''Brown & Orange'' is an album by the Australian folk comedian
The Bedroom Philosopher
Justin Heazlewood (born 1980), the Bedroom Philosopher, is an Australian author, songwriter and performer. He has released several albums of musical comedy, toured Australia extensively, been nominated for an ARIA Award and published books abo ...
(Justin Heazlewood) released in February 2009. It was produced by Chris Scallan,
Martin "Moose" Lubran and Ken Heazlewood.
It is the second album by The Bedroom Philosopher, following ''
In Bed with My Doona'' in 2005,
which contained his radio hit "
I'm So Post Modern", the most popular independently released Australian single in 2005, reaching number 72 in the following year's
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.
The music video for the album's second single, "
Wow Wow's Song", acquired 20,000 plays on
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within its first five days of release and garnered many impressive statistics in Australia, New Zealand and globally.
Concerts performed in 2008 as The Bedroom Philosopher and His Awkwardstra premiered many of the songs on the album.
Personnel
*
Justin Heazlewood
Justin Heazlewood (born 1980), the Bedroom Philosopher, is an Australian author, songwriter and performer. He has released several albums of musical comedy, toured Australia extensively, been nominated for an ARIA Awards, ARIA Award and publis ...
- vocals, guitar
*
Martin "Moose" Lubran - keyboards, guitar, percussion, vibraphone
* Haydn Meggit - drums
*
John Maddox
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Education and early life
Jo ...
- double bass
* Andy Hazel - bass guitar
*
Harry Angus - trumpet
*
Tripod
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- backing vocals
* Wow Wow - vocals
* Xani Colac - violin
* Michael O'Connor - flute
* Hanna Silver - piano, synthesizers
* Anna Knight - vocals
* Will Hindmarsh - harmonica
* Miles O'Neil - banjo
Track listing
# "Strange Piece of Music"
# "Party in My Head"
# "What Am I Supposed to Be Doing?"
# "The Happiest Boy"
# "I'm So Lonely"
# "(Brown)"
# "Jesus on Big Brother"
# "For the Love I Have for You"
# "Circus Bear"
# "(Orange)"
# "Swan Song"
# "Deux Cygnes Noirs"
# "Wow Wow's Song (La La La)"
# "(Social Life at the Psychiatric Unit 30.07.77)"
Singles
* "The Happiest Boy" was released as a single in September 2007.
* "Wow Wow's Song", in an edited format, was released as a single in October 2008.
* "Party In My Head" was released in March 2009
References
External links
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The Bedroom Philosopher's MySpace page.
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2009 albums
The Bedroom Philosopher albums