Puddinghead

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Puddinghead
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Studio album by
Released4 April 2014
Recorded
  • March 2013–May 2013
  • June 2013–January 2014
Genre Indie rock
Length41:00
Label Stop Start, Inertia Music
Producer Ball Park Music
Ball Park Music chronology
Museum
(2012)
Puddinghead
(2014)
Every Night the Same Dream
(2016)
Singles from Puddinghead
  1. "She Only Loves Me When I'm There"
    Released: 14 February 2014 [1]
  2. "Trippin' the Light Fantastic"
    Released: 23 May 2014 [2]

Puddinghead is the third studio album by Australian indie pop band Ball Park Music, released on 4 April 2014 by Stop Start and Inertia Music. It was supported by two singles, "She Only Loves Me When I'm There" and "Trippin' the Light Fantastic", as well as two national tours and one European tour in 2014. The album was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2014 ARIA Music Awards, and Australian Album of the Year at the 2014 J Awards. [3] It peaked at number two on the ARIA Albums Chart.

Contents

Recording

The album was self-produced in a share house in the Northern Suburbs of Brisbane. [4] Reflecting on the recording process of their previous two albums, frontman Sam Cromack said that "they were done in a real whirlwind," but with Puddinghead the band "could properly sit down and spend some more time just focusing on making a record." [5]

Release and reception

The album had three songs feature in the Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2014, with the lead single highest-placed at number 19. Puddinghead also placed at number two on the 2014 Triple J Album Poll. [6]

The title of the album is a reference to a Shakespearean insult. Cromack wrote the album's title track "Puddinghead", however it did not make the album [7] – it was instead released as a B-side of "Trippin' the Light Fantastic" when it was digitally released as a single on 23 May 2014. [8]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Music publication Kill Your Stereo gave the album a five-star writing, praising Puddinghead as a "fantastic release" that is "the strongest thing that they've released throughout their entire career so far." [4] Scenewave Australia wrote the record features "powerful riffs, gorgeous harmonies and soaring vocals, intricately woven into delicious melodies," also calling it "their most accomplished release to date." [9]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Sam Cromack; track 1 co-written by Dean Hanson

No.TitleLength
1."She Only Loves Me When I'm There"3:45
2."Next Life Already"2:14
3."A Good Life is the Best Revenge"3:40
4."Teenager Pie"3:59
5."Trippin' the Light Fantastic"3:06
6."Cocaine Lion"3:14
7."Everything Is Shit Except My Friendship with You"3:16
8."Struggle Street"4:57
9."Error Playin'"4:06
10."Polly Screw My Head Back On"4:42
11."Girls from High School"3:48
Total length:40:08

Personnel

Musicians

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [10] 2

Release history

RegionDateFormatEdition(s)LabelCatalogue
Australia4 April 2014 [11] StandardStop Start / EMISSM77CD
October 2014
PlatinumSSM77LP

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