Battle for the Sun

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Kitty Litter
  3:47
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Ashtray Heart
  3:32
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Battle for the Sun
  5:33
• 4
  For What It’s Worth
  2:47
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Devil in the Details
  4:28
• 6
  Bright Lights
  3:23
• 7
  Speak in Tongues
  4:06
• 8
  The Never‐Ending Why
  3:23
  5.0 ★
• 9
  Julien
  4:43
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Happy You’re Gone
  3:50
• 11
  Breathe Underwater
  3:44
• 12
  Come Undone
  4:36
• 13
  Kings of Medicine
  4:13
  5.0 ★
• 14
  Unisex
  4:04
• 15
  The Movie on Your Eyelids
  3:53
• CD-R 2
• 1
  Ashtray Heart (live, 2009: Romexpo, Bucharest, Romania)
  3:44
• 2
  Battle for the Sun (live, 2009: Turkcell Arena, Kuruçeşme, Turkey)
  6:06
• 3
  Breathe Underwater (live, 2009: Seoul Olympic Hall, Seoul, South Korea)
  3:56
• 4
  Bright Lights (live, 2009: Leipzig Arena, Leipzig, Germany)
  3:44
• 5
  Come Undone (live, 2010: Tokyo, Japan)
  4:26
• 6
  Devil in the Details (live, 2009: Stuttgart Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart, Germany)
  4:46
• 7
  For What It’s Worth (live, 2009: Pukkelpop Festival, Hasselt, Belgium)
  3:05
• 8
  Happy You’re Gone (live, 2009: Pukkelpop Festival, Hasselt, Belgium)
  4:02
• 9
  The Never-Ending Why (live, 2010: The Melbourne Soundwave Festival, Melbourne, Australia)
  3:46
• 10
  Speak in Tongues (live, 2009: Paris Zenith, Paris, France)
  4:30
• 12" Vinyl 3
• 1
  Kitty Litter
  3:47
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Ashtray Heart
  3:32
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Battle for the Sun
  5:33
• 4
  For What It’s Worth
  2:47
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Devil in the Details
  4:28
• 6
  Bright Lights
  3:23
• 7
  Speak in Tongues
  4:06
• 8
  The Never‐Ending Why
  3:23
  5.0 ★
• 12" Vinyl 4
• 1
  Julien
  4:43
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Happy You’re Gone
  3:50
• 3
  Breathe Underwater
  3:44
• 4
  Come Undone
  4:36
• 5
  Kings of Medicine
  4:13
  5.0 ★
• 6
  Unisex
  4:04
• 7
  The Movie on Your Eyelids
  3:53
• DVD-Video 5: Live at Angkor Wat
• 1
  Because I Want You
  4:23
• 2
  Follow the Cops Back Home
  4:52
• 3
  Black-Eyed
  3:14
• 4
  Meds
  5:23
• 5
  Post Blue
  3:55
• 6
  Blind
  4:15
• 7
  Drag
  3:39
• 8
  Teenage Angst
  3:19
• 9
  Twenty Years
  4:55
• DVD-Video 6
• 1
  Documentary: In the Studio - The Making of Battle for the Sun
  39:30

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Release credits

• Alan Moulder
  mix [4.1-6, 3.1-5, 3.7, 1.1-5, 1.7, 1.9-14]
• Andy Savours
  additional [4.3, 1.11]
• Bill Lloyd
  keyboard, recording [4.7, 1.15]
• Catherine Marks
  additional [4.3, 1.6, 1.11, 3.6]
• Darren Lawson
  assistant [3.1-8, 1.1-14, 4.1-6]
• David Bascombe
  mix [3.6, 3.8, 1.6, 1.8]
• David Bottrill
  producer [4.1-6, 3.1-8, 1.1-14]
• Deborah White
  violin [3.3, 4.1-2, 4.5, 1.3, 1.9-10, 1.13]
• Dimitri Tikovoï
  mix [4.7, 1.15], producer [1.13, 4.5], recording [1.15, 4.7]
• Emma Owens
  viola [1.3, 1.9-10, 1.13, 3.3, 4.1-2, 4.5]
• Fiona Brice
  conductor [1.3, 1.9-10, 1.13, 3.3, 4.1-2, 4.5], strings [4.1-2, 4.5, 1.3, 1.9-10, 1.13, 3.3]
• Fiona Leggat
  viola [4.1-2, 4.5, 3.3, 1.3, 1.9-10, 1.13]
• Gillon Cameron
  violin [4.1-2, 4.5, 1.3, 1.9-10, 1.13, 3.3]
• Gita Harcourt
  violin [1.3, 1.9-10, 1.13, 3.3, 4.1-2, 4.5]
• Hazel Fernandes
  background vocals [1.4-5, 1.7-9, 4.1, 3.4-5, 3.7-8]
• Helen Rathbone
  cello [4.1-2, 4.5, 1.3, 1.9-10, 1.13, 3.3]
• Ian Burdge
  cello [1.3, 1.9-10, 1.13, 4.1-2, 4.5, 3.3]
• James Brown
  engineer [3.1-8, 1.1-14, 4.1-6]
• Joe Hurst
  additional [1.15, 4.7]
• John Johnson
  flute [1.4, 1.8, 1.13, 3.4, 3.8, 4.5], tenor saxophone [1.4, 1.8, 1.13, 3.4, 3.8, 4.5]
• Joseph Llanes
  additional, photography
• Kevin Dietz
  assistant [3.1-8, 1.1-15, 4.1-7]
• Kufu
  violin [1.3, 1.9-10, 1.13, 3.3, 4.1-2, 4.5]
• Lydia Lowndes‐Northcott
  viola [3.3, 1.3, 1.9-10, 1.13, 4.1-2, 4.5]
• Morning Breath
  additional, graphic design
• Natalia Bonner
  violin [4.1-2, 4.5, 1.3, 1.9-10, 1.13, 3.3]
• Nathan Horton
  additional
• Neil Comber
  additional [3.6, 1.6]
• Perry White
  baritone saxophone [3.4, 3.8, 4.5, 1.4, 1.8, 1.13]
• Peter Cardinali
  conductor [1.4, 1.8, 1.13, 3.4, 3.8, 4.5], horn [3.4, 3.8, 1.4, 1.8, 1.13, 4.5]
• Placebo
  performer [1.1-13, 3.1-8, 4.1-5], producer [1.15, 4.7]
• Stephen Hussey
  violin [3.3, 4.1-2, 4.5, 1.3, 1.9-10, 1.13]
• Steve McDade
  piccolo [1.4, 1.8, 1.13, 4.5, 3.4, 3.8], trumpet [1.4, 1.8, 1.13, 4.5, 3.4, 3.8]
• Terry Promane
  trombone [1.4, 1.8, 1.13, 3.4, 3.8, 4.5]
• Thom Meredith
  additional
• Valerie Etienne
  background vocals [3.4-5, 3.7-8, 4.1, 1.4-5, 1.7-9]
• Vicky Matthews
  cello [4.1-2, 4.5, 3.3, 1.3, 1.9-10, 1.13]
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Issues

• 

  B
  (Combined release view)
• B
  Battle for the Sun

  CD
  3 June 2009
• 

  B
  Battle for the Sun

  CD
  8 June 2009
• B
  Battle for the Sun

  CD
  8 June 2009
• B
  Battle for the Sun

  CD
  8 June 2009
• 

  B
  Battle for the Sun

  2x 12" Vinyl, CD, CD-R, 2x DVD-Video
  8 June 2009
• 

  B
  Battle for the Sun

  CD, DVD-Video (limited edition)
  8 June 2009
• 

  B
  Battle for the Sun

  CD
  8 June 2009
• B
  Battle for the Sun

  CD
  9 June 2009
• 

  B
  Battle for the Sun

  Digital Media
  9 June 2009
• B
  Battle for the Sun

  Digital Media (Amazon MP3 exclusive version)
  9 June 2009
• B
  Battle for the Sun

  12" Vinyl
  2009
• 

  B
  Battle for the Sun

  2x CD
  27 September 2010
• 

  B
  Battle for the Sun

  2x CD, DVD-Video
  27 September 2010
• B
  Battle for the Sun

  CD
  18 July 2014