Hollywood (Little Birdy album)

Hollywood is the second studio album by Australian indie rock band Little Birdy. The album was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by John King (one half of legendary production duo The Dust Brothers who has produced Beck and the Beastie Boys) and engineer Clif Norrell.[2]

Hollywood
Studio album by
Little Birdy
Released13 October 2006
GenreIndie rock
Length47:34
LabelEleven / EMI
ProducerJohn King
Little Birdy chronology
BigBigLove
(2004)		 Hollywood
(2006)		 Confetti
(2009)
Singles from Hollywood
  1. "Come on Come on"
    Released: 15 September 2006
  2. "Bodies"
    Released: 23 January 2007
  3. "After Dark"
    Released: 11 May 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Dwarf(favorable)[1]

The first single released from the album was "Come on Come on", which reached number 18 on its debut on the Australian ARIA Singles Charts[3] and was one of the top most requested songs on Triple J.

The second single from the album, "Bodies", was released on 23 January 2007. A limited edition copy of the album was also released with a bonus DVD The Making of Hollywood and the "Come On Come On" videoclip.

In March, 2007 the album was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association.[4]

Background

"Actually the initial title for the album was actually going to be Inside I’m Crying, Outside I’m Dancing which kind of describes the feeling for the album as a whole but in the end we decided on Hollywood" explains Katy. "I wrote the title song a few weeks before we even starting looking into where to record the album and as far as we knew we were probably going to record somewhere in the UK. It was weird that the song came before we knew we were going there."

"We had pretty much all of the album demo’d before going over to record with John so we were in a much better position mentally than the first album." says drummer Matt.

"I think there was actually a lot less pressure on us this time around. At least this time we knew our audience and knew what to expect, so that made it easier" agrees bassist Scott.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Katy Steele, except "On and On" written by Simon Leach[5]; all music is composed by Little Birdy.

No.TitleLength
1."Hollywood"1:38
2."Come on Come On"3:53
3."Bodies"3:36
4."After Dark"3:56
5."Please Don't Lay Me Down"4:59
6."Music"3:16
7."If I"3:55
8."Somebody New"4:04
9."Better Off Alone"3:44
10."Set You Alight"3:47
11."Don't"3:37
12."Feeding on the Night"3:31
13."On and On"3:38

Charts
Year Chart Peak Position
2006 Australian ARIA Albums Chart #9[3]

Certifications
Country Certification Sales
Australia Gold[4] 35,000+
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References
  1. "Little Birdy - Hollywood (album)". TheDwarf.com.au. 20 October 2006. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  2. "Hollywood - Little Birdy - Credits". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  3. "Discography Little Birdy". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  4. "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2007 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  5. APRA database Archived 5 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine at the Australasian Performing Right Association website (search each song title)
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