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Silverchair - Young Modern (CD) Silverchairâs story is now written in music folklore. Formed in 1992 in the Newcastle surf-side side suburb of Merewether, Silverchairâs rise was meteoric. The band, consisting of singer/songwriter/guitarist Daniel Johns, drummer Ben Gillies and bassist Chris Joannou, became a global phenomenon, propelling them on to some of the worldâs biggest stages and achieving album sales in excess of 6 million worldwide. The band signed with the Sony Music Entertainment Australia subsidiary label Murmur in 1994 after winning a national demo competition conducted by SBS TV and national youth broadcaster Triple J. Their debut single ÜTomorrowâ was a breakthrough success, reaching #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart and remaining there for six weeks. The bandâs first album Frogstomp also debuted at #1 on the ARIA Albums Chart and achieved sales of 4 x platinum. It reached the Billboard Top Ten in the US, making Silverchair the first Australian band to achieve that since INXS. All of Silverchairâs subsequent studio albums, Freakshow (double-Platinum), Neon Ballroom (triple-Platinum), Diorama (triple-Platinum) and Young Modern (triple-Platinum) debuted at #1 in Australia. Silverchair also holds the record for the greatest number of ARIA Award wins with a total of 21. Total album sales across the Silverchair catalogue have now exceeded 6 million globally making them one of Australiaâs most successful musical exports. ÜYoung Modernâ originally released in 2007 features the ARIA #1 hit single Straight Lines as well as If You Keep Losing Sleep, Reflections Of A Sound and Mind Reader. TRACKLISTING 1. Young Modern Station 2. Straight Lines 3. If You Keep Losing Sleep 4. Reflections Of A Sound 5. Those Thieving Birds Part 1 / Strange Behaviour / Those Thieving Birds Part 2 6. The Man That Knew Too Much 7. Waiting All Day 8. Mind Reader 9. Low 10. Insomnia 11. All Across The World
