Truth of the World: Welcome to the Show is the third studio album by Evermore, released on 20 March 2009. The album is a concept album about trash media, political propaganda, advertising and infotainment.
Truth of the World: Welcome to the Show was recorded at the band's own studio in Melbourne and took 18 months to complete.[5] The album is described by Jon Hume as a concept album that "takes inspiration from trash entertainment, news headlines and political propaganda, and turns it into an over the top, fun, rock'n'roll show."[6]
Describing the aim of the album, Jon said, "I heard someone say that albums were dead… and everyone just wants three-minute songs these days. That's exactly what we are trying to fight with this record. We hit reset on what this band was about, threw everything out and just imagined the record we would want to hear someone else make."[6] "I think we just wanted to challenge ourselves and explore something new as a band. A concept album is something we've wanted to do for a really long time", said Jon.[5]
Jon was initially working on songs about a young man who disappears but Dann had difficulty writing songs for the story and characters.[7] "He just didn't get it. But then he came up with this idea of having news reports coming in between songs and as soon as he said that we went off on this tangent of TV shows, newspapers, ad breaks, and all this product people were trying to sell. It turned into this crazy, over-the-top idea that took on a life of its own", said Jon.[8]
The album was influenced by Ray Bradbury's 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451 as well as visits to the United States and United Kingdom.[5] The band watched American news channels and read trashy tabloid stories to get ideas.[5][7] The album contains sound bites from John F. Kennedy ("Between the Lines"), Hitler ("Everybody's Doing It") and a line from the Charlie Chaplin movie The Great Dictator.[7]
"Truth of the World" Australian tour 2009edit
The band toured Australia nationwide from May through to July 2009 in support of the new album with End of Fashion as special guests and up and coming Adelaide band The Sundance Kids as show openers. Evermore unveiled a new high-tech live setup backed by a wall of television screens featuring a barrage of images and news-ticker style lyrics. Jon Hume, Evermore's lead singer and guitarist stated in an interview about the live shows:
We're going to take these screens that we used in the Between the Lines clip on the road with us, so we want to get quite a cinematic feeling to the show, and in a way expand on the story elements and the ideas on the record in a visual sense as well.
^New, Craig (11 February 2009). . Evermore mailing list. Archived from the original on 17 March 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
^ abcdGilchrist, Shane (21 March 2009). "Evermore: creative concepts". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
^ abCashmere, Paul (3 February 2009). . Undercover.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
^ abcBrowne, Sally (28 February 2009). . The Sunday Mail. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
^Kara, Scott (21 March 2009). "The battle of Evermore". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
^"Australiancharts.com – Evermore – Truth of the World: Welcome to the Show". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
^"Charts.nz – Evermore – Truth of the World: Welcome to the Show". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
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Truth of the World Welcome to the Show is the third studio album by Evermore released on 20 March 2009 The album is a concept album about trash media political propaganda advertising and infotainment Truth of the World Welcome to the ShowStudio album by EvermoreReleased20 March 2009 2009 03 20 RecordedRoom 101 Dragonfly Studios Melbourne Australia between July 2007 and Jan 2009GenreRock electronic rockLength62 43LabelWarnerProducerJon Hume Dann HumeEvermore chronologyReal Life 2006 Truth of the World Welcome to the Show 2009 Evermore 2009 Singles from Truth of the World Welcome to the Show Between the Lines Released 10 November 2008 Hey Boys and Girls Truth of the World pt 2 Released 3 February 2009 Can You Hear Me Released 11 May 2009 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingRave Magazine 1 Otago Daily Times 2 Access All Areas positive 3 Three singles have been released from the album Between the Lines Hey Boys and Girls Truth of the World pt 2 and Can You Hear Me 4 From 15 to 20 March 2009 the entire album was available to stream on the band s MySpace page Contents 1 Production 2 Truth of the World Australian tour 2009 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Charts 6 Release history 7 ReferencesProduction editTruth of the World Welcome to the Show was recorded at the band s own studio in Melbourne and took 18 months to complete 5 The album is described by Jon Hume as a concept album that takes inspiration from trash entertainment news headlines and political propaganda and turns it into an over the top fun rock n roll show 6 Describing the aim of the album Jon said I heard someone say that albums were dead and everyone just wants three minute songs these days That s exactly what we are trying to fight with this record We hit reset on what this band was about threw everything out and just imagined the record we would want to hear someone else make 6 I think we just wanted to challenge ourselves and explore something new as a band A concept album is something we ve wanted to do for a really long time said Jon 5 Jon was initially working on songs about a young man who disappears but Dann had difficulty writing songs for the story and characters 7 He just didn t get it But then he came up with this idea of having news reports coming in between songs and as soon as he said that we went off on this tangent of TV shows newspapers ad breaks and all this product people were trying to sell It turned into this crazy over the top idea that took on a life of its own said Jon 8 The album was influenced by Ray Bradbury s 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451 as well as visits to the United States and United Kingdom 5 The band watched American news channels and read trashy tabloid stories to get ideas 5 7 The album contains sound bites from John F Kennedy Between the Lines Hitler Everybody s Doing It and a line from the Charlie Chaplin movie The Great Dictator 7 Truth of the World Australian tour 2009 editThe band toured Australia nationwide from May through to July 2009 in support of the new album with End of Fashion as special guests and up and coming Adelaide band The Sundance Kids as show openers Evermore unveiled a new high tech live setup backed by a wall of television screens featuring a barrage of images and news ticker style lyrics Jon Hume Evermore s lead singer and guitarist stated in an interview about the live shows We re going to take these screens that we used in the Between the Lines clip on the road with us so we want to get quite a cinematic feeling to the show and in a way expand on the story elements and the ideas on the record in a visual sense as well Jon Hume citation needed Track listing editAll tracks are written by EvermoreNo TitleLength1 Plugged In 3 542 Tonight on the Show Truth of the World pt 1 5 023 Between the Lines 4 594 Max Is Stable 4 225 Hey Boys and Girls Truth of the World pt 2 5 486 The Lonely Ones 3 177 Girl with the World on Her Shoulders 5 218 Front Page Story Diamonds in the River 6 339 Infotainmentology Truth of the World pt 3 4 2310 Join the Party 2 0911 Everybody s Doing It 5 5612 Chemical Miracle Faster 5 2013 Can You Hear Me 6 4314 The Watchmen Are Sleeping Demo Bonus Track Australia iTunes 3 2215 Hey Boys and Girls Diamond Cut Remix Bonus Track Australia iTunes 6 3216 The Lifeline Demo Bonus Track Australia iTunes Pre order Only 3 2417 Between the Lines Music Video Bonus Track Australia iTunes 5 31Total length 62 43Personnel editJon Hume vocals guitars synthesizers percussion programming production concept Peter Hume bass keyboards synthesizers piano vocals vocoder programming percussion artwork Dann Hume drums vocals guitars piano percussion programming production concept artworkCharts editChart 2009 Peakposition Australian Albums ARIA 9 15 New Zealand Albums RMNZ 10 5Release history editRegion Date Label Format Catalogue Australia 20 March 2009 Warner CD Digital download 5186531142 5186533795References edit Rave Magazine review Archived 4 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine CD Reviews Otago Daily Times 21 March 2009 Retrieved 25 November 2011 Access All Areas review Archived 31 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine New Craig 11 February 2009 Album News and Other Exciting Tidbits Evermore mailing list Archived from the original on 17 March 2009 Retrieved 11 February 2009 a b c d Gilchrist Shane 21 March 2009 Evermore creative concepts Otago Daily Times Retrieved 21 March 2009 a b Cashmere Paul 3 February 2009 The Return of Evermore Undercover com au Archived from the original on 10 February 2009 Retrieved 11 February 2009 a b c Browne Sally 28 February 2009 Evermore launch Truth of the World concept album The Sunday Mail Archived from the original on 5 March 2009 Retrieved 21 March 2009 Kara Scott 21 March 2009 The battle of Evermore The New Zealand Herald Retrieved 21 March 2009 Australiancharts com Evermore Truth of the World Welcome to the Show Hung Medien Retrieved 28 December 2021 Charts nz Evermore Truth of the World Welcome to the Show Hung Medien Retrieved 28 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