Slideshows (album)

Last updated

Slideshows
Slideshows Thirsty Merc.jpg
Studio album by
Thirsty Merc
Released21 April 2007
Recorded2006–2007
Genre Rock
Label Warner
Producer Lindsay Gravina
Thirsty Merc chronology
Thirsty Merc
(2004)		Slideshows
(2007)		 Mousetrap Heart
(2010)
Singles from Thirsty Merc
  1. "20 Good Reasons"
    Released: 17 March 2007
  2. "The Hard Way"
    Released: 15 September 2007
  3. "Those Eyes"
    Released: 8 December 2007
  4. "Homesick"
    Released: 3 May 2008
  5. "The Whole World Reminds Me of You / Crying in Denial"
    Released: 7 December 2008

Slideshows is the second studio album release by Australian rock band Thirsty Merc. It was released on 21 April 2007, through Warner Music Australia. Six singles were released from the album. The first single "20 Good Reasons", became Thirsty Merc's first single to peak in the Top 10 on the Australian Singles Chart. The second single from the album was "The Hard Way", followed by "Those Eyes", which was released as a digital download in December 2007, only later to be released on CD in April 2008. "Homesick" was released as the fourth single digitally, making available for the first time a single mix of the track. This was followed by a double radio release of singles five and six, "The Whole World Reminds Me of You" and "Crying in Denial", both of which garnered highly successful airplay runs in a radio edit form.

Contents

Slideshows marks the first album with guitarist Sean Carey, since joining the band just after the first studio album's release. As with the band's first album, Slideshows is produced by Lindsay Gravina and engineered by Rob Long. The album is currently featured on NineMSN, with all of its songs available for streaming download. [1]

Cover art

The cover art is a high contrast silhouetted Polaroid photo of the band standing in a line (from left to right: Rai Thistlethwayte, Sean Carey, Phil Stack and Karl Robertson) but you cannot see their faces. The silhouettes are dark brown against an amber background. The whole image is distressed, giving it an "aged" look. The logo for Thirsty Merc is different from the debut EP and studio album (which were both the same as one another), in a Cooper type font with some graphic fill-art above. As the photos were from a polaroid camera (or at least made to look like they were) the polaroid white border and image artifacts found in a polaroid image are not trimmed but featured on the images throughout and on the cover, further providing a "distressed" feel. The cover of the rear of the album is a photo of the band and, alike to the front cover, in high contrast, however not as high and the image is not silhouetted, so you can see the band member's faces. The inside slip maintains the colours throughout, remaining in brown, amber and general autumn colours. The single "20 Good Reasons" uses the same basic colours, logo and a similar high contrast image, consistent with the album.

Songs

The album includes twelve songs, and they are, according to the band, more mature than those featured on their debut album. The first song publicly and widely released was "The Vision", in January 2007 on the band's official website, followed by "20 Good Reasons" a few weeks later, which was then announced and released as the album's first single. The band has since removed "The Vision" from their MySpace page, replacing it with "The Hard Way", which has been confirmed as the second single from the album.

Track listing

Originally, there were two distinct versions of the album's track listing advertised, one from the band's own website and another from several other sources. The main difference between the two versions of the track listing was that the song "The Whole World Reminds Me of You" was not included on the listing on the band's own website. As this is the only song that uses the word "fuck", it's a possibility this track listing was one that was proposed to avoid a language warning label. Otherwise, the only difference was the track sequence. Notably, both versions began with "She's All I Got" and end with "Homesick." The version released was the iTunes and Warner Music version, meanwhile the track listing on the band's own website remains as it originally was; however, no versions in stores or online contain the track listing from their site.

All songs written by Rai Thistlethwayte.

  1. "She's All I Got" — 4:13
  2. "20 Good Reasons" — 3:49
  3. "The Hard Way" — 4:24
  4. "The Whole World Reminds Me of You" — 4:38
  5. "Those Eyes" — 4:43
  6. "The Vision" — 4:24
  7. "Crying in Denial" — 4:42
  8. "Now or Never" — 4:34
  9. "Hey Jacinta" — 4:26
  10. "She's My Brother" — 3:49
  11. "Kaleidoscope" — 3:57
  12. "Homesick" — 4:28

Bonus tracks

  1. "20 Good Reasons" (Acoustic) — 4:22
  1. "The Whole World Reminds Me of You" (Acoustic)
  2. "She's All I Got" (Acoustic)
  3. "20 Good Reasons" (Video)
  4. Slideshows (Digital booklet)

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Slideshows
Chart (2007)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [2] 4
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [3] 38

Certifications

Certifications for Slideshows
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [4] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thirsty Merc</span> Australian pop rock band

Thirsty Merc are an Australian pop rock band formed in 2002 by Rai Thistlethwayte, Phil Stack, Karl Robertson (drums), and Matthew Baker (guitar). In 2004, Baker was replaced by Sean Carey, who was, in turn, replaced by Matt Smith in 2010. Thirsty Merc have released one extended play, First Work, and five studio albums: Thirsty Merc, Slideshows, Mousetrap Heart, Shifting Gears, and Celebration. The band have sold over 200,000 albums, toured extensively around Australia, and received national radio airplay for their tracks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rai Thistlethwayte</span>

Rai Thistlethwayte is an Australian rock, pop and jazz musician and songwriter. Thistlethwayte is an accomplished pianist, guitarist, and vocalist. He is the lead singer and primary songwriter in the Australian pop rock band Thirsty Merc. From 2004, Thirsty Merc released a string of hits in the Australian charts including "In the Summertime", "Someday, Someday", "20 Good Reasons", "Emancipate Myself", "My Completeness", "When the Weather Is Fine" and "Mousetrap Heart". He is currently based in Los Angeles. As a solo artist, Thistlethwayte performs under the name 'Sun Rai'.

<i>5 Songs</i> (The Decemberists EP) 2001 EP by The Decemberists

5 Songs is a six-track EP by The Decemberists initially self-released in 2001. It is the first record the band released. The misleading title owes to the fact that the final track, "Apology Song", was written after the original self-produced CD was released. Meloy liked it so much that it was added to the album when it was re-released by Hush Records in 2003.

<i>First Work</i> 2003 EP by Thirsty Merc

First Work is the debut EP release by Australia rock band Thirsty Merc released in 2003, which appeared on the ARIA Charts top 100. It features early versions of songs that the band re-recorded for their studio album Thirsty Merc.

<i>Thirsty Merc</i> (album) 2004 studio album by Thirsty Merc

Thirsty Merc is the debut studio album release by Australian rock band Thirsty Merc released in 2004.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">20 Good Reasons</span> 2007 single by Thirsty Merc

"20 Good Reasons" was the first single from Thirsty Merc's second album Slideshows. It was released on 17 March 2007 and is to date the band's highest charting single, reaching number four on the Australian Singles Chart and number seventeen on the New Zealand Singles Chart. The song was nominated for 'Song of the Year' at the 2008 APRA awards. The single was also the number one most added track to radio across Australia in March 2007.

Karl Robertson is the drummer for Australian rock group Thirsty Merc. As a founding member from 2002, he has performed on all their releases from First Work in September 2003 to the single "The Whole World Reminds Me of You" in December 2008.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">In the Summertime (Thirsty Merc song)</span> 2005 single by Thirsty Merc

"In the Summertime" is a song by Australian rock group Thirsty Merc, released on 11 April 2005 as the third single from the band's self-titled debut album (2004). The track is a tribute to the Australian summer and is a reflection of the laidback Aussie lifestyle. The song reached number 43 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and is used as the theme song for the Australian television program Bondi Rescue. It was the band's first song to chart in New Zealand, where it peaked at number 12.

"Wasting Time" is a song by Thirsty Merc, released as their debut single in 2003. It was featured on their debut EP, First Work. Its radio success led to release of the band's debut self-titled album, Thirsty Merc, on which the track was featured. The track's accompanying one-shot video was also a huge hit.

"When the Weather Is Fine" is the fourth and final single released from Australian pop rock band Thirsty Merc's debut album, Thirsty Merc (2004). The song only appears on the 2005 re-packaged version of the album.

"Someday, Someday" is the third single released from Australian pop rock band Thirsty Merc's debut album, Thirsty Merc (2004). The song was released on 22 November 2004 and reached number 19 on the Australian Singles Chart in January 2005.

<i>The Triple M Acoustic Sessions</i> 1999 EP by Powderfinger

The Triple M Acoustic Sessions is the fourth EP by Australian rock band Powderfinger released in 1999. It is a rare EP recorded by the band in Sydney radio studio Triple M featuring only three songs all from their 1998 album Internationalist. As is printed on the cover of the EP, there were only 800 copies pressed. Some copies of the album were given away by Triple M as competition prizes, some sold for charity and some simply distributed to Australian music stores, though due to low supply, these were collected very quickly by fans.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Hard Way (Thirsty Merc song)</span> 2007 single by Thirsty Merc

"The Hard Way" was the second single from Thirsty Merc's second album Slideshows. It was released on 15 September 2007, charting at a disappointing sixty-three on the Australian Singles Chart. It is maintained, however, that this came about due to high album sales upon the release of Slideshows.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emancipate Myself</span> 2004 single by Thirsty Merc

"Emancipate Myself" is a song by Australian pop rock band Thirsty Merc. It was released as the second track from the band’s debut EP, First Work, and as the band's first official commercial single from their debut self-titled album, Thirsty Merc. It achieved mainstream success, earning healthy radio airplay, and reaching number 37 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. The music video for "Emancipate Myself", which involved the band playing in a corporate office, wearing suits and ties, followed in the footsteps of its predecessor Wasting Time in garnering huge support.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mousetrap Heart (song)</span> 2010 single by Thirsty Merc

"Mousetrap Heart" is the first single from Thirsty Merc's third album Mousetrap Heart. It was released as a digital download on 21 May 2010.

<i>Mousetrap Heart</i> 2010 studio album by Thirsty Merc

Mousetrap Heart is the third studio album by Australian rock band Thirsty Merc. It was released on 18 June 2010, through Warner Music Australia. The title track was released as the first single on 21 May 2010. The album marks the band's first release with guitarist Matt Smith, since joining the band just after the departure of Sean Carey earlier in the year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matt Smith (guitarist)</span> Australian jazz guitarist

Matt Smith is an Australian jazz guitarist. He is most widely known as the guitarist in the Australian rock pop band Thirsty Merc but also plays guitar for Sydney afrobeat/reggae band The Strides. He joined Thirsty Merc in January 2010 after helping record the band's third album, Mousetrap Heart, in Los Angeles in late 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Downfall of Us All</span> 2009 single by A Day to Remember

"The Downfall of Us All" is a song by American rock band A Day to Remember from their third studio album Homesick. It was released as a single on May 26, 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thirsty (song)</span> 2014 promotional single by Mariah Carey

"Thirsty" is a promotional single by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her fourteenth studio album, Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse. It was co-written by Carey in collaboration with Hit-Boy, Denesia Andrews and MaryAnn Tatum. Carey and Hit-Boy also produced it, with co-production from Rey Reel. The alternate version of "Thirsty", featuring one rap verse from American rapper Rich Homie Quan, received its radio premiere on Power 105.1 on May 13, 2014, a day before the album version featuring just Carey was made available to stream. It has been described as a "club-friendly" R&B song influenced by hip hop, which makes use of a minimal synth beat.

The Fabulous Caprettos is an Australian supergroup consisting of Daryl Braithwaite, Jack Jones, Russell Morris and Rai Thistlethwayte. The band formed in 2020, when they began rehearsing and recording. They commenced touring in 2021. A further tour is planned for 2023.

References

  1. ↑ NineMSN Artist Feature Archived 19 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine on Slideshows.
  2. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Thirsty Merc – Slideshows". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Charts.nz – Thirsty Merc – Slideshows". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 21 October 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.