Broken UFO

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Broken UFO
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 2002
Recorded2001–2002
StudioYikesville, Melbourne
Genre Rock
Length52:49
Label Rubber Records
Producer Shane O'Mara and East Van Parks
Icecream Hands chronology
Sweeter Than the Radio
(1999)
Broken UFO
(2002)
You Can Ride My Bike: The Best of the Icecream Hands
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Broken UFO is the fourth album by Australian rock band Icecream Hands. It was released in August 2002.

Contents

A single, "Rain Hail Shine", was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Independent Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 2002. [5]

Track listing

(All songs by Charles Jenkins except where noted)

  1. "Broken UFO" — 3:05
  2. "Coming After You Again" — 4:42
  3. "Beautiful Fields" — 3:15
  4. "Head Down" (Marcus Goodwin) — 3:33
  5. "Stay in the Same Room" — 3:35
  6. "The Diplomat's Daughter" — 4:00
  7. "Why'd You Have to Leave Me This Way" — 3:27
  8. "When the Show is Over" (Douglas Lee Robertson) — 4:05
  9. "Because You're Young" — 4:02
  10. "Come Down Come Down" — 3:11
  11. "Rain Hail Shine" — 3:44
  12. "Waterproof" — 3:51
  13. "Leaving All the Best" — 4:08
  14. "Happy in the Sky" (Robertson) — 4:11

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 84

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References

  1. Shaun Carney, The Age, 12 September 2002.
  2. Jo Roberts, The Age, 13 September 2002.
  3. Noel Mengel, The Courier-Mail, 14 September 2002.
  4. Neala Johnson, The Herald Sun, 5 September 2002.
  5. "ARIA nominees announced," The Age, 17 September 2002.
  6. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 135.