''A Book Like This'' is the first studio album by Australian singer-songwriter duo

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. It was released in September 2007 in Australia and debuted and peaked on the

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at number 6. The album was released in the UK through Flock Music/ PIAS on 31 March 2008 and an alternative version was released in North America through

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on 3 March 2009 where the band performed songs from the album on US Radio Station

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. At the

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, the album was nominated for Best Blues and Roots Album, Best Group, Breakthrough Artist and Best Cover Art.

Reception

Andrew Leahey from AllMusic said "Angus & Julia Stone's debut recalls the lush, cuddle-up-in-bed

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of the Weepies and Kaiser Cartel. ''A Book Like This'' takes strength from its two young songwriters, both of whom approach love and coming-of-age issues from their own gendered perspective. Julia plays the part of the quirky ingénue, her vocals fluttering like a young

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over homespun melodies and gauzy instrumental backdrops... where brother Angus details an awkward encounter with the fairer sex". Leahey concluded "''A Book Like This'' is an appropriate soundtrack for lazy Sunday afternoons and slow Monday mornings, when the pace of the world matches the relaxed gait of this band."

Track listing

Alternative version (2009)

Personnel

* Zach Brock – strings, violin * Ian Burdge – cello * Mitchell Connelly – drums, percussion * Calina de la Mare – violin * Emery Dobyns – harmony * Ali Friend – bass * Fran Healy – bass, congas, Glockenspiel, Piano * Sally Herbert – string arrangements, strings, violin * Christopher Hoffman – cello, strings * John Metcalfe – viola * Elizabeth Myers – strings, viola * Ian Pritchett – bass * Jeff Ratner – bass, double bass * Angus Stone – guitar, electric guitar, harmonica, Vocals *

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– Bazouki, guitar, organ, piano, trumpet, vocals * Cameron Whipp – violin * Sarah Jane Wilson – cello * Producers – Angus & Julia Stone, Fran Healy, Ian Pritchett * Mixer – Ian Pritchett * Illustrator – Caroline Pedler

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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