lead singer, guitarist and principal lyricist of rock group Something for Kate. Dempsey released his debut solo album, '' Everything Is True'', on 20 A ...
– guitars, vocals
* Stephanie Ashworth
Stephanie Ashworth is an Australian bassist, photographer, artist and columnist, known for being a member with the bands Sandpit and Something for Kate, where she performs with her spouse and frontman, Paul Dempsey.
Music career
Early in Ashwor ...
– bass
* Clint Hyndman
Something for Kate are an Australian alternative rock band, which formed in 1994 with Paul Dempsey on lead vocals and guitar, and Clint Hyndman on drums. They were joined in 1998 by Stephanie Ashworth on bass guitar and backing vocals. The gr ...
– drums
;Additional personnel
* Grant-Lee Phillips
Grant-Lee Phillips (born Bryan G. Phillips; September 1, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He led the group Grant Lee Buffalo in the 1990s, afterwards launching a solo career. He features as the town troubadour ...
– backing vocals ("No Man's Land")
* Caitlin Cary
Caitlin Cary (born October 28, 1968) is an alternative country musician and visual artist from Seville, Ohio.
Early life
Caitlin Cary is the youngest of seven siblings (all older brothers). Her entire family was involved in music to some degre ...
– backing vocals ("Song for a Sleepwalker")
* Lisa Germano
Lisa Ruth Germano (born June 27, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Indiana. Her album '' Geek the Girl'' (1994) was chosen as a top album of the 1990s by ''Spin'' magazine. She began her career as a violinist ...
– backing vocals ("Light at the End of the Tunnel", "Reverse Soundtrack")
* Kathryn Brownhill – violin ("Song for a Sleepwalker", "Reverse Soundtrack", "Coldwater Canyon", "Souvenir")
* Catherine Tabrett – cello ("Light at the End of the Tunnel", "Reverse Soundtrack", "Coldwater Canyon")
* The Section Quartet
The Section Quartet is a string quartet founded by Eric Gorfain that performs cover versions of rock songs.
History
Eric Gorfain founded the quartet after working for the 1996 tour of Robert Plant and Jimmy Page. He said the quartet fulfilled h ...
("Kaplan/Thornhill", "Deja Vu"):
** Eric Gorfain
Eric Gorfain is an American violinist and founder of The Section Quartet, a string quartet that plays cover versions of rock songs. He is married to singer-songwriter Sam Phillips, with whom he has toured and recorded.
Gorfain studied music at UC ...
– violin
** Daphne Chan – violin
** Richard Dodd
Richard Dodd (born April 25, 1965) is an English cellist, recording artist and musician. He has appeared on numerous records beginning from The Three O'Clock's Album Sixteen Tambourines, and spanning different musical genres in Pop, with acts l ...
– cello
** Leah Katz – viola
Charts
Certifications
Release history
References
2003 albums
Something for Kate albums
Murmur (record label) albums
Albums produced by Trina Shoemaker
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