Sugar Mountain (album)

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Sugar Mountain
Sugar Mountain by Jack River.jpg
Studio album by
Released22 June 2018
Length41:23
Producer
Jack River chronology
Highway Songs No. 2
(2016)
Sugar Mountain
(2018)
Endless Summer
(2023)
Singles from Sugar Mountain
  1. "Fool's Gold"
    Released: 22 June 2017
  2. "Fault Line"
    Released: 17 November 2017 [1]
  3. "Ballroom"
    Released: 27 February 2018 [2]
  4. "Limo Song"
    Released: 1 June 2018 [3]
  5. "Confess"
    Released: 31 October 2018 [4]
Sugar Mountain track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Her Smile" Holly Rankin 3:02
2."Ballroom"Rankin3:15
3."Confess"
  • Holly Rankin
  • Alex Burnett
3:22
4."Limo Song"
3:46
5."Fool's Gold"Holly Rankin4:18
6."Mars" (Reuben Rankin)Holly Rankin0:59
7."So High"Holly Rankin3:24
8."Stardust & Rust"Holly Rankin3:19
9."Saturn" (Reuben Rankin)Holly Rankin0:33
10."Fault Line"
  • Rankin
  • Dunn
2:51
11."Fields"Holly Rankin2:51
12."Constellation Ball"Holly Rankin3:45
13."In Infinity"Holly Rankin4:48
Sugar Mountain Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Adolescent"Holly Rankin2:44
15."Sugar Mountain" Neil Young 3:13
16."Fool's Gold" (acoustic)Holly Rankin3:29
17."Fault Line" (Gear 1 Version)
  • Holly Rankin
  • Dunn
3:18

Awards and nominations

At the 32nd Annual ARIA Music Awards, the album was nominated for two awards; Best Pop Release and Breakthrough Artist. Rankin, Xavier Dunn and John Castle were additionally nominated for Engineer of the Year for their production on the album. [19]

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2018 Sugar Mountain Breakthrough Artist Nominated
Best Pop Release
Holly Rankin, Xavier Dunn & John Castle (for Sugar Mountain) Engineer of the Year

Charts

Chart performance for Sugar Mountain
Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [20] 11

Release history

Sugar Mountain release details
RegionDateFormatLabelEditionCatalogueRef.
Australia22 June 2018I Oh YouStandardIOU268 [6] [21]
Limited edition vinyl IOU269 [22]
31 May 2019Deluxe edition [23]

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