White Noise (The Living End album)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	^[2]
Punknews.org	^[3]
Bombshellzine.com	^[4]
Max	(positive)^[5]
FasterLouder.com.au	(positive)^[6]
The Dwarf.com.au	(positive)^[7]

White Noise is the ARIA Award–winning fifth studio album by Australian rock band The Living End, released in Australia on 19 July 2008. It was their first album released by their new record label Dew Process. It was also released with a limited edition bonus DVD, which was recorded at ACDC Lane, Melbourne, featuring six live songs, four of which were songs from White Noise. The album debuted at number two on the Australian Album Chart, achieving a Gold certification in its first week. It has since gone on to achieve a Platinum accreditation.^[8]

The album was nominated for Best Rock Album & Album of the Year at the 2008 ARIA Awards, winning the ARIA Award for Best Rock Album 2008.

Background

Pre-recording

After a live show in late 2006, the band was placed on hiatus due to the fatigue of lead vocalist Chris Cheney. Cheney took a number of months off, doing yoga for relaxation and consequently, inspiration. White Noise got its first real kick-start when he came up with the guitar riff from the first track "How Do We Know?", saying he "took it to the guys and they said ‘That's the direction, write another 12 of those'". Cheney has said the brief departure "was the turmoil that had to happen", but he "was back on track".^[9]

In February 2008, The Living End, under the alias of The Longnecks, played a small tour across Victoria to road-test songs they had written for their fifth studio album. They played a handful of dates and used the audience's reaction to the new material as a guide to which songs sounded better in a live environment.

Recording and production

Pre-production for the album took place at Studio One in Collingwood, Melbourne with producer Kalju Tonuma. This included various co-writes including the track "Sum Of Us". After the sonic blueprint of the album was established The Living End's new label suggested and assigned producer John Agnello, who has formerly done work with Sonic Youth and The Hold Steady.^[9]^[10] Band manager Rae Harvey selected Brendan O'Brien to mix and master the album. O'Brien begun work with The Living End literally a day after completing production on AC/DC's latest album Black Ice, and is notable for his work with high-profile bands such as Pearl Jam.^[11] These two were selected to help replicate their live sound inside a studio.^[9] The album was recorded by producer Agnello in April 2008, in New Jersey, United States.^[9]

Promotion

Only four days after the mastering of the album was completed, The Living End released a taster track titled "How Do We Know", which was posted on the Triple J website for download on 23 May 2008, available for one week only. Also as a promotion for the album a "White Noise Gizmo" was made available through the Nova Radio Station webpage, which Windows Vista users were able to download a taster of the album. This allowed two tracks a day to be heard from 14 July to 18 July.

Track listing

All tracks written by C. Cheney.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"How Do We Know?"	4:14
2.	"Raise the Alarm"	3:37
3.	"White Noise"	3:44
4.	"Moment in the Sun"	4:22
5.	"Waiting for the Silence"	5:01
6.	"Make the Call"	4:00
7.	"Loaded Gun"	4:57
8.	"Kid"	3:33
9.	"21st Century"	3:28
10.	"Hey Hey Disbeliever"	3:37
11.	"Sum of Us"	3:49

Bonus CD (Demos and Rarities)

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No.	Title	Length
1.	"White Noise (Acoustic)"	3:55
2.	"Moment In The Sun (Acoustic)"	4:30
3.	"Tragedy (Demo)"	4:15
4.	"Ship Is Sinking (Demo)"	3:24
5.	"Down To The Wire (Demo)"	5:17
6.	"Live To Love (Demo)"	4:25
7.	"Faith (Demo)"	2:38
8.	"New Trend (Demo)"	3:41
9.	"I Don't Wanna Wait (Demo)"	2:54
10.	"Enemy Of Time (Demo)"	3:30
11.	"Who's On Your Side (Demo)"	3:15

DVD (Limited Edition)

All tracks recorded live at ACDC Lane, Melbourne.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Raise the Alarm"	4:07
2.	"How Do We Know?"	4:18
3.	"Moment in the Sun"	4:21
4.	"Second Solution"	5:24
5.	"White Noise"	4:02
6.	"Jailbreak (featuring Jon Toogood of Shihad) (AC/DC cover)"	4:34
7.	"The Making of White Noise"	9:09

B-Sides

Song	Length	Source
"Listen Up Suzy"	2:08	White Noise (CD Single)/Japanese Edition Bonus Track (retitled as "Suzy")
"CIA"	4:24	White Noise (iTunes Single)
"Live to Love"	4:26	White Noise (Nokia Music Single)/ Rarities compilation as "Live to Love (demo)"
"Beware the Moon"	3:48	Universal Music Australia (Free mp3 Download) / Moment In The Sun (iTunes Single)
"She's Calling Out"	4:08	White Noise (iTunes Album)
"Hopeless" (Demo)	4:09	White Noise (Nokia Music Album)
"New Frontier"	4:20	Japanese edition bonus track / Moment In The Sun (CD Single)
"Faith (Demo)"	2:39	Raise the Alarm (CD Single)

Charts

Charts (2008)	Peak position	Certification	Sales
Australian Artist ARIA Albums Chart	1 (2 Weeks)	Platinum	70,000+

Personnel

Chris Cheney – vocals, guitar
Scott Owen – double bass, backing vocals
Andy Strachan – drums, backing vocals
Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady) - keyboards & string arrangements
Pinky Weitzman - Viola
Sarah Bernstein - Violin
Margaret White - Violin
Shandra Wolley - Cello
Kalju Tonuma - pre-production & co-writing
John Agnello - producer
Brendan O'Brien - Mixing
Billy Bowers - Pro Tools Engineer
Dave Jones - Mix Assistant
Kory Aaron - Mix Assistant

References

↑ Greenberg, Adam (2008-07-21). "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
↑ "Rolling Stone review". Thelivingend.com.au. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
↑ "Review". Punknews.org. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
↑ Bombshellzine review
↑ Max review Archived 29 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "Review". Fasterlouder.com.au. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
↑ "The Dwarf.com.au review". Thedwarf.com.au. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
↑ "ARIA Charts Accreditations 2009 Albums". Aria.com.au. 2009-12-31. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
1 2 3 4 Adams, Cameron (26 June 2008). "Chris Cheney left the Living End, now he's back". Herald Sun.com.au. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
↑ Murfett, Andrew (17 July 2008). "White Noise". TheAge.com.au. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
↑ "The Living End - White Noise (CD)". Maxtv.com.au. 21 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
↑ "The Living End To Release Demos and Rarities Album - Undercover.fm News". Undercover.com.au. 2009-01-17. Retrieved 2012-03-15.

The Living End

Chris Cheney Scott Owen Andy Strachan Travis Demsey Joe Piripitzi

Studio albums	The Living End (1998) Roll On (2000) Modern ARTillery (2003) State of Emergency (2006) White Noise (2008) The Ending Is Just the Beginning Repeating (2011) Shift (2016)

Extended plays	Hellbound It's for Your Own Good Second Solution / Prisoner of Society Four on the Floor

Compilations	From Here on In: The Singles 1997-2004 (2004) Rarities (2008)

Video compilations	From Here on In: The DVD 1997–2004 (2004) How to Make an Album and Influence People (2006) Live at Festival Hall (2006) Live at ACDC Lane (2008)

Singles	From Here On In "Prisoner of Society" "Second Solution" "Save the Day" "All Torn Down" "West End Riot" "Trapped" "Pictures in the Mirror" "Roll On" "Dirty Man" Carry Me Home "One Said to the Other" "Who's Gonna Save Us?" "Tabloid Magazine" End of the World "I Can't Give You What I Haven't Got" "What's on Your Radio?" "Wake Up" "Long Live the Weekend" "Nothing Lasts Forever" Rising Sun "White Noise" "Moment in the Sun" "Raise the Alarm" The Ending Is Just The Beginning Repeating Song for the Lonely For Another Day Monkey Keep on Running

Related articles	Discography

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