| Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You | ||||
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| Released | August 2, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Rock, pop, piano rock | |||
| Label | Black Yak / Warner Music | |||
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Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You is the first greatest hits album by Australian rock band The Whitlams. It was released in August 2008 and peaked at number 3 on the ARIA charts. Upon release, Tim Freedman said, "I decided to leave a couple of singles off, because I wanted to tell a story of The Whitlams in song, and I needed to put a couple of early tunes in there, and a couple of songs which were about the dramas that the band lived through, and I tried to make a nice mix between the popular songs and those that are an emotional journey."[1]
A two disc deluxe edition includes a bonus DVD with documentaries on the making of the Love This City and Torch the Moon albums, and footage of their concerts at the Sydney Opera House in 2007 with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. An article in The Age promoted the album's release, discussing the orchestrally-reworked Whitlams songs, the highs and lows of the band, and Freedman's young daughter Alice.[2]
- ^ Cashmere, Tim (28 May 2008). "The Whitlams Give Away Live Album This Weekend". http://www.undercover.com.au. Retrieved 12 July 2008.
{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher= - ^ "Revisiting the darkness". The Age. Melbourne. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 28 September 2010.