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Shoot This

Shoot This is the second studio album by Australian post-grunge band Motor Ace, released in August 2002. The album gained more commercial success than their first album, debuting at number 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart and reached No. 40 in New Zealand.

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Shoot This
Studio album by
Motor Ace
Released12 August 2002
Studio
  • Hot House Audio, Melbourne
  • Sing Sing, Melbourne
GenrePost-grunge
Length49:29
LabelSputnik
ProducerChris Sheldon
Motor Ace chronology
Five Star Laundry
(2001) 		Shoot This
(2002) 		Animal
(2005)

Shoot This is the second studio album by Australian post-grunge band Motor Ace, released in August 2002. The album gained more commercial success than their first album, debuting at number 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart and reached No. 40 in New Zealand.

Background

Shoot This was recorded by Australian post-grunge and alternative rock band Motor Ace with Chris Sheldon producing for Festival Mushroom Records' imprint Sputnik Records, which was issued in August 2002.12 The group had formed in Melbourne in 1998 and by early the following year the line-up had stabilised with Matt Balfe on bass guitar, Damian Costin on drums, Dave Ong on lead guitar and "Patch" Robertson on lead vocals and guitar.1 Shoot This, their second studio album, was preceded by two singles "Carry On" in May and "Keeping Secrets" in early August.13 Both reached the top 30 on the ARIA singles chart.3 The album debuted at No. 1 and was accredited a gold record for shipment of 35,000 copies by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).3 On the Official New Zealand Music Chart it peaked at No. 40.4

Track listing

All tracks are written by Damian Birchall Costin, Patrick Thomas Robertson, David Ghim Cheng Ong and Matt Charles Balfe.5

  1. "Carry On" – 4:55
  2. "Opportunity" – 4:06
  3. "Pieces" – 4:07
  4. "Feathers" – 4:10
  5. "Keeping Secrets" – 4:36
  6. "Ride the Wave" – 4:03
  7. "Shoot This" – 4:44
  8. "For Yourself" – 4:16
  9. "Where Did You Go?" – 4:17
  10. "When the Day Falls" – 3:31
  11. "When the Feeling's Gone" – 6:44

Personnel

Motor Ace

Additional musicians

  • John Barrett – horn
  • Ian Bell – horn
  • Chris Sheldon – backing vocals

Artisans

  • Chris Blair – mastering
  • David Chapman – string arrangements
  • David Coulthard Clark – assistant
  • Iva Davies – string arrangements
  • David Davis – mixing assistant
  • Chris Dickie – engineer
  • Chris Sheldon – mixing, producer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)6 1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)7 40

Year-end charts

Chart (2002) Position
Australian Albums Chart8 82
Australian Artist Albums Chart9 17

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)10 Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

See also

References

References

  1. McFarlane, Ian (2017). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Motor Ace'". The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Jenkins, Jeff (Foreword) (2nd ed.). Gisborne, VIC: Third Stone Press. p. 335. ISBN 978-0-9953856-0-3.
  2. "Motor Ace Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. Hung, Steffen. "Discography Motor Ace". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  4. Hung, Steffen. "Discography Motor Ace". New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  5. "Song Catalogue Search Results for 'Carry On'". APRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society). Retrieved 24 October 2022. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search and fiter' and then input a title.
  6. "Australiancharts.com – Motor Ace – Shoot This". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  7. "Charts.nz – Motor Ace – Shoot This". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  8. "End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 100 Albums 2002". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  9. "ARIA Top 50 Australian Artists Albums 2002". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  10. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2002 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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