Broken Brights

Broken Brights
Studio album by Angus Stone
Released	13 July 2012 [1]
Studio	Desert Harvest Studios, Byron Bay, Sing sing Studios, Melbourne, Australia Plug & Play Studios, Nyon, Switzerland [2]
Length	61:18 [2]
Label	Desert Harvest Records
Angus Stone chronology
Smoking Gun (2009) Broken Brights (2012) Honey Bones (2016)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Consequence of Sound	C- [4]
The Line of Best Fit	7/10 [5]
MusicOMH	[6]
The Sydney Morning Herald	[7]

Broken Brights is the second studio album by Australian musician Angus Stone, released in July 2012. It peaked at number 2 in Australia and was certified gold. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2012, the album was nominated for Best Male Artist and Best Blues and Roots Album. ^[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Angus Stone ^[2]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"River Love"	4:55
2.	"Broken Brights"	4:12
3.	"Bird On the Buffalo"	5:50
4.	"Wooden Chair"	3:25
5.	"The Blue Door"	3:31
6.	"Apprentice of the Rocket Man"	5:24
7.	"Only a Woman"	6:25
8.	"The Wolf and the Butler"	4:10
9.	"Monsters"	5:20
10.	"It Was Blue"	5:12
11.	"Be What You Be"	4:52
12.	"Clouds Above"	2:51
13.	"End of the World"	5:14
14.	"Happy Together" (bonus track)	2:25
Total length:		61:18

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [9]	2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [10]	23
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [11]	26
French Albums (SNEP) [12]	67
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [13]	67
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [14]	42
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [15]	32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [16]	27

Year-end charts

Chart (2012)	Rank
Australian Albums Chart [17]	67
Australian Artist Albums Chart [18]	20

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [19]	Gold	35,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Broken Brights by Angus Stone". Apple Music . 13 July 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
2. "Broken Brights at AM". AllMusic . Retrieved 19 June 2021.
3. Christopher Monger, James. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 10 August 2024.
4. Hardy, Tony (19 July 2012). "Consequence of Sound Review". Consequence of Sound . Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
5. Kambasha, Michelle (17 July 2012). "The Line of Best Fit Review". The Line of Best Fit . Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
6. Bonadio, Paul (17 July 2012). "MusicOMH Review". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
7. Mathieson, Craig (20 July 2012). "Weekly Music Reviews". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
8. "2012 ARIA Awards Winners By Year". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
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11. "Ultratop.be – Angus Stone – Broken Brights" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
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13. "Offiziellecharts.de – Angus Stone – Broken Brights" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
14. "Dutchcharts.nl – Angus Stone – Broken Brights" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
15. "Charts.nz – Angus Stone – Broken Brights". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
16. "Swisscharts.com – Angus Stone – Broken Brights". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
17. "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Albums 2012". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
18. "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Australian Artist Albums 2012". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
19. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2012 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 18 June 2021.