Beautiful Hum is the debut studio album

Studio album

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 by Australian rock

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 band Small Mercies

Small Mercies

Small Mercies is a rock band from Brisbane, Australia. The band formed in 1997 , and its current lineup is Steve Blaik, Danny Procopis, Marty O'Brien, and Jeff Reeves....

, released through Sony BMG on 24 May 2008.

Singles

Small Mercies released three singles

Single (music)

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 from the album. The first being "Innocent", which was released nearly a full year before the album in June 2007. The song was nominated for the ARIA

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 award for Breakthrough Artist – Single in 2007. "Innocent" reached #38 on the ARIA Charts

ARIA Charts

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 and stayed in the top fifty for nine weeks. It also appeared on the Channel 7

Seven Network

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 television advertisement for Prison Break

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. The second single "Sorry", was released on 6 October 2007, and reached #54 on the ARIA Charts. "Don't You Know Who I Am?" was released to wide radio airplay and as a digital single

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 on 12 April 2008, it was also on a television advertisement for the Australian TV series, Gladiators

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Track listing

1. "Come On" — 3:29
2. "Sorry" — 4:19
3. "Innocent" — 4:21
4. "Almost Perfect" — 3:40
5. "Stand on the Outside" — 3:40
6. "Beautiful Hum" — 3:43
7. "The Trouble with You and Me" — 3:51
8. "Don't You Know Who I Am?" — 3:56
9. "Feels Like Fire" — 3:52
10. "Save Me" — 3:46
11. "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning?" — 4:02
12. "Hang On" (Australian iTunes bonus track)