Freak Show (album)

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Freak Show
Studio album by Silverchair
Released	February 4, 1997
Recorded	1996
Genre	Post-grunge, hard rock, alternative metal
Length	52:08
Label	Murmur
Producer	Nick Launay
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Silverchair chronology
Frogstomp (1995) Freak Show (1997) Neon Ballroom (1999) Singles from Freak Show "Freak" Released: January 13, 1997 "Abuse Me" Released: April 1997 "Cemetery" Released: June 1997 "The Door" Released: October 1997

Freak Show is the second album from the Australian post-grunge band, Silverchair, released in 1997. While this album does certainly show elements of post-grunge, it aims slightly more at hard rock with some songs that can be described as alternative metal such as "No Association" and "Learn to Hate" giving the theme to the album as Anger. It is certified Gold in the United States.

A CD version also includes interactive CD-ROM elements for the music set up as a freak show.

"No Association" was featured in the movie Blackrock.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Slave" (music by Johns, Gillies, lyrics by Johns) - 3:57
2. "Freak" (Johns) - 3:49
3. "Abuse Me" (Johns) - 4:03
4. "Lie to Me" (Johns) - 1:22
5. "No Association" (music by Johns, Gillies, lyrics by Johns) - 3:56
6. "Cemetery" (Johns) - 4:04
7. "The Door" (Johns) - 3:38
8. "Pop Song for Us Rejects" (Johns) - 3:15
9. "Learn to Hate" (music by Gillies, lyrics by Johns) - 4:19
10. "Petrol & Chlorine" (Johns) - 4:00
11. "Roses" (music by Johns, Gillies, lyrics by Johns) - 3:34
12. "Nobody Came" (music by Johns, Gillies, lyrics by Johns) - 6:12
13. "The Closing" (music by Gillies, lyrics by Johns) - 3:27

• The album is available also in black vinyl and LTD Ed. Yellow vinyl (3000 copies in UK only), and in a Ltd. cassette.

[edit] Personnel

• Daniel Johns – guitar, vocals
• Ben Gillies – drums
• Chris Joannou – bass

[edit] Aditional personnel

• Jane Scarpantoni (track 6), Margaret Lindsay (track 10) – cello
• Amanda Brown and Ian Cooper (track 8), Lorenza Ponce, Elizabeth Knowles, Todd Reynolds and David Mansfield (track 6), Ravi Kutilak (track 10) – violin
• Matthew Pierce (track 6), Rudi Crivici (track 10) – viola
• Pandit Ran Chander Suman – tampura, tabla (track 10)
• Ruk Mali – sitar (track 10)
• String arrangements by Jane Scarpantoni (track 6), Nick Launay and Daniel Denholm (track 10)

• Produced & recorded by Nick Launay.
• Mixed by Andy Wallace except "Petrol & Chlorine" and "The Closing" mixed by Nick Launay.
• Recorded at Festival Studios, Sydney.
• Mixed at Soundtrack, NYC.
• Assistant Engineers: Mark Thomas & Matt Lovell (Sydney), Steve Sisco (NYC).
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering.
• Art direction: John Watson, John O'Donnell, Kevin Wilkins & Silverchair.
• Inside photos by Sophie Howarth, Adrienne Overall & others.
• Cover art by Lydia Kullik.
• Front cover image is an illustration of Grady Stiles, Jr. courtesy of Circus World Museum, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
• Released on CD, cassette, and 12" vinyl (black & limited edition yellow).

[edit] Chart positions