Australia (Howie Day album)

Australia is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Howie Day. It was first released on November 1, 2000, independently via Daze Records. It would be re-issued in 2002 by Epic Records. It was produced by Day and Mike Denneen and was written entirely by Day. The album, when re-issued by Epic, spawned him his first hit in his debut single, "Ghost", which became his first top ten on the US Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay chart at number nine. Australia peaked at number 18 on the Heatseekers Albums.

Australia
Studio album by Howie Day
Released	November 1, 2000
Recorded	During his tour in 2000
Genre	Pop rock alternative rock
Length	42:49 44:19 (including hidden track)
Label	Daze (original release) Epic (2002 re-issue)
Producer	Howie Day Mike Denneen
Howie Day chronology
Australia (2000) Stop All the World Now (2003)
Singles from Australia
"Ghost" Released: June 10, 2002[1] "Sorry So Sorry" Released: November 18, 2002[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Blender	[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]

The song "She Says" would later be re-recorded for Day's next studio album, Stop All the World Now (2003), in which it would become a single.

Track listing

Track 11 was removed from the 2002 Epic re-release.

All tracks are written by Howie Day.

Original track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sorry So Sorry"	4:34
2.	"She Says"	4:34
3.	"Secret"	3:46
4.	"Slow Down"	3:40
5.	"Ghost"	5:26
6.	"Kristina"	5:11
7.	"Everything Else"	3:21
8.	"More You Understand"	4:52
9.	"Morning After"	3:37
10.	"Disco"	3:40
11.	"Untitled" (hidden track)	1:32
Total length:		44:19

Personnel

Taken from the album booklet.^[6]

• Howie Day – guitar, keyboard, vocals
• Josh Lattanzi – bass
• Steve Scully – percussion, drums
• Ed Valauskas – bass on "Everything Else"
• Dave Wanamaker – guitar, vocals

Charts

Album

Weekly chart performance for Australia

Chart (2002)	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[7]	18

Singles

"Ghost" ended at numbers 44 and 46 on the 2002 year-end charts for Billboard and Radio & Records.^[8][9]

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		Billboard Triple A[10]	Radio & Records Triple-A
2002	"Ghost"	9	8[11]
	"Sorry So Sorry"	—	—[a]

Notes

1. "Sorry So Sorry" did not enter the Radio & Records Triple-A chart but did peak at number three on the "New & Active" section for the chart.^[12]