The Official Fiction

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".

The Official Fiction
Studio album by
Released15 August 2003
RecordedMangrove Studios, Somersby, NSW
GenreAlternative rock
Length53:48
LabelMurmur
ProducerTrina Shoemaker, Something for Kate
Something for Kate chronology
Echolalia
(2001)
The Official Fiction
(2003)
Phantom Limbs: Selected B-Sides
(2004)
Singles from The Official Fiction
  1. "Déjà Vu"
    Released: July 2003
  2. "Song for a Sleepwalker"
    Released: October 2003
  3. "Moving Right Along"
    Released: April 2004

Track listing

(All songs by Something for Kate except where noted)

  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

Deluxe edition bonus disc

The 2014 deluxe edition included a bonus disc of the album's B-sides.

Track listing

  1. "Losing My Mind" - 4:55
  2. "Blueprint Architecture" - 3:30
  3. "You Only Hide (Live Acoustic version)" - 4:16
  4. "Moving Right Along - Alternate version" - 3:22
  5. "Anchorman II" - 4:50
  6. "Faster" - 5:41
  7. "Life of the Party" - 5:40
  8. "Ashes to Ashes" (Live at the POW) (David Bowie) - 4:36
  9. "Hanging on the Telephone" (Jack Lee) - 2:38

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 1

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[4] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References



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