Faithful Satellite

Faithful Satellite
Studio album by The Black Sorrows
Released	16 September 2016
Recorded	Woodstock Studios, Melbourne
Genre	Blues rock soul
Label	Head Records
Producer	Joe Camilleri, John McAll
The Black Sorrows chronology
Endless Sleep Chapter 47 (2015) Faithful Satellite (2016)

Faithful Satellite is the seventeenth studio album Australian blues rock band, The Black Sorrows. The album was released on CD and digital download on 16 September 2016, with a 500-copy limited edition 12" double vinyl to be released on 30 September 2016. The vinyl will include eight tracks not on the CD/DD versions.

Reception

Jeff Jenkins from Stack Magazine said "Faithful Satellite traverses bluegrass, blues, rockabilly, reggae, rock, gospel and soul. And props to Camilleri’s long-time lyricist Nick Smith, who creates vivid images: “And that cold grey moon will be rising soon to watch over me … as we roll into the night, with our faithful satellite.” Camilleri delivers the words with a vitality that singers a third his age would love to have. “It’s the last time I’ll trudge through the streets of this town,” he declares in the record’s final track, "Into Twilight", before adding: “I ain’t sayin’ farewell.” Of course he’s not. He’ll never stop. He can’t. The music is in him."^[1]

Track listing

Vinyl

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cold Grey Moon"	Joe Camilleri, Nick Smith	5:28
2.	"Raise Your Hands"	Camilleri,Smith	3:13
3.	"You Were Never Mine"	Camilleri, Smith	4:45
4.	"Fix My Bail"	Camilleri, Smith	3:50
5.	"Until the Rain Begins to Fall"	Camilleri, Smith

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It Ain't Ever Gonna Happen"	Camilleri, Smith	4:01
2.	"I Love You Anyhow"	Camilleri, Smith	3:29
3.	"Winter Rose"	Camilleri, Smith	4:29
4.	"How Could You Leave Me"	Camilleri, Smith
5.	"Into Twilight"	Camilleri, Smith	3:41

Side C
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Caroline"	Camilleri, Smith	3:50
2.	"Love is on its Way"	Camilleri, Smith	5:33
3.	"Land of the Dead"	Camilleri, Smith	3:30
4.	"Beat Nightmare"	Camilleri, Smith	4:36
5.	"Diamonds and Furs"	Camilleri, Smith

Side D
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Redemption Blues"	Camilleri, Smith
2.	"Out of Your Mind"	Camilleri, Smith
3.	"Separation Blues"	Camilleri, Smith
4.	"It's Your Fault (I Can't Get Back to Sleep)"	Camilleri, Smith
5.	"Nobody's Fool"	Camilleri, Smith

Digital download

1. "I Love You Anyhow"
2. "Raise Your Hands"
3. "It Ain't Ever Gonna Happen"
4. "Land of the Dead"
5. "Cold Grey Moon"
6. "Fix My Bail"
7. "Carolina"
8. "You Were Never Mine"
9. "Winter Rose"
10. "Love Is On Its Way"
11. "Beat Nightmare"
12. "Into Twilight"

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)	Rank
Australian (ARIA) Jazz and Blues Chart	2

Faithful Satellite Tour

The group toured the album across Australia throughout the second half of 2016.^[2]

29 July - The Flying Saucer Club, Victoria 30 July - Bundy Hall, Victoria 31 July – Bundy Hall, Victoria 20 August - The Satellite Lounge, Victoria 1 September - Southport Yacht Club, Queensland 2 September - "Red Fest" Brisbane, Queensland 3 September - Towers Rocks, Queensland 4 September - Sunshine Beach Surf Club, Queensland 10 September - Sandstone Point Hotel, Queensland 16 September - SS&A Club, Albury, NSW 17 September - The Palms at Crown, Melbourne, Victoria (with special guests Vika and Linda Bull) 22 September - Mt Pleasant Tavern, Queensland 23 September - Dalrymple Hotel, Townsville, Queensland 24 September - Edge Hill Tavern, Cairns, Queensland 29 September - Devonport Entertainment & Convention Centre, Tasmania 30 September - Country Club Showroom, Tasmania 1 October - Centre Square, Birrarung Marr, Victoria 7 October - Twin Towns Services Club, NSW 9 October - Barwon Club Hotel, Victoria 12 October - Frankston RSL, Victoria 13 October - Friends Restaurant, Perth, WA 14 October - Fly by Night Club, Fremantle, WA 15 October - Charles Hotel, WA 16 October - Ravenswood Hotel, WA 21 October - Wild Goose Restaurant, WA

22 October - Shark Bay 1616, WA 29 October - Cygnet Town Hall, Tasmania 30 October - Republic Bar, Hobart, Tasmania 3 November - The Basement, Sydney, NSW 4 November - Inland Sea of Sound Festival, Bathurst, NSW 5 November - Armidale Ex-Services Club, NSW 6 November - Hoey Moey Beer Garden, Coffs Harbour, NSW 8 November - Bird’s Basement, Melbourne, Victoria 9 November - Bird’s Basement, Melbourne, Victoria 11 November - Caboolture Sports Club, Queensland 12 November - Stanthorpe Rocks, Queensland 13 November - Caloundra Power Boat Club, Queensland 18 November - Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Adelaide, SA 19 November - River Rockfest, Broken Hill, NSW 26 November - River Rockfest, Mildura, Victoria 2 December - The Grand Hotel, Mornington, Victoria 3 December - Lakeside Twilights, Ballarat, Victoria 3 December - River Rockfest, Swan Hill,, Victoria 4 December - Halls Gap Hotel, Victoria 7 December - Centro CBD, Wollongong, NSW 8 December - The Basement, Canberra, ACT 9 December – Lizotte’s Newcastle, NSW 10 December - Lizotte’s, Newcastle, NSW 11 December - Camelot Lounge, Marrickville, NSW 17 December - Skycity, Darwin, NT

Personnel

The Black Sorrows

• Joe Camilleri (ocals/guitar/sax)
• Claude Carranza (guitar/vocals)
• Mark Gray (bass/vocals)
• John McAll (keyboards/vocals)
• Angus Burchall (drums)^[3]

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Catalogue
Australia	16 September 2016[4][5]	Digital download, CD	Head Records	HEAD230
	30 September 2016[6]	Vinyl		HEAD230V

References

1. "Review: The Black Sorrows, 'Faithful Satellite'". Stack Magazine. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
2. "The Black Sorrow to release Faithful Satellite". 8 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
3. "No Sadness as The Black Sorrows rock on". Port News. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
4. "Faithful Satellite DD". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
5. "The Black Sorrows Faithful Satelitte CD". JBHiFi. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
6. "Faithful Satellite". The Black Sorrows. Retrieved 8 September 2016.