The Overture & the Underscore is the debut studio album released by Australian singer-songwriter Sarah Blasko in October 2004.
Blasko said "Essentially I wanted there to be something really classic about the album. The kind of debut albums I like are those that don't try and do too much too soon, that point towards a number of possible directions, and that give the songs some room to move. It was really important to me that my voice and the songs had some character and that there was an intimacy to them. We tried to achieve this by using little or no effect on the voice and not going too far with overdubs."Official website
Reception
Triple J music director Richard Kingsmill rated it ninth on his list of favourite 2004 albums.Triple J website In 2011, he named it the 10th Greatest Australian Album Of All Time.
Track list
"All Coming Back" – 3:15 "Beautiful Secrets" – 3:24 "Always Worth It" – 3:46 "At Your Best" – 3:36 "Don't U Eva" – 4:19 "Counting Sheep" – 4:21 "Perfect Now" – 3:33 "Sweet November" – 3:55 "Cinders" – 4:09 "True Intentions" – 4:11 "Remorse" – 15:38 [The song "Remorse" ends at 5:31. After 5 minutes of silence (5:31 - 10:31), begins the hidden track "Long Time".]
All songs written by Sarah Blasko and Robert F Cranny.
Charts Chart (2004) Peakpositionscope="row"
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