Prisoner (The Jezabels album)

Prisoner is the debut studio album by Australian indie rock band The Jezabels. It was released on 16 September 2011 through PIAS Recordings, Mom + Pop Music and Dine Alone Records. It was recorded at Sydney's Attic Studios with producer Lachlan Mitchell[1] and mixed by Peter Katis.[2] Prisoner was news.com.au Entertainment's album of the week during the week of its release.[3] The album won the 2011 Australian Music Prize and was described as "a cocktail of power and elegance, rising like a force to be reckoned with. Dramatic, creative songwriting is delivered with ferocity by commanding front woman Hayley Mary. The Jezabels have firmly cemented their place in the Australian music industry and abroad."[4]

Prisoner
Studio album by
The Jezabels
Released16 September 2011
RecordedAttic Studios, Sydney
GenreIndie rock, alternative rock
Length55:08
LabelPIAS, Mom + Pop, Dine Alone
ProducerLachlan Mitchell
The Jezabels chronology
Dark Storm EP
(2010)		 Prisoner
(2011)		 The Brink
(2014)
Singles from Prisoner
  1. "Endless Summer"
    Released: 16 September 2011
  2. "Trycolour"
    Released: 12 December 2011
  3. "Rosebud"
    Released: 6 February 2012
  4. "City Girl"
    Released: 4 April 2012

At the J Awards of 2011, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.[5]

Track listing

All tracks written by Hayley Mary, Heather Shannon, Sam Lockwood, and Nik Kaloper

No.TitleLength
1."Prisoner"4:13
2."Endless Summer"4:12
3."Long Highway"6:02
4."Trycolour"5:14
5."Rosebud"4:16
6."City Girl"5:24
7."Nobody Nowhere"2:45
8."Horsehead"4:30
9."Austerlitz"3:04
10."Deep Wide Ocean"4:45
11."Peace of Mind"4:01
12."Reprise"0:57
13."Catch Me"5:45
iTunes Bonus Tracks[6]
No.TitleLength
14."Hurt Me"5:48
15."Easy to Love"4:51

Charts

Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2011Prisoner (Nikolas Kaloper, Samuel Lockwood, Hayley McGlone, Heather Shannon)Australian Music Prize[12]Won

References
  1. "The Jezabels - Prisoner (Vulture Magazine)". Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
  2. "Rip It Up - The Jezabels To Take Australia "Prisoner"". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
  3. news.com.au Entertainment: Album of the Week
  4. Australian Music Prize - Winner 2011: The Jezabels - Prisoner
  5. "The J Award 2011". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  6. "Prisoner by The Jezabels". iTunes Store US. Apple Inc. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
  7. "Australiancharts.com – The Jezabels – Prisoner". Hung Medien.
  8. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  9. "Swisscharts.com – The Jezabels – Prisoner". Hung Medien.
  10. "ARIA Top 100 Albums 2011". ARIA. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  11. "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 7 December. Archived from the original on 8 December 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. "Australian Music Prize 2011". Australian Music Prize (AMP) 2011. 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
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