''Paging Mr. Strike'' is the second

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by the Australian

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. The album was released on 26 August 2002 on

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. The album debuted at No.6 on the Australian Album Chart in September 2002 and spent a total of 27 weeks in the top 50. The album was certified platinum. It was re-issued on 7 March 2003 under the title ''2nd Page for Mr. Strike'', which included an extra disc with eight new tracks. It was also released in the UK in 2003 by Doublethink Recordings, with a new track order and several tracks replaced by ones from the band's debut album, '' Bring It On!'', which was never released internationally.

Track listing

"Dirty Fucking Whore" was previously released on Christa Hughes' 2001 solo EP ''Carrot Day'' - the recording on ''Paging Mr. Strike'' is the same as the EP, however excess noise at the beginning and end of the song has been trimmed.

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