Black Fingernails, Red Wine
| Black Fingernails, Red Wine | ||||
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| Studio album by Eskimo Joe | ||||
| Released |
10 June 2006 (see release history) | |||
| Recorded | The Grove Studios, December 2005 to January 2006 | |||
| Genre |
Alternative rock Pop rock Hard rock | |||
| Length | 42:37 | |||
| Label | Mushroom, Warner | |||
| Producer | Eskimo Joe | |||
| Eskimo Joe chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Black Fingernails, Red Wine | ||||
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| The Age | |
| The Herald Sun | |
Black Fingernails, Red Wine is the third studio album by Eskimo Joe, released on 10 June 2006. The album became their first Australian ARIA Albums Chart #1, debuting at that spot on the chart week of 19 June 2006. The album has been certified 4x Platinum in Australia.[2] It is their best selling album to date. The album was released as the band's debut album in the United States on 25 September 2007.
In early 2007 a special edition of the album was released featured a bonus remix EP which was originally sold at Eskimo Joe concerts during their Beating like a Drum tour.
Production
To record the album the band enlisted sound engineer, Matt Lovell (The Mess Hall, Jebediah, Sleepy Jackson) and also stepped up to the desk and took on production duties themselves for the first time.
The album is noted for being heavily influenced by the production techniques and sound of early 80's rock, with many similarities to vintage Icehouse and INXS. James Law guested on keyboards on the album, and, in Juice Magazine, referred to his contributions as "funkalicous '80s cult of snap jam pumping flavas." This has led to Tony Martin (Get This, Triple M), back-announcing their songs by calling them 'INXSkimo Joe'. Kavyen Temperley explains "I always think of things in a concept-record type of way. So I wanted to make a record as if we were a stadium rock band" "If we were like INXS, what kind of record would I want to write?". Interestingly enough, the band recorded Black Fingernails, Red Wine on the central coast of NSW's "The Grove Studios." The Grove Studios were originally known as "Mangrove Studios" and were formerly owned by INXS bass player Garry Gary Beers.
Track listing
All tracks written by Eskimo Joe.
| Black Fingernails, Red Wine | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Comfort You" | 3:20 |
| 2. | "New York" | 3:52 |
| 3. | "Black Fingernails, Red Wine" | 4:09 |
| 4. | "Breaking Up" | 3:23 |
| 5. | "Setting Sun" (1) | 3:52 |
| 6. | "London Bombs" | 3:51 |
| 7. | "Sarah" | 3:29 |
| 8. | "This Is Pressure" | 4:09 |
| 9. | "Beating like a Drum" | 3:03 |
| 10. | "Reprise" | 1:59 |
| 11. | "Suicide Girl" | 3:04 |
| 12. | "How Does It Feel" | 4:29 |
1. "Setting Sun" was previously known as "Forever Young".
| Beating like a Drum | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Black Nails from the Red Sea" (Nixmix; Remixed by Nick Launay) | 6:33 |
| 2. | "Beating like a Drum" (Dexter's Raskol Mix; Remixed by G. Mcquilten, A. Ingram, D. Faby & V. Juste-Constant) | 5:02 |
| 3. | "London Bombs" (Sneaky Sound System Remix; Additional production by Black Angus & Peter Dolso) | 5:01 |
| 4. | "Comfort You" (P-Money Mix; produced, mixed & arranged by P- Money) | 3:57 |
| 5. | "New York" (Teenager South of Huston Mix; Mixed by Teenager) | 4:52 |
| 6. | "Sarah" (The Bumblebeez Rmx; Remixed by the Bumblebeez Produced by Invisibl) | 3:37 |
This EP was released with the special edition of Black Fingernails Red Wine. The EP was to promote the Beating like a Drum tour. It is a remix EP.
| Bonus US DVD | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Black Fingernails, Red Wine" (Nash Edgerton Version) | |
| 2. | "Sarah" | |
| 3. | "New York" | |
| 4. | "Breaking Up" | |
| B-sides | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Japanese Waitress" | 3:00 |
| 2. | "Don't Get Me Wrong" | 4:50 |
| 3. | "Trying to Sleep" | 2:56 |
| 4. | "One Little Desire Called Love" | 1:43 |
| 5. | "Hey" | 3:20 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 10 June 2006 | Mushroom, Warner | CD, Digital download | 5101128442 |
| 5 May 2007 | 5144204312 | |||
| USA | 25 September 2007 | Rykodisc | CD | 10922 |
Charts
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Albums Chart[3] | 1 |
| Australasian Albums Chart | 1 |
Cover art
The cover art is made up entirely of three cover art pictures from the album. The cover art pictures are from (left to right,) New York, Black Fingernails, Red Wine and Sarah. Cover art by Brisbane artist Dane Lovett www.danelovett.com
References
- ↑ Bolger, Clayton. "Eskimo Joe: Black Fingernails, Red Wine > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2007 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 2007. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- ↑ "Australian Top 50 Albums Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
| Preceded by Best of Chris Isaak by Chris Isaak |
Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album 19 June 2006 – 9 July 2006 24 July 2006 – 30 July 2006 |
Succeeded by Desert Lights by Something for Kate |