Sold (Died Pretty album)

Sold
Studio album by
Died Pretty
ReleasedFebruary 1996
GenreRock
Length52:33
LabelColumbia
ProducerWayne Connolly, Rob Younger
Died Pretty chronology
Trace
(1993) 		Sold
(1996) 		Using My Gills as a Roadmap
(1998)
Singles from Sold
  1. "Cuttin' Up Her Legs"
    Released: September 1995
  2. "Good at Love"
    Released: November 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Sydney Morning Herald[1]
The Daily Telegraph[2]

Sold is the sixth album by Australian rock band Died Pretty. It was released in 1996 and peaked at No. 29 in the ARIA album charts.[3] The album was the last to include drummer, Nick Kennedy, who left during recording; he was replaced in the sessions by Shane Melder, on loan from Sidewinder.[4] It was co-produced by former Radio Birdman vocalist Rob Younger, who had produced the band's 1986 debut Free Dirt, and Wayne Connolly, who went on to co-produce their next two albums.

Singer and song co-writer Ron Peno said the album's lyrics, inspired by the departure of his long-time girlfriend, were very personal. He told the Herald Sun: "Every song can actually move me to tears. It was something I had to get out of my system. It was something that was happening in my life and it stopped happening and I'm trying to get over it."[5]

The Age called the album a classic,[6] the Sydney Morning Herald described it as "magnificent"[1] and the Herald Sun's review said: "While it retains some of the rough edges associated with previous records, Sold is mostly pristine and polished, and pitched squarely at commercial radio."[7]

It was Died Pretty's second and final album for Sony Records. The company dropped the band from its roster in April 1996.[4]

  1. ^ a b Shane Danielsen, Sydney Morning Herald, 12 February 1996.
  2. ^ The Daily Telegraph, 22 February 1996.
  3. ^ Australian Charts website
  4. ^ a b McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Died Pretty'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. p. 172. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original on 10 October 2004.
  5. ^ Rachel Newman, "Pretty sold on success," Herald Sun, 8 February 1996, pg 48.
  6. ^ Jarrod Watt, The Age, 1 March 1996
  7. ^ Steve Venom, Herald Sun, 29 February 1996, pg 62.