Shoot This
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Shoot This is the second album by Australian post-grunge
Post-grunge
Post-grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged in the mid-1990s as a derivative of grunge, using the sounds and aesthetic of grunge, but with a more commercially acceptable tone...

 band Motor Ace
Motor Ace
Motor Ace were an Australian alternative rock band. Formed in Melbourne around 1998 out of the remains of another band named Snowblind, their members were Patrick Robertson , Damian Birchall Costin , Matt Balfe , and Dave Ong .- Early history :Motor Ace's swaggering rock anthems have seen many...

, released in 2002. The album gained more commercial success than their first album, debuting at number 1 on the Australian ARIA charts.

The singles "Carry On" and "Keeping Secrets" proved popular on a wide variety of radio stations throughout Australia.

Track listing

  1. "Carry On
    Carry On (Motor Ace song)
    Carry On is a song by Australian band Motor Ace and is the first single on the bands second album Shoot This which was released in 2002. Carry On is seen as one of Motor Ace's most famous and popular songs, and the only song of theirs to reach #1 spot on the ARIA Charts...

    " – 4:55
  2. "Opportunity" – 4:06
  3. "Pieces
    Pieces (Motor Ace song)
    Pieces is a song by now defunct Australian post-grunge band Motor Ace from their 2002 album Shoot This. The song is the third single on the album...

    " – 4:07
  4. "Feathers" – 4:10
  5. "Keeping Secrets
    Keeping Secrets (Motor Ace song)
    "Keeping Secrets" is the fourth single in Motor Ace's second album Shoot This. Along with Carry On it is the most publicly played Motor Ace song with the single reaching the top 10 on the ARIA charts in Australia during 2002.-Interpretation:...

    " – 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

  • Patrick Robertson
    Patrick ('Patch') Robertson
    Patrick "Patch" Thomas Robertson is an Australian musician and songwriter, who was frontman for the post-grunge rock band Motor Ace. Formed in Melbourne during 1998, Motor Ace had top five chart success on the Australian Recording Industry Association Albums Chart with Five Star Laundry and...

     - guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    , piano
    Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

    , lead vocal
  • Damian Costin - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

    , percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

  • Matt Balfe - bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , Hammond organ
    Hammond organ
    The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...

    , vocals
  • Dave Ong - guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    s, piano
    Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

    , vocals

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
2002 Australian ARIA
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...

 Albums Chart
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