Beautiful Machine is the seventh album from Shihad

Shihad

Shihad is a New Zealand hard/alternative rock band, currently based in Melbourne, Australia. During Shihad's recording career, they have produced four number-one studio albums and three top-ten singles in their home country of New Zealand....

 and was released 21 April 2008, in New Zealand

New Zealand

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 and released 17 May 2008, in Australia

Australia

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The album is much softer than previous Shihad releases, including many electronica elements and '80s backing rhythms - to the point where lead singer Jon Toogood

Jon Toogood

Jonathan Charles Toogood is the frontman of the New Zealand rock band Shihad. He formed the band in 1988 with fellow Wellingtonian Tom Larkin...

 has called some tracks "dance songs."

The lead single "One Will Hear the Other" was released early January 2008, where it peaked as the 2nd most played Kiwi song. "Vampires" was the album's second single and surpassed "One Will Hear the Other" in airplay, peaking as the number one most played Kiwi song shortly after its release.

Beautiful Machine entered the NZ Music Charts at Number 1, going Gold

Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...

 in its first day of release (7,500+ sales) --- though it failed to go Platinum

Platinum

Platinum is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pt and an atomic number of 78. Its name is derived from the Spanish term platina del Pinto, which is literally translated into "little silver of the Pinto River." It is a dense, malleable, ductile, precious, gray-white transition metal...

, Shihad's first album to not do this in 12 years.

Like Shihad's previous album Love is the New Hate, Beautiful Machine's top position in the Australian Music Charts was 11.

Track listing

1. "One Will Hear The Other" - 4:01
2. "Rule The World" - 4:22
3. "Hard To Please" - 3:59
4. "Beautiful Machine" - 4:14
5. "Vampires" - 4:04
6. "Count It Up" - 2:22
7. "Waiting Around For God" - 5:13
8. "Chameleon" - 3:37
9. "Eliza" - 4:39
10. "The Bible And The Gun" - 4:22
11. "When Are You Coming Home?" - 3:44
12. "The Prophet" - 5:14

2 CD Bonus Disk Tracks:

1. "Lowlife" - 3:15
2. "Won't Let You Down" 4:09
3. "Skank" (Played live 2007) - 3:50
4. "It's a Crime" - 4:39
5. "Lightbulb" - 2:49
6. "Name Your Price" - 4:22

iTunes

ITunes

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Only Bonus Tracks:

1. "Violence+Bloodshed"
2. "Easy Life Romance"
3. "No Religion (Getting Nowhere Fast)"

Unreleased B-Sides:

1. "Settle Down"
2. "Michaelangelo"
3. "Alazama"
4. "Outta Here" (Played live 2006)
5. "Whatever" (Played live 2006)