''Addicted Romantic'' is the debut

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band Faker.

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released the album on 13 June 2005. Four singles were released from the album; "Quarter to Three", "The Familiar"/"Enough", "Love for Sale", and "Hurricane". Of these, "Hurricane" was the most successful; it reached number 21 on the

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. The album spent one week on the

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at number 44, on 26 June 2005. The album was recorded by Faker with Lindsay Gravina, of

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fame, at

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's Birdland Studios. The inspiration for "Enough", the first song written from the album, came to

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Nathan Hudson from a

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song in 1997. Eight years later, the band worked with Gravina to produce "the winning sound" on the album. He said the biggest challenge in recording was objectivity; choosing which songs to use, as well as improving their studio recording technique. Hudson told

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that the band wanted people to "draw from their own experiences" when listening to ''Addicted Romantic'', which they hoped contained music people would relate to. ''

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''s Andrew Murfett said the album was influenced by

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, and

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, while Guy Blackman drew comparisons to

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and

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's review of the album called it "a dapper slice of post-mod power pop". ''

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'' said it featured "love-struck schoolboy lyrics and passion", and '' The Advertiser'' called it the best Australian album of 2005, praising "urgent vocals and angular guitars". Guy Blackman of ''

'' called the Hudson's vocals "unashamedly accented" but said it was "almost refreshing to hear an Australian sing in a thick British brogue rather than the usual faux-American twang". At the

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, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year. Following the release of ''Addicted Romantic'', Faker toured around Australia, supporting

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band

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. The concert saw them "blow... he Braveryoff stage" according to ''The Courier Mail''s Patrick Lion.

Track listing

# "Bodies" # "Quarter to Three" # "Love for Sale" # "Volumes" # "Kids on Overload" # "Fucking the Exhibits" # "Teenage Werewolf" # "Seizures" # "Hurricane" # "The Familiar" # "Enough" # "Ghosts"

Personnel

*Nathan Hudson – vocals *Phil Downing – guitar *Nick Munnings – bass guitar *

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– drums *Stefan Gregory – guitar Additional personnel *Lindsay Gravina – production

References

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