When the Flood Comes
Studio album by
The Audreys
Released18 April 2008
RecordedYikesville Studios, Melbourne
GenreBlues & Roots
LabelKybosh Records/ABC Music/Universal
ProducerShane O'Mara
The Audreys chronology
Between Last Night And Us
(2006)		 When the Flood Comes
(2008)		 Sometimes the Stars
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Independent Weeklylink
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The Sydney Morning Heraldlink

When the Flood Comes is the second studio album by Australian blues/roots band, The Audreys. The album was released 18 April 2008 on Kybosh Records and distributed by Universal Music Australia.[1]

The album debuted and peaked at number 20 on the ARIA Charts ARIA Album Charts.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2008, the band won ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Album.[2]

In an interview, Tristan Goodall explained that the majority of the album had been written in New York City. "When we found we couldn't write when we got back off the road, we were like 'What are we going to do?' Then we went back down to Nashville saw about a million bands in about five days and went back to New York and wrote some more. After that we saw what we had would be the big pick up for the album."

Track listing

All tracks written by Taasha Coates and Tristan Goodall, except where noted.[3]

  1. "Chelsea Blues" - 4:23
  2. "Head So Heavy" - 3:37
  3. "Paradise City" - 5:04
  4. "Lay Me Down" - 4:03
  5. "Closing Time" - 3:53
  6. "When the Flood Comes" - 4:21
  7. "Anchor" - 2:49
  8. "Sally & the Preacher" - 3:43
  9. "Small Things" - 4:07
  10. "Here He Lies" - 4:40
  11. "Songbird" - 4:40
  12. "More to a Sinner" - 4:32

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 20

Personnel

  • Taasha Coates - voice, melodica, harmonica, ukulele
  • Tristan Goodall - national reso-phonic guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo
  • Michael Green - violin, mandolin, harmonies
  • Lyndon Gray - double bass, harmonies
  • Toby Lang - drums, harmonies

References

  1. ↑ "New album, tour for The Audreys". Oz Music Scene. 13 March 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
  2. ↑ "The 2008 ARIA Award winners". ARIA. 10 October 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
  3. ↑ APRA database at the Australasian Performing Right Association website (search each song title)
  4. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – The Audreys – When the Flood Comes". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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