First let's do some fast facts on this fourth Album of the Year Nomination for 2014:
1. Debuted at Number One on the ARIA charts
2. Peaked in the Top 20 on the US Billboard 200 chart
3. Features the 5 x Platinum single "Riptide" (that's 350,000 SOLD copies of this single)
4. "Riptide" also was the number one song on the JJJ Hottest 100 for 2013
5. "Riptide" was also my Blog's number 3 song for 2013 behind Lorde & Daft Punk
The album is a 13 track instant Australian classic, featuring 5 truly recognisable singles. Of course "Riptide" has been the biggest but "Mess is Mine" has also be a surprise hit for Joy (real name James Keogh).
This album is a solid debut, a real achievement and I am sure this young man will also scoop the ARIA's for the male category (unless Chet Faker takes the crown - it's a tough year for the men in 2014) as SIA totally has the female category all to her own.
Speaking of SIA and Chet Faker, Vance Joy joins them and Pharrell Williams in the running for the almighty Album of the Year for 2014. Not only this week does Vance Joy join my list of nominations but another album will also join this list tomorrow, so bookmark, hit refresh, it's going to be one hell of an album.
Now some insane cuts from this extremely wonderful debut Australian record:
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