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Push the Sky Away
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Push the Sky Away was recorded at La Fabrique, a studio in a nineteenth-century country house near Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in France, with producer Nick Launay. It is the first album without founder Mick Harvey, who left in 2009, and the first since 1986 with Barry Adamson. The band entered the studio when Nick Cave had only half-developed ideas. The lyrics came about over a year in a notebook, partly by searching the internet for odd facts and Wikipedia articles. Cave said that the songs show how the internet influences events, fashions and absurdities.
Cave called the album a ghost baby in the incubator, with Warren Ellis's loops as a small, trembling heart. That fits the subdued atmosphere. We Real Cool even names Wikipedia, and Jubilee Street was released as a single. Billboard spoke of the band's commercial breakthrough: the album was number one in Australia and six other countries.
Listening
Track list
- 1We No Who U R4:05Apple Music ↗
- 2Wide Lovely Eyes3:40Apple Music ↗
- 3Water's Edge3:49Apple Music ↗
- 4Jubilee Street6:36Apple Music ↗
- 5Mermaids3:49Apple Music ↗
- 6We Real Cool4:19Apple Music ↗
- 7Finishing Jubilee Street4:29Apple Music ↗
- 8Higgs Boson Blues7:51Apple Music ↗
- 9Push the Sky Away4:07Apple Music ↗
- 10The Making of Push the Sky Away6:40Apple Music ↗
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