Black Fingernails, Red Wine by Eskimo Joe

Black Fingernails, Red Wine, Eskimo Joe's third album, came out in Australia in June 2006 on Mushroom and Warner Music Australia, and it's the record where the East Fremantle band hit the big time. Kav Temperley sings and plays bass, Stuart MacLeod handles lead guitar and Joel Quartermain moves between drums and guitar, and the songs are dark, moody and built big.

The title track is the centerpiece, a brooding, slow-building anthem, and "New York" is its restless companion. It became their first number-one album at home, went 4× Platinum and remains their best seller; the band took four ARIA Awards in 2006 for work tied to the record, from nine nominations. A US release followed in September 2007, an anniversary edition put it on vinyl for the first time in 2019, and Rolling Stone Australia later placed it at number 67 among the 200 greatest Australian albums.

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