Departures (album)

Departures
Studio album by Bernard Fanning
Released	7 June 2013
Genre	Alternative rock, country-folk
Length	39:34
Label	Dew Process
Bernard Fanning chronology
Tea & Sympathy (2005) Departures (2013) Civil Dusk (2016)
Singles from Departures
"Battleships" Released: 2013 "Tell Me How It Ends" Released: 2013

Departures is the second solo album by Australian musician Bernard Fanning, a follow-up to his 2005 album Tea & Sympathy , and the first since Fanning's band Powderfinger was disbanded in 2011. The album was released on 7 June 2013. The album heralds a departure from Fanning's debut 2005 effort of folk and roots in favour of a rock sound, more akin to his Powderfinger origins. ^[1]

Commercial performance

Departures debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart dated 17 June 2013, becoming Fanning's second number-one album as a solo artist. ^[2]

Track listing

1. "Tell Me How It Ends" – 3:41
2. "Limbo Stick" – 3:53
3. "Battleships" – 3:10
4. "Grow Around You" – 4:20
5. "Drake" – 3:48
6. "Call You Home" – 4:51
7. "Departures (Blue Toowong Skies)" – 4:20
8. "Zero Sum Game" – 4:07
9. "Here Comes the Sadist" – 3:35
10. "Inside Track" – 3:49
11. "Ghosts" (retail bonus track) – 3:58
12. "Come Down On Your Side" – 3:27 (iTunes bonus track)

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [3]	1

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [4]	Gold	35,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of number-one albums of 2013 (Australia)

References

1. Iain Shedden (1 June 2013). "Departures (Bernard Fanning)". The Australian . Retrieved 14 June 2013.
2. Ryan, Gavin (15 June 2013). "ARIA Chart: Bernard Fanning Departures Debuts at No. 1". Noise11. Noise Network. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
3. "Australiancharts.com – Bernard Fanning – Departures". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
4. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2013 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 27 December 2021.