Silverchair - Neon Ballroom - 1999 Alt Rock Grunge Blue Vinyl 180 Grm 2LP

Silverchair - Neon Ballroom


Label: SRC Vinyl / Shop Radio Cast / Sony
Cat#: SRC059
Format: 2 × 180 Gram Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Blue
Country: US
Originally Released: 1999
Released: 20 Feb 2015
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock / Grunge


Tracklist


A1 Emotion Sickness
A2 Anthem For The Year 2000
A3 Ana's Song


B1 Spawn Again
B2 Miss You Love
B3 Dearest Helpless
B4 Do You Feel The Same


C1 Black Tangled Heart
C2 Point Of View
C3 Satin Sheets
C4 Paint Pastel Princess


D1 Steam Will Rise
D2 Anthem For The Year 2000 (Choir Version)
D3 Spawn Again (pre-vitro Version)


Neon Ballroom is the third studio album by Australian alternative rock band Silverchair and was released on 8 March 1999. The album debuted at number-one on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified 4× platinum by ARIA. It genereated the singles "Anthem for the Year 2000", "Ana's Song (Open Fire)", "Miss You Love", and "Paint Pastel Princess".


It's the easy way out to dwell on a group's supposed "maturation," but considering the members of Silverchair were 14 when they released their debut album and are a whopping 20 years old with this outing, it's entirely appropriate, not to mention accurate. From a band of any age, though, Neon Ballroom is a stunner of an album.


And it's also leaps and bounds beyond the Australian trio's two previous efforts, good if derivative grunge/classic-rock fare interpreted by impressionable young musicians. From the epic, dramatic opening cut, "Emotion Sickness," to "Ana's Song (Open Fire)," Neon Ballroom is a 12-song collection rife with emotions laid bare and songs fully realized with lush strings and piano (courtesy of David Helfgott, the inspiration for the movie Shine.)


Silverchair singer/songwriter Daniel Johns outdoes himself with the sonic diversity and fragility of his tunes, especially the ethereal, delicate ballads, with the powerful "Dearest Helpless" smacking of Kurt Cobain at his most beautifully tormented. From the gentle "Miss You Love" to the punky-aggro "Spawn Again" to the flat-out speedy rocker "Satin Sheets," Silverchair have created a haunting, edgy, seductive soundtrack to a young life deeply felt.



Silverchair - Emotion Sickness

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Silverchair - Miss You Love

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Silverchair - Anthem for the year 2000

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Silverchair - Ana's Song (Open Fire)

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