State of Emergency (The Living End album)

State of Emergency is the fourth studio album by Australian punk rock band The Living End, released in Australia and New Zealand on 4 February 2006 and internationally on 11 July 2006. It debuted in the number one position of the Australian ARIA charts. The album's first single was "What's on Your Radio", released in November 2005. The follow-up single, "Wake Up" was released on 18 February 2006, and debuted at number 5 on the ARIA charts, making it the highest single debut position of the band (not including the EP Second Solution / Prisoner of Society).

State of Emergency
Studio album by The Living End
Released	4 February 2006 (Australia)
Studio	301 Studios Byron Bay
Genre	Punk rock rock punkabilly
Length	51:45
Label	EMI Adeline
Producer	Nick Launay
The Living End chronology
From Here On In (2004) State of Emergency (2006) White Noise (2008)
The Living End video chronology
From Here on In: The DVD 1997–2004 (2004) How to Make an Album and Influence People (2006) Live at Festival Hall (2006)
Singles from State of Emergency
"What's on Your Radio" Released: 21 November 2005 "Wake Up" Released: 20 February 2006 "Long Live the Weekend" Released: 20 May 2006 "Nothing Lasts Forever" Released: 19 August 2006

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	(93%) [1]
Allmusic	[2]
Punknews.org
Q

At the J Award of 2006, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.[3]

The limited edition comes with a DVD, documenting the stages of the album's production and shows footage of the band's concerts, including performances as The Longnecks and at Splendour in the Grass. They also released a live DVD of the State of Emergency tour, Live at Festival Hall. A limited edition vinyl of the album, limited to 500 copies worldwide, was also released.

ARIA publicized that State of Emergency had officially achieved 2x platinum status in Australia in November 2007. The album is the band's second highest selling, behind the efforts of their record-breaking debut album.

Background

In December 2005, The Living End, as The Longnecks, played gigs in Sydney featuring tracks from the album. This was to test out audience reactions to new songs in order to ready themselves for the Big Day Out music festival. Tracks were also given a live airing in festivals of late 2005 and early 2006, such as the 2005 Homebake festival at The Domain, Sydney.

The Living End played at Splendour in the Grass, a music festival in Byron Bay, the day before they were due to start recording State of Emergency. Band members decided that if they got positive reactions during their performance, they'd do well producing the record and be in the right frame of mind to do so.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chris Cheney, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"'Til the End"	4:27
2.	"Long Live the Weekend"	2:54
3.	"No Way Out"	2:40
4.	"We Want More"	3:41
5.	"Wake Up"	4:31
6.	"What's on Your Radio"	3:02
7.	"Nothing Lasts Forever"	4:52
8.	"One Step Behind"	4:20
9.	"Reborn"	3:49
10.	"Order of the Day"	3:38
11.	"Nowhere Town"	4:06
12.	"State of Emergency"	2:58
13.	"Black Cat" (Chris Cheney, Scott Owen)	3:45
14.	"Into the Red"	3:08
Total length:		51:45

Limited edition DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"How to Make an Album and Influence People"	57:29

How to Make an Album and Influence People

How to Make an Album and Influence People is a documentary DVD covering the making of State of Emergency, showing live and behind the scenes footage of the band. Starting from laying down the basic tracks in a practice studio, to the re-introduction of Nick Launay (producer of the band's seconds studio album, Roll On) and playing a gig at Splendour in the Grass in 2005, before heading to the studio to record and mix the album. The DVD came as a bonus with the limited edition album.

Personnel

The Living End Chris Cheney – vocals, guitar Scott Owen – double bass, backing vocals Andy Strachan – drums, backing vocals Backing vocals on "Wake Up" Christina Bell Michael Bell John Boneventura Ruby Bryant Olivia Bunting Eva Conner Scarlett Conner Jessica Dredge Alan Gibson Mila Grant India Murphy D'arcy Noonan Mia Quinsee-Jarvis Rebecca Schwarz Nicholas Schwarz Visuals and imagery Alison Smith – art direction Chris Cheney – art direction James Pipino – cover photography, studio photography Martin Philby – booklet photography Scott Ebsary – disc photography

Instruments Justine Jones – horns Jack Howard – horns Jeremy Smith – horns Michael Waters – horns Technical and production Nick Launay – production, mixing, engineering Jimmi Maroudas – mixing of "Into the Red" Steve Smart – mastering Matt Handley – guitar tech Ant Milne – drum tech, bass tech Managerial Rae Harvey – management Josh O'Donnell – A&R Stephen Zagami – tour management Jim Scott – FOH Owen Orford – bookings Darryl Eaton – bookings Mike Dewdney – bookings

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4]	1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5]	31

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)	Rank
Australian Albums Chart[6]	66
Australian Artist Albums Chart[7]	21

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[8]	Platinum	70,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue
Australia	4 February 2006	EMI	CD, digital download	3 52985 2
United States and Canada	11 July 2006
United Kingdom	13 August 2007

References

1. AbsolutePunk review
2. State of Emergency at AllMusic
3. "The J Award 2006". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2006. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
4. "Australiancharts.com – The Living End – STATE OF EMERGENCY". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
5. "Charts.nz – The Living End – STATE OF EMERGENCY". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
6. "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2006". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
7. "ARIA Charts - Australian Artist End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2006". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
8. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2019.