Il Grande Silenzio is the third studio album by Australian band the Baby Animals, released in January 2008. The album peaked at number 78 in Australia.[1] The band appeared live on the Australian breakfast TV program Sunrise on 22 January 2008.[2]

Il Grande Silenzio
Studio album by
Released21 January 2008
RecordedMarch 2007
StudioStellasound Studio, Los Angeles
GenreAcoustic
Length36:56
LabelLiberation Records
ProducerJustin Stanley
Baby Animals chronology
Shaved and Dangerous
(1993)
Il Grande Silenzio
(2008)
This Is Not the End
(2013)

Background edit

From 1989 to 1996, Baby Animals toured and promoted music from their two ARIA Award-winning studio albums. In 1996, the band broke up and lead singer Suze DeMarchi went solo and raised a family. In 2005, Liberation Records asked if Baby Animals would record an acoustic album, to which DeMarchi said repeatedly 'No'. However, in March 2007, DeMarchi found herself (with bandmates Frank Celenza, Dave Leslie and Eddie Parise) in producer Justin Stanley's backyard recording studio, making an acoustic record.[3]

Commercially released in 2008, the finished album features acoustic renditions of six tracks from the band's 1991 self titled debut album, one track ("Don't Tell Me What To Do") from 1993's Shaved And Dangerous album, two tracks from DeMarchi's 1999 solo album Telelove ("Satellite" and "Submarine"), and two new tracks, "Stitch" and "U Still Need Me".

Track listing edit

  1. "One Word" - 3:20
  2. "Early Warning" - 3:05
  3. "Stitch" - 3:21
  4. "Rush You" - 3:04
  5. "Make It End" - 3:24
  6. "Painless" - 4:14
  7. "Submarine" - 4:54
  8. "U Still Need Me" - 2:44
  9. "Satellite" - 3:09
  10. "Don't Tell Me What To Do" - 2:59
  11. "Working for the Enemy" - 2:42

Charts edit

Chart (2008) Peak
position
ARIA Albums Chart[4] 78

Credits edit

  • Suze DeMarchi – lead vocals, guitar
  • Dave Leslie – guitar
  • Frank Celenza – drums, percussion
  • Eddie Parise – bass guitar
  • Cello – Cameron Stone
  • Guitar [Dobro] – Doyle Bramhall
  • Violin – Charlie Bisharat
  • Tabla - Satnam Ramgotra
  • Drums on "Painless" - Nuno Bettencourt
  • Additional Instrumentation - Justin Stanley

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Week Commencing ~ 28th January 2008 ~ Issue #935" (PDF). webarchive.nla.gov.au. 28 January 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Baby Animals tour dates - Yahoo!7 Sunrise". Retrieved 20 January 2009. [dead link]
  3. ^ Il Grande Silenzio (CD). Baby Animals. Liberation Records. 2008.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ "Week Commencing ~ 28th January 2008 ~ Issue #935" (PDF). webarchive.nla.gov.au. 28 January 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2016.