Apart Together (album)
Apart Together is the upcoming debut studio album by Australian musician Tim Minchin. It is due to be released on 20 November 2020.
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| Released | 20 November 2020 | |||
| Length | 49:58 | |||
| Label | BMG | |||
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Background
Following his career in musical comedy, Minchin semi-retired from touring after his 2010/11 international area tour Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra and writing the music and lyrics for the Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning Matilda the Musical to focus on other projects such as appearing in acting roles as Atticus Fetch in the US series Californication and Judas in the 2012/13 arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar. At this time, Minchin moved with his family to Los Angeles to write and direct an animated movie for DreamWorks Animation called Larrikins, which was cancelled in March 2017 after four years of work. His second stage musical Groundhog Day had also closed after running for six months on Broadway.
After moving to back to Australia, Minchin revealed he was working on an album and visited Australia, New Zealand and the UK for the first time in eight years on the Back: Old Songs, New Songs, Fuck You Songs tour in 2019/20.
In March 2020, it was revealed that Minchin signed a record deal with BMG and would release his debut studio album (after previously releasing numerous live albums of his musical comedy shows) titled Apart Together on 20 November 2020.[1] The album contains four songs played on the Back tour; "If This Plane Goes Down", "Leaving LA", "I'll Take Lonely Tonight" and "Carry You", which was written for the TV series Upright that Minchin starred in, co-wrote, and co-directed.
On 13 March 2020, "Leaving LA" was released as a single with the animated music video by Tee Ken Ng using zoetropes.[2] "I'll Take Lonely Tonight" was released on 18 June 2020[3] as well as "Apart Together" on 13 August 2020.[4]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Tim Minchin.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Summer Romance" | 4:37 |
| 2. | "Apart Together" | 4:15 |
| 3. | "Airport Piano" | 3:53 |
| 4. | "The Absence of You" | 4:30 |
| 5. | "I Can't Save You" | 3:41 |
| 6. | "Talked Too Much, Stayed Too Long" | 4:48 |
| 7. | "Leaving LA" | 4:55 |
| 8. | "I'll Take Lonely Tonight" | 6:29 |
| 9. | "Beautiful Head" | 4:02 |
| 10. | "If This Plane Goes Down" | 5:11 |
| 11. | "Carry You" | 3:37 |
| Total length: | 49:58 | |
References
- Jenke, Tyler (5 March 2020). "Tim Minchin Announces the Release of His Long-Awaited Debut Album". Rolling Stone Australia. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- Martin, Josh (13 March 2020). "Tim Minchin shares new single 'Leaving LA' with zoetrope music video". NME. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- Jenke, Tyler (18 June 2020). "Tim Minchin Releases Powerful New Single, 'I'll Take Lonely Tonight'". Rolling Stone Australia. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- Bennett, Steve (13 August 2020). "Tim Minchin releases a new single, Apart Together". Chortle. Retrieved 13 August 2020.