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Beautiful Sharks by Something For Kate
Beautiful Sharks is an album by Something For Kate, released in 1999. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Electricity”, on 1 list with a best position of #44.
Beautiful Sharks, the second album from Australian band Something for Kate, came out on Murmur in June 1999, and it's the sound of a band throwing out its own rulebook. Where the debut was all tension and intensity, this one is sparser and roomier, full of odd, off-kilter chord changes and production choices that keep you guessing. It was also the first record with Stephanie Ashworth on bass, alongside singer and guitarist Paul Dempsey and drummer Clint Hyndman.
Dempsey explained the title as a picture of something graceful that will still bite, and the album circles that idea: the technology people have built for themselves, dazzling but ready to turn on them. "Electricity", about wanting to move faster than flesh allows, was the first of four singles, followed by "Whatever You Want", "The Astronaut" and "Hallways". It reached the ARIA top 10 and later drew a nomination for Best Adult Alternative Album at the 2001 ARIA Music Awards.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Beautiful Sharks on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electricity | 1 | #44 | – | 1999 | |
| 2 | Beautiful Sharks | 1 | #59 | – | 2000 | |
| 3 | Whatever You Want | 1 | #70 | – | 1999 | |
| 4 | Hallways | 1 | #72 | – | 1999 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.