Beautiful Machine

Infobox Album |
Name = Beautiful Machine
Type = Album
Artist = Shihad


Released = flagicon|NZ April 21 2008
Recorded = Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne
Genre = Rock music
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Label = Warner Music
Producer = Alan Moulder, Shihad, Scott Horscroft
Reviews =
* Salient [http://www.salient.org.nz/arts/music/album-review-shihad-beautiful-machine]
* Yahoo!Xtra (1) [http://nz.entertainment.yahoo.com/080430/7/56cj.html]
* Yahoo!Xtra (2) [http://nz.entertainment.yahoo.com/080428/7/5590.html]
Last album = "Love Is The New Hate"
(2005)
This album = "Beautiful Machine"
(2008)
Next album =
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate covers
Type = studio album


Lower caption = "Beautiful Machine" 2 CD cover Extra album cover 2
Upper caption =
Type = studio album


Lower caption = "Beautiful Machine" pre-release artwork Singles
Name = Beautiful Machine
Type = studio
Single 1 = One Will Hear the Other
Single 1 date = January 2008
Single 2 =
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"Beautiful Machine" is the name of the seventh album from Shihad and was released April 21 2008 in New Zealand and released May 17 2008 in Australia.

The album is much softer than previous Shihad releases, including many electronica elements and 80's backing rhythms - to the point where lead singer Jon Toogood has called some tracks "dance songs."

The lead single "One Will Hear the Other" was released early January 2008, where it became New Zealand's 6th Most Played Song between then and March.

"Vampires" was the albums second single --- and has surpassed One Will Hear the Other in airplay, peaking as the 4th Most Played Song in New Zealand, as well as the Most Played Kiwi song on the radio.

"Beautiful Machine" has been named the third single, with glam-rock track "Rule the World" also receiving funding from RIANZ to have a video produced later in the year.

Track listing

#"One Will Hear The Other"
#"Rule The World"
#"Hard To Please"
#"Beautiful Machine"
#"Vampires"
#"Count It Up"
#"Waiting Around For God"
#"Chameleon"
#"Eliza"
#"The Bible And The Gun"
#"When You Coming Home"
#"The Prophet"

2 CD Bonus Disk Tracks:

#"Lowlife"
#"Won't Let You Down"
#"Skank" (Played live 2007)
#"It's a Crime"
#"Lightbulb"
#"Name Your Price"

i-Tunes Only Bonus Tracks:

#"Violence+Bloodshed"
#"Easy Life Romance"
#"No Religion (Getting Nowhere Fast)"

Unreleased B-Sides:

#"Settle Down"
#"Michaelangelo"
#"Alazama"
#"Outta Here" (Played live 2006)
#"Whatever" (Played live 2006)

[ [http://blog.shihad.com/?p=11 Track names announced] ] [ [http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/id/1137424 Beautiful Machine listing - JB Hifi] ]

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