Reprisal (EP)

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Reprisal
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EP by
Released11 May 2018 (2018-05-11)
Length8:26
Label Sony Australia
Producer
Peking Duk chronology
Songs to Sweat To
(2015)
Reprisal
(2018)
Singles from Reprisal
  1. "Fire"
    Released: 11 May 2018

Reprisal is the second extended play by Australian electronic music duo Peking Duk, featuring two tracks: "Fire" and "Distant Arizona". [1] The EP was released on 18 May 2018 [2] and has peaked at number 12 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. "Fire" includes uncredited vocals from Melbourne songwriter Sarah Aarons, [3] and was released to radio on 11 May 2018. Sales of "Fire" counted towards the EP's chart placement.

Contents

Inspired by spaghetti westerns and Quentin Tarantino, and by director-producer Ryan Sauer, the two songs combine to form "Reprisal"; a tale of vengeance and retribution. [4]

Reception

auspOp said: "'Fire' is undoubtedly the most commercial of the two and is primed for commercial radio airplay", adding "'Distant Arizona' is a slightly grittier electronic piece, with Alister from Cloud Control providing the vocals." The website also called the project "seriously impressive". [5]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Fire"
  • Hyde
  • Styles
  • Littlemore
3:46
2."Distant Arizona" (featuring Cloud Control)
  • Hyde
  • Styles
4:40
Total length:8:26

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [6] 12

Year-end charts

Chart (2018)Position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 52
Australian Artist (ARIA) [8] 5
Chart (2019)Position
Australian Artist (ARIA) [9] 24

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [10] 4× Platinum280,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Australia11 May 2018
  • Digital download
  • streaming
Sony Music Australia

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