Torch the Moon

Torch the Moon is the fifth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner in 2002.^[2] It peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart.^[3] It received platinum album certification from ARIA.^[4]

Torch the Moon
Studio album by The Whitlams
Released	22 July 2002
Recorded	2001–2002
Genre	Pop
Length	49:58
Label	Black Yak / Warner
Producer	Daniel Denholm
The Whitlams chronology
Love This City (2000) Torch the Moon (2002) Little Cloud (2006)
Alternative Covers
Limited edition 2 disc version
Singles from Torch the Moon
"Fall For You" Released: 17 June 2002 "Best Work" Released: 9 September 2002 "Royal in the Afternoon" Released: February 2003 "Don't Believe Anymore" Released: June 2003

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

All tracks written by Tim Freedman, unless otherwise noted.^[5]

1. "Cries Too Hard" – 4:11
2. "Fall for You" (Freedman, D. Denholm) – 3:47
3. "The Lights Are Back On" – 3:44
4. "I Will Not Go Quietly (Duffy's Song)" (Freedman, J. Willing) – 3:53
5. "Kate Kelly" – 4:18
6. "Royal in the Afternoon" – 2:58
7. "Gone Surfing" (Freedman, J. Housden, T. Richmond, W. Hornby) – 2:12
8. "Best Work" (Freedman, B. Fink, N. Freedman) – 4:33
9. "Start My Cellar Again" – 4:08
10. "Coming Over" (Freedman, W. Hornby) – 4:26
11. "Out the Back" – 4:31
12. "Breathing You In" – 2:56
13. "Ease of the Midnight Visit" – 4:20

Re-releases

Initial prints of Torch the Moon contained a second CD, entitled Side 4. The track list contained:

1. "Don't Believe Anymore" – 5:22
2. "Last Life" – 4:45
3. "Witness Protection Scheme" – 3:52
4. "Back into the Wild" – 3:40
5. "Still in Love with You" – 3:23

A second print of the CD was released with the initial track listing, as well as "Don't Believe Anymore" (a cover of a track from Icehouse's 1984 album Sidewalk) and "Last Life".

A third release of the CD saw the thirteen initial tracks included, but none of the tracks from Side 4.

Finally, a fourth print of the CD saw a combination of the fifteen-track release as well as an exclusive 'Rarities' CD, collecting B-sides and unreleased tracks from the last nine years. The track list ran as follows:

1. "The Curse Stops Here" – 3:37
2. "Where Is She? (Demo)" – 4:28
3. "Tiny Girls" – 2:50
4. "Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No. 2) (Live)" – 4:53
5. "Bring Me Back to Your Love (Full Band Version)" – 4:05
6. "Coming up for Air" – 3:46
7. "Fall for You (Perky Mix)" – 3:36
8. "Never Fall in Love Again" – 3:36
9. "No Aphrodisiac (MGF Remix)" – 4:22
10. "400 Miles from Darwin (Demo)" – 3:20
11. "Out the Back (Sculthorpe Variation)" – 9:43
12. "I Make Hamburgers (Live Remix)" – 3:01

Personnel

• Tim Freedman – Piano, Vocals, Backing Vocals
• Jak Housden – Guitar, Backing Vocals
• Terepai Richmond – Drums, Percussion
• Warwick Hornby – Bass
• Daniel Denholm – Strings
• Emma-Jane Murphy, Melissa Barnard, Peter Morrison – Cello
• Caroline Henbest – Viola
• Aiko Goto, Doreen Cumming, Elizabeth Jones, Helena Rathbone, Jun Yi Ma, Naomi Radom – Violin

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2002–03)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6]	1

Year-end chart

Chart (2002)	Position
Australian (ARIA Charts)[7]	49

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[8]	Platinum	70,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

In popular culture

The first verse of "Kate Kelly",^[9] a song about Kate Kelly, younger sister of Ned Kelly, may have inspired Australian author David Hunt in his 2016 book "True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, Volume 2" in which he also describes Joe Byrne as having been "strung up" like a "marionette".^[10]