The Night Is Ours is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band Youth Group, released in Australia in June 2008 and in the US in April 2009.[7] The album features guest musician Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie, who mixed four tracks and also provided additional guitar and backing vocals.
The band recorded the album in a near-derelict 1920s mess hall on Sydney Harbour, which they had rented from the local council at a rate cheap enough to allow them to take their time to develop the songs. Songwriter Toby Martin said the songs were only basic sketches in his head when the group entered the makeshift studio, with the idea being that the whole band would workshop the songs together. "We were very conscious of not losing spontaneity on this album," Martin told the Sunday Herald Sun. "Even though we did a lot of overdubs, we spent a long time on this record because we didn't want to demo the songs first. We wanted to write and arrange the songs in the studio, so recording the album would be capturing the moment of creation rather than capturing the moment of recreation. So we had roughly a week per song—I normally had the lyrics and a bit of a rough idea, or Cameron would have a riff, and by the end of the week we would be putting it down."
The melancholy of the recording venue was reflected in much of the material, which tackled issues such as addiction, grief, desperation and death. Martin commented: "It's a fairly contemplative record, which might have something to do with being by the water, but it also has a slightly creepy or paranoid edge. It's a bit out of the way and there are owls and rats, and old falling down walls, so I think it did influence the record. When I finished recording the record I didn't think it had influenced us much at all, but listening to it later and hearing some of my friends' comments, I was beginning to see how it had rubbed off on to us in a way we hadn't really planned."[8]
^Youth Group to release "The Night Is Ours" on 7 April
^James Wigney, "Older and wiser," Sunday Herald Sun, 29 June 2008.
^Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 309.
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night, ours, films, 1930, film, 1953, film, fourth, studio, album, australian, rock, band, youth, group, released, australia, june, 2008, april, 2009, album, features, guest, musician, chris, walla, death, cutie, mixed, four, tracks, also, provided, additional. For the films see The Night Is Ours 1930 film and The Night Is Ours 1953 film The Night Is Ours is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band Youth Group released in Australia in June 2008 and in the US in April 2009 7 The album features guest musician Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie who mixed four tracks and also provided additional guitar and backing vocals The Night Is OursStudio album by Youth GroupReleased30 June 2008 Australia 7 April 2009 US Recorded2008StudioThe mess hall the Coal Loader Site Waverton on board the Cape Don MV Velvet Studios SydneyGenreIndie rockLength38 15LabelIvy LeagueWorld s FairProducerTim Kevin Anthony The Youth GroupYouth Group chronologyCasino Twilight Dogs 2006 The Night Is Ours 2008 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingHerald Sun 1 Sunday Age 2 Sunday Herald Sun 3 Sunday Telegraph 4 The Daily Telegraph 5 The Courier Mail 6 Beat Magazinevery favourable linkThe band recorded the album in a near derelict 1920s mess hall on Sydney Harbour which they had rented from the local council at a rate cheap enough to allow them to take their time to develop the songs Songwriter Toby Martin said the songs were only basic sketches in his head when the group entered the makeshift studio with the idea being that the whole band would workshop the songs together We were very conscious of not losing spontaneity on this album Martin told the Sunday Herald Sun Even though we did a lot of overdubs we spent a long time on this record because we didn t want to demo the songs first We wanted to write and arrange the songs in the studio so recording the album would be capturing the moment of creation rather than capturing the moment of recreation So we had roughly a week per song I normally had the lyrics and a bit of a rough idea or Cameron would have a riff and by the end of the week we would be putting it down The melancholy of the recording venue was reflected in much of the material which tackled issues such as addiction grief desperation and death Martin commented It s a fairly contemplative record which might have something to do with being by the water but it also has a slightly creepy or paranoid edge It s a bit out of the way and there are owls and rats and old falling down walls so I think it did influence the record When I finished recording the record I didn t think it had influenced us much at all but listening to it later and hearing some of my friends comments I was beginning to see how it had rubbed off on to us in a way we hadn t really planned 8 Contents 1 Track listing 2 Singles 3 Personnel 3 1 Additional personnel 4 Charts 5 ReferencesTrack listing editNo TitleLength1 Good Time 3 062 One for Another 4 053 Two Sides 3 064 Dying at Your Own Party 4 055 All This Will Pass 4 206 Friedrichstrasse 3 497 A Sign 4 108 Babies in Your Dreams 3 069 In My Dreams 5 0610 What Is a Life 3 42 US iTunes bonus tracksNo TitleLength11 The Night Is Ours 2 4112 Afraid of the Dark 4 06Singles edit Two Sides April 2008 All This Will Pass September 2008 In My Dreams December 2008 Personnel editToby Martin vocals guitar Cameron Emerson Elliott guitar Patrick Matthews bass Danny Lee Allen drumsAdditional personnel edit Tim Kevin string and horn arrangements piano organ backing vocals guitar Danny Heifetz trumpet Sam Golding trumpet valve trombone tenor horn Ian Pieterse baritone sax Amanda Brown solo violin String trio Amanda Brown and Jeremy Kong violin Sophie Glasson cello Jason Walker pedal steel guitar Johnno Lattin squeeze box Don Lennon vocals What Is a Life Chris Walla extra guitar backing vocals noises Two Sides Charts editChart performance for The Night Is Ours Chart 2008 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 9 66References edit Mikey Cahill Herald Sun 26 June 2008 p 48 Clem Bastow Sunday Age 20 July 2008 p 25 Graeme Hammond The Sunday Herald Sun 29 June 2008 Shandelle Battersby Sunday Telegraph 29 June 2008 Kathy McCabe Daily Telegraph 3 July 2008 Alex Dickinson The Courier Mail 17 July 2008 Youth Group to release The Night Is Ours on 7 April James Wigney Older and wiser Sunday Herald Sun 29 June 2008 Ryan Gavin 2011 Australia s Music Charts 1988 2010 PDF ed Mt Martha Victoria Australia Moonlight Publishing p 309 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Night Is Ours amp oldid 1147307868, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
