4 Days in Sing Sing

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4 Days in Sing Sing
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Studio album by The Black Sorrows
Released 4 September 2009 (2009-09-04)
Recorded 2009
Studio Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne
Genre
Label Head Records
Producer Joe Camilleri, Peter Bain-Hogg
The Black Sorrows chronology
The Essential Black Sorrows
(2007)		4 Days in Sing Sing
(2009)		 Crooked Little Thoughts
(2012)

4 Days in Sing Sing is the twelfth studio album by Australian rock band The Black Sorrows. The album was recorded in four days in Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne, where the Black Sorrows recorded their albums Hold On to Me and Harley & Rose and released as a CD/DVD package in September 2009. [1]

The Black Sorrows are an Australian blues rock band formed in 1983 by mainstay vocalist Joe Camilleri, who also plays saxophone and guitar. Camilleri has used various line-ups to record 17 albums, with five reaching the top 20 on the ARIA Albums Charts: Hold on to Me, Harley and Rose, Better Times, The Chosen Ones - Greatest Hits and Lucky Charm. Their top 40 singles are "Chained to the Wheel", "Harley + Rose" and "Snake Skin Shoes".

Melbourne City in Victoria, Australia

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Its name refers to an urban agglomeration of 9,992.5 km2 (3,858.1 sq mi), comprising a metropolitan area with 31 municipalities, and is also the common name for its city centre. The city occupies much of the coastline of Port Phillip bay and spreads into the hinterlands towards the Dandenong and Macedon ranges, Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley. It has a population of approximately 4.9 million, and its inhabitants are referred to as "Melburnians".

<i>Hold On to Me</i> (album) album by The Black Sorrows

Hold On to Me is the fifth studio album by Australian rock band The Black Sorrows. It's the group's first album to feature the vocals of Vika and Linda Bull.

Contents

Lead singer Joe Camilleri said; "This all started because I was asked to document the past for a live DVD. I love and embrace my past, but I know and believe that The Black Sorrows will never be a heritage act because for us there’s no finish line. The heart and soul of The Sorrows still beats loud and clear." The plan was to recorded each track in no more than three takes to keep the music 'fresh' and 'not overwork it'. [2] The DVD documents the recording of the album and includes interview footage of the band, sneak peaks behind the scenes and diary notes of the process by Camilleri.

Track listing

CD track listing (HEAD109)
  1. "Best Thing" - 3:27
  2. "What Levi Wants" - 4:06
  3. "Lonesome Road" - 4:52
  4. "Lean On Me" - 3:57
  5. "Don't Judge Me Too Hard" - 4:23
  6. "Lay By My Side" - 4:00
  7. "Comfort Me" - 3:15
  8. "Every Natural Thing" -3:27
  9. "Midnight Rain" - 4:49
  10. "The Raven" - 4:17
  11. "Sometimes I Wish" - 3:16
  12. "Where's it All Gonna End" - 3:12
  13. "Better Times" - 5:44
  14. "Such a Night" - 5:24
  15. "Little Murders" - 4:08
  16. "Viva La Money" - 3:21
  17. "Sumo" - 13:02
DVD track listing
  1. "Don't Judge Me Too Hard"
  2. "Comfort Me"
  3. "Lean On Me"
  4. "What Levi Wants"
  5. "Lonesome Road"
  6. "Lay By My Side"
  7. "Such a Night"
  8. "Sumo"
  9. "Where's it All Gonna End"
  10. "Every Natural Thing"
  11. "The Raven"
  12. "The Best Thing"
  13. "Better Times"
  14. "Don't Judge Me Too Hard" (Film Clip)
  15. "Sometimes I Wish"
  16. "Midnight Rain"
  17. "Little Murders"
  18. "Viva La Money"

Personnel

Musicians:

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References

  1. ↑ "4 Days in Sing Sing CD DVD". JBHiFi. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "4 Days in Sing Sing by The Black Sorrows". Head Records. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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