''Sold'' is the sixth album by Australian rock band
Died Pretty
Died Pretty, sometimes The Died Pretty, were an Australian alternative rock band founded by mainstays Ron Peno (lead singer) and Brett Myers (lead guitarist and backing vocalist) in Sydney in 1983. Their music started from a base of early elec ...
. It was released in 1996 and peaked at No. 29 on the
ARIA album charts. The album was the last to include drummer, Nick Kennedy, who left during recording; he was replaced in the sessions by Shane Melder, on loan from
Sidewinder.
It was co-produced by former
Radio Birdman
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vocalist
Rob Younger
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, who had produced the band's 1986 debut ''
Free Dirt'', and
Wayne Connolly
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, who went on to co-produce their next two albums.
Singer and song co-writer
Ron Peno
''Ronald Stephen Peno (26 July 1955 – 11 August 2023), who also performed as Ron S. Peno and Ronnie Pop, was an Australian Rock music in Australia, rock singer and songwriter who fronted Died Pretty from 1983 to 2021.
Prior to forming ...
said the album's lyrics, inspired by the departure of his long-time girlfriend, were very personal. He told the ''
Herald Sun
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'': "Every song can actually move me to tears. It was something I had to get out of my system. It was something that was happening in my life and it stopped happening and I'm trying to get over it."
''The Age'' called the album a classic, the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' described it as "magnificent"
and the ''Herald Suns review said: "While it retains some of the rough edges associated with previous records, ''Sold'' is mostly pristine and polished, and pitched squarely at commercial radio."
[Steve Venom, ''Herald Sun'', 29 February 1996, pg 62.]
It was Died Pretty's second and final album for Sony Records. The company dropped the band from its roster in April 1996.
Track listing
(All songs by Brett Myers and
Ron Peno
''Ronald Stephen Peno (26 July 1955 – 11 August 2023), who also performed as Ron S. Peno and Ronnie Pop, was an Australian Rock music in Australia, rock singer and songwriter who fronted Died Pretty from 1983 to 2021.
Prior to forming ...
except where noted)
# "Sold" – 2:56
# "Cuttin' Up Her Legs" – 3:10
# "Good at Love" – 2:51
# "Cry" – 4:53
# "Slipaway" – 3:14
# "B.loved" – 5:11
# "She's Not There" – 3:02
# "Stops 'n' Starts" – 3:12
# "Which Way to Go" – 4:36
# "1,2,3" – 4:00
# "How I Feel" – 4:06
# "Comin' Down" (Brett Myers, Ron Peno, Robert Warren) – 4:02
# "Hallelujah" – 7:11
Personnel
* Brett Myers – guitar
* John Hoey – keyboards
*
Ron Peno
''Ronald Stephen Peno (26 July 1955 – 11 August 2023), who also performed as Ron S. Peno and Ronnie Pop, was an Australian Rock music in Australia, rock singer and songwriter who fronted Died Pretty from 1983 to 2021.
Prior to forming ...
– vocals
*
Robert Warren – bass
* Shane Melder – drums
* Nick Kennedy – drums
* Sunil de Silva – strings
Charts
References
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1996 albums
Died Pretty albums
Columbia Records albums