This Delicate Thing We've Made

Infobox Album
Name=This Delicate Thing We've Made
Type=studio
Artist=Darren Hayes


Released=Start date|2007|8|20
Recorded=2006–2007
Genre=Electronic, pop
Length=
Label=Powdered Sugar
Producer=Justin Shave
Reviews=*"Billboard" rating-10|8 [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3iac3834f34d131f6c50db12cd2af4e68b 2007]
*"The Guardian" Rating|3|5 [http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/reviews/story/0,,2154865,00.html 2007]
*"Stylus Magazine" B- [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/darren-hayes/this-delicate-thing-weve-made.htm 2007]
*Sputnikmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=13348 2007]
Last album="The Tension and the Spark"
(2004)
This album="This Delicate Thing We've Made"
(2007)
Next album=
Misc=Extra album cover 2
Upper caption=Alternate cover
Type=studio


Lower caption=Limited Edition album coverSingles
Name=This Delicate Thing We've Made
Type=studio
single 1=On the Verge of Something Wonderful
single 1 date=28 July 2007
single 2=Me, Myself and (I)
single 2 date=3 November 2007
single 3=Casey
single 3 date=3 March 2008

"This Delicate Thing We've Made" is the third studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Darren Hayes. It is a double album that was released on his own label Powdered Sugar on 20 August 2007. The first single off the album, "On the Verge of Something Wonderful", was released in Australia on 28 July 2007 and in the UK and online on 6 August 2007. The album has been made with the help of a 1983 Fairlight CMI synthesizer, and the ex-Savage Garden frontman has said it is a cinematic and theatrical album. It reached number 5 on the Top Albums chart of the Australian iTunes store on the day of release and number 3 later in its first week.

Hayes released the album track "Who Would Have Thought?" with added animated video as a teaser on his official website, as well as his MySpace profile on 9 April 2007. This track was co-written with Guy Chambers. Around this time, remixes of the album track "Step into the Light" were being played in clubs around the world.

On 30 April 2007, Hayes released the album track "Step into the Light" as another teaser on his official website and MySpace profile. On 14 May 2007, Hayes released the animated video for "Step into the Light" on his website. Short clips of "On the Verge of Something Wonderful" and "Me, Myself and (I)" have also been made available on his website. On July 1, 2007 it was stated that the music video for "On the Verge of Something Wonderful" would debut the coming Tuesday.

Hayes revealed the album's second single would be "Me, Myself and (I) in a blog entry on 4 August, 2007. [http://www.myspace.com/darrenhayes Darren Hayes' official MySpace] ] On 25 September 2007, Darren Hayes revealed his new video for "Me, Myself, and (I)". In addition to this, he released a video for his song "Words" one week prior which features someone's hands performing card tricks and eventually fusing all the cards to form a 2 of Hearts with the Origami crane from the cover of his album in the center of the card.

'This Delicate Thing We've Made' spent just two weeks in the Australian top 50 and the UK top 75: it entered the Australian Albums Top 50 at #19 before falling to #38 the following week, and entered the UK Album chart at #14 before falling to #72 the following week. [ [http://acharts.us/album/27404 This Delicate Thing We've Made: Chart Trajectory] ]

Track listing

All songs written by Darren Hayes and Robert B. Conley except where noted.

Disc one

#"A Fear of Falling Under" (Hayes, Justin Shave) – 4:09
#"Who Would Have Thought?" (Hayes, Guy Chambers) – 4:30
#"Waking the Monster" – 4:07
#"How to Build a Time Machine" – 5:51
#"Casey" (Hayes, Peter-John Vettese) – 6:26
#"Step into the Light" – 4:57
#"Sing to Me" (Hayes, Matthew Wilder) – 4:56
#"A Conversation with God" – 5:08
#"The Sun Is Always Blinding Me" (Hayes, Eg White) – 4:24
#"Listen All You People" – 5:00
#"The Only One" (Hayes, George Muranyi) – 3:42
#"Bombs Up in My Face" (Hayes, Shave) – 3:39
#"The Great Big Disconnect" – 4:17

Disc two

#"The Future Holds a Lion's Heart" – 4:02
#"On the Verge of Something Wonderful" – 4:02
#"Neverland" (Hayes, Shave) – 4:03
#"Walk Away" (Hayes, Muranyi) – 4:46
#"Maybe" – 4:15
#"Me, Myself and (I)" – 4:05
#"Lucky Town" – 3:50
#"I Just Want You to Love Me" (Hayes) – 4:00
#"Setting Sun" (Hayes, Shave) – 4:12
#"A Hundred Challenging Things a Boy Can Do" – 5:01
#"Words" (Hayes, Stuart Brawley) – 4:34
#"The Tuning of Violins" (Hayes, Shave) – 4:30

Early track listing

Contained in the booklet of the deluxe version of the "Time Machine Tour" DVD, a picture reveals an early track listing for the album. That track listing is as follows:

ide one

#"On the Verge of Something"
#"Who Would Have Thought"
#"The Sun Is Always Blinding Me"
#"Walk Away"
#"The Only One"
#"Words"
#"I Just Want You to Love Me"
#"Slow Down"
#"Sing to Me"
#"Maybe"
#"Great Big Disconnect"
#"Song for the Disenfranchised"

ide two

#"Waking the Monster"
#"How to Build a Time Machine"
#"The Future Holds a Lion's Heart"
#"Tuning a Violin"
#"100 Challenging Things"
#"Casey"
#"Step into the Light"
#"Lucky Town"
#"Glad to See You Back Again"
#"Fairlight"
#"Anyone's Guess"

Related tracks and B-sides

*"Love Is in Everything" – was briefly available to download on the iTunes EP for "On the Verge of Something Wonderful" then later included as a bonus track on the iTunes version of the album.
*"Fallen Angel" – a B-side on the UK single of "On the Verge of Something Wonderful".
*"Mystery" – unreleased track.
*"Ocean" – a B-side on the darrenhayes.com version of the digital single of "On the Verge of Something Wonderful".
*"God Is in the Room" – a B-side on the darrenhayes.com version of the digital single of "On the Verge of Something Wonderful".
*"Let's Go (Demo)" – a B-side on the UK single of "Me, Myself & (I)".
*"Slow Down" – a B-side on the UK single of "Me, Myself & (I)".
*"Every Little Thing (Demo)" – a B-side on the darrenhayes.com version of the digital single of "Me, Myself & (I)".
*"Breathless (Demo)" – a B-side on the darrenhayes.com version of the digital single of "Who Would Have Thought".
*"The Only One (Demo)" – a B-side on the darrenhayes.com version of the digital single of "Who Would Have Thought" which differs significantly from the album version.
*"In Your Mother's Eyes (Demo)" – a B-side on the darrenhayes.com version of the digital single of "Casey".
*"The Wrong Way (Demo)" – demo on Hayes' MySpace page that was superseded by Hayes' other song "Sing to Me".

Chart performance

References

External links

* [http://www.darrenhayes.com/ Darren Hayes' official site]