Shoot This
Studio album by
Motor Ace
Released12 August 2002
Studio
  • Hot House Audio, Melbourne
  • Sing Sing, Melbourne
GenrePost-grunge
Length49:29
LabelSputnik
ProducerChris Sheldon
Motor Ace chronology
Five Star Laundry
(2001)		 Shoot This
(2002)		 Animal
(2005)

Shoot This is the second studio album by Australian post-grunge band Motor Ace, released in August 2002. The album gained more commercial success than their first album, debuting at number 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart and reached No. 40 in New Zealand.

Background

Shoot This was recorded by Australian post-grunge and alternative rock band Motor Ace with Chris Sheldon producing for Festival Mushroom Records' imprint Sputnik Records, which was issued in August 2002.[1][2] The group had formed in Melbourne in 1998 and by early the following year the line-up had stabilised with Matt Balfe on bass guitar, Damian Costin on drums, Dave Ong on lead guitar and "Patch" Robertson on lead vocals and guitar.[1] Shoot This, their second studio album, was preceded by two singles "Carry On" in May and "Keeping Secrets" in early August.[1][3] Both reached the top 30 on the ARIA singles chart.[3] The album debuted at No. 1 and was accredited a gold record for shipment of 35,000 copies by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).[3] On the Official New Zealand Music Chart it peaked at No. 40.[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Damian Birchall Costin, Patrick Thomas Robertson, David Ghim Cheng Ong and Matt Charles Balfe.[5]

  1. "Carry On" – 4:55
  2. "Opportunity" – 4:06
  3. "Pieces" – 4:07
  4. "Feathers" – 4:10
  5. "Keeping Secrets" – 4:36
  6. "Ride the Wave" – 4:03
  7. "Shoot This" – 4:44
  8. "For Yourself" – 4:16
  9. "Where Did You Go?" – 4:17
  10. "When the Day Falls" – 3:31
  11. "When the Feeling's Gone" – 6:44

Personnel

Motor Ace

Additional musicians

  • John Barrett – horn
  • Ian Bell – horn
  • Chris Sheldon – backing vocals

Artisans

  • Chris Blair – mastering
  • David Chapman – string arrangements
  • David Coulthard Clark – assistant
  • Iva Davies – string arrangements
  • David Davis – mixing assistant
  • Chris Dickie – engineer
  • Chris Sheldon – mixing, producer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[7] 40

Year-end charts

Chart (2002) Position
Australian Albums Chart[8] 82
Australian Artist Albums Chart[9] 17

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[10] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 McFarlane, Ian (2017). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Motor Ace'". The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Jenkins, Jeff (Foreword) (2nd ed.). Gisborne, VIC: Third Stone Press. p. 335. ISBN 978-0-9953856-0-3.
  2. ↑ "Motor Ace Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Hung, Steffen. "Discography Motor Ace". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  4. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Motor Ace". New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Song Catalogue Search Results for 'Carry On'". APRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society). Retrieved 24 October 2022. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search and fiter' and then input a title.
  6. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Motor Ace – Shoot This". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "Charts.nz – Motor Ace – Shoot This". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 100 Albums 2002". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "ARIA Top 50 Australian Artists Albums 2002". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2002 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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