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Torch the Moon
Studio album by The Whitlams
Released	22 July 2002
Recorded	2001–2002
Genre	Pop
Length	49:58
Label	Black Yak / Warner
Producer	Daniel Denholm
The Whitlams chronology
Love This City (2000) Torch the Moon (2002) Little Cloud (2006)
Alternative Covers
Limited edition 2 disc version
Singles from Torch the Moon
"Fall For You" Released: 17 June 2002 "Best Work" Released: 9 September 2002 "Royal in the Afternoon" Released: February 2003 "Don't Believe Anymore" Released: June 2003

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Torch the Moon is the fifth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner in 2002. It peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart. It received platinum album certification from ARIA.

Track listing

1. "Cries Too Hard" – 4:11
2. "Fall for You" – 3:47
3. "The Lights Are Back On" – 3:44
4. "I Will Not Go Quietly (Duffy's Song)" – 3:53
5. "Kate Kelly" – 4:18
6. "Royal in the Afternoon" – 2:58
7. "Gone Surfing" – 2:12
8. "Best Work" – 4:33
9. "Start My Cellar Again" – 4:08
10. "Coming Over" – 4:26
11. "Out the Back" – 4:31
12. "Breathing You In" – 2:56
13. "Ease of the Midnight Visit" – 4:20

Re-releases

Initial prints of Torch the Moon contained a second CD, entitled Side 4. The track list contained:

1. "Don't Believe Anymore" – 5:22
2. "Last Life" – 4:45
3. "Witness Protection Scheme" – 3:52
4. "Back into the Wild" – 3:40
5. "Still in Love with You" – 3:23

A second print of the CD was released with the initial track listing, as well as "Don't Believe Anymore" (a cover of a track from Icehouse's 1984 album Sidewalk) and "Last Life".

A third release of the CD saw the thirteen initial tracks included, but none of the tracks from Side 4.

Finally, a fourth print of the CD saw a combination of the fifteen-track release as well as an exclusive 'Rarities' CD, collecting B-sides and unreleased tracks from the last nine years. The track list ran as follows:

1. "The Curse Stops Here" – 3:37
2. "Where Is She? (Demo)" – 4:28
3. "Tiny Girls" – 2:50
4. "Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No. 2) (Live)" – 4:53
5. "Bring Me Back to Your Love (Full Band Version)" – 4:05
6. "Coming up for Air" – 3:46
7. "Fall for You (Perky Mix)" – 3:36
8. "Never Fall in Love Again" – 3:36
9. "No Aphrodisiac (MGF Remix)" – 4:22
10. "400 Miles from Darwin (Demo)" – 3:20
11. "Out the Back (Sculthorpe Variation)" – 9:43
12. "I Make Hamburgers (Live Remix)" – 3:01

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end chart

Certifications

In popular culture

The first verse of "Kate Kelly", a song about Kate Kelly, younger sister of Ned Kelly, may have inspired Australian author David Hunt in his 2016 book "True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, Volume 2" in which he also describes Joe Byrne as having been "strung up" like a "marionette".

References

1. Bolger, Clayton. Torch the Moon at AllMusic
2. "The Whitlams". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 July 2002. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
3. Hung, Steffen. "Discography The Whitlams". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 23 October 2015.
4. "The ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 11 August 2008. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
5. "Australiancharts.com – The Whitlams – {{{album}}}". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
6. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 301.
7. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2003 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
8. "Kate Kelly Lyrics".
9. David Hunt (2016). "Such is Life". True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, Volume 2. p. 369. ISBN 978-1925435320.

External links

• Official site

• 2002 albums
• The Whitlams albums