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''Cruel Guards'' is the third studio album by Australian indie rock band The Panics, released on 13 October 2007 on Dew Process. ==Background== The Panics commenced work on the album in 2006, after finishing touring & promoting the band's last album, ''Sleeps Like a Curse''. The band relocated from their hometown of Perth to Melbourne and set up a studio in a house in Collingwood. The album was written and demoed in Melbourne before the band went to BJB Studios in Sydney where they started working on the record with Scott Horsecroft. ''Cruel Guards'' was produced by The Panics and Horsecroft with additional recordings in New York and Melbourne. The album was mixed by Victor Van Vugt (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Beth Orton) in New York. The album was Triple J's feature album for the week of 8 October 2007 ((Triple J review) ) and went on to win the 2007 J Award. "It was amazing to win that award. We celebrated for days with the Triple J staff and then just fell over." - Drew Wootton ''Cruel Guards'' debuted at #18 on the ARIA Album Charts and reached #4 on the Australian Album Charts. The album achieving gold status (sales of 35,000) within six months of its release. The album was nominated for three ARIA Awards - 'Best Adult Contemporary Album'; 'Best Producer' (The Panics & Scott Horsecroft) and 'Best Engineer Record' (Scott Horsecroft), with "Don't Fight It" nominated for 'Best Breakthrough Artist - Single'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ARIA Awards 2008 : Nominees )〕〔 〕〔 〕 "Don't Fight It" is the first song to be lifted from the album and has received significant airplay on Triple J〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Don't Fight It by The Panics )〕 and community radio stations across Australia. The song was voted in to the number ten position in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2007 and reached #43 on the ARIA singles chart. The track has since received airplay on major commercial stations, such as Triple M and Nova.〔 It was also featured on an episode of the Australian television drama series Underbelly and on the Underbelly soundtrack album.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Underbelly - Soundtrack )〕〔 〕 "Don't Fight It" has also been nominated for 'Best Breakthrough Artist Single' at the 2008 ARIA Awards.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cruel Guards」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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