Blue Planet Eyes | ||||
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Released | 30 September 2014 | |||
Length | 38:13 | |||
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Singles from Blue Planet Eyes | ||||
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Blue Planet Eyes is the debut studio album by Australian rock band the Preatures, released on 30 September 2014 through Mosy Recordings and Universal Music Australia.[ citation needed ]
Blue Planet Eyes debuted and peaked at number 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified gold in 2018. The single version of the song "It Gets Better," retitled as "Better Than It Ever Could Be", was featured in the online setlist for Guitar Hero Live in 2015.[ citation needed ]
The album includes their 2013 breakthrough single, "Is This How You Feel?".
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Blue Planet Eyes" | 3:04 | |
2. | "Somebody's Talking" |
| 3:28 |
3. | "Is This How You Feel?" |
| 3:34 |
4. | "Ordinary" |
| 3:48 |
5. | "Two Tone Melody" |
| 4:26 |
6. | "Rock and Roll Rave" |
| 3:50 |
7. | "Whatever You Want" |
| 3:03 |
8. | "Cruel" |
| 2:58 |
9. | "It Gets Better" |
| 3:33 |
10. | "Business, Yeah" |
| 2:53 |
11. | "Is This How You Feel?" (Classixx Remix) |
| 3:36 |
Total length: | 38:13 |
Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] | 4 |
Chart (2014) | Position |
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Australian Artist Albums Chart [6] | 48 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [7] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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