Whatever You Love, You Are

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Whatever You Love, You Are
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 2000 (2000-03)
RecordedJuly 1999
GenrePost-rock
Length48:17
Label
ProducerDirty Three
Dirty Three chronology
Ocean Songs
(1998)
Whatever You Love, You Are
(2000)
In the Fishtank 7
(2001)

Whatever You Love, You Are is the fifth studio album by Australian trio Dirty Three, released in March 2000. It won the 2000 ARIA Music Award for Best Alternative Release.[1][2] The cover art was by the band's guitarist, Mick Turner. Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane wrote that the album showed "deep, rich, emotional musical vistas" and likened the band's music to that of John Coltrane.[1]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
Pitchfork8.9/10 link

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Some Summers They Drop Like Flys" – 6:20
  2. "I Really Should've Gone Out Last Night" – 6:55
  3. "I Offered It Up to the Stars & the Night Sky" – 13:41
  4. "Some Things I Just Don't Want to Know" – 6:07
  5. "Stellar" – 7:29
  6. "Lullabye for Christie" – 7:45

References[edit]

General
  • McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 5 April 2004. Retrieved 9 April 2017. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
Specific
  1. ^ a b McFarlane, 'Dirty Three' entry. Archived from the original on 7 August 2004. Retrieved 19 June 2012. Note: on-line version has updated content compared with original text.
  2. ^ Holmgren, Magnus. "The Dirty Three". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2017.