The Official Fiction

The Official Fiction
Studio album by Something for Kate
Released 15 August 2003
Recorded Mangrove Studios, Somersby, NSW
Genre Alternative rock
Length 53:48
Label Murmur
Producer Trina Shoemaker and Something for Kate
Something for Kate chronology
Echolalia
(2001)		 The Official Fiction
(2003)		 Phantom Limbs:Selected B-Sides
(2004)

The Official Fiction was the fourth studio album by Australian band Something for Kate. The album debuted at Number 1 on the ARIA charts and earned platinum status for sales exceeding 70,000 units.[1] It earned the band four ARIA Music Award nominations (Album of the Year, Best Rock Album, Best Group, Best Cover Art)[2] and took out Rolling Stone's Album of the Year and Single of the Year for "Déjà Vu". The first single from the album, "Déjà Vu", remains a staple of their live sets. It was followed by two other singles, "Song For A Sleepwalker" and "Moving Right Along".

Track listing

(All songs by Something for Kate)

  1. "Max Planck" – 4:41
  2. "Best Weapon" – 4:47
  3. "Song For A Sleepwalker" – 3:54
  4. "Kaplan/Thornhill" – 4:44
  5. "Light at the End of the Tunnel" – 3:36
  6. "Letter to the Editor" – 3:31
  7. "Déjà Vu" – 4:26
  8. "Reverse Soundtrack" – 4:41
  9. "Coldwater Canyon" – 4:23
  10. "Souvenir" – 3:24
  11. "Moving Right Along" – 3:27
  12. "Asleep at the Wheel" – 3:56
  13. "No Man's Land" – 4:17

Personnel

String section ("Kaplan/Thornhill", "Déjà Vu"):

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
2003 Australian ARIA Albums Chart 1
Preceded by
Vulture Street by Powderfinger		 Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
25 August - 31 August 2003 		Succeeded by
Life for Rent by Dido

References

  1. ↑ ARIA charts
  2. ↑ ARIA Awards winners 2003
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