Departures (album)

Departures
Departures
Studio album by Bernard Fanning
Released	7 June 2013
Genre	Alternative rock, country-folk
Length	39:34
Label	Dew Process (AUS)
Bernard Fanning chronology
Singles from Departures
	"Battleships"; Released: 2013; "This is How it Ends"; Released: 2013;

Departures is the second solo album by Australian musician Bernard Fanning, a follow-up to his 2005 #1 Australian charting album Tea & Sympathy, and the first since Fanning's band Powderfinger was disbanded in 2011. The album was released on 7 June 2013. The album heralds a departure from Fanning's debut 2005 effort of folk and roots in favour of a rock sound, more akin to his Powderfinger origins.^[1]

Track listing[edit]

"Tell Me How It Ends" – 3:41
"Limbo Stick" – 3:53
"Battleships" – 3:10
"Grow Around You" – 4:20
"Drake" – 3:48
"Call You Home" – 4:51
"Departures (Blue Toowong Skies)" – 4:20
"Zero Sum Game" – 4:07
"Here Comes the Sadist" – 3:35
"Inside Track" – 3:49
"Ghosts" (Retail bonus track) – 3:58
"Come Down On Your Side" - 3:27 (iTunes bonus track)

Charts[edit]

Departures debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart dated 17 June 2013, becoming Fanning's second number-one album as a solo artist.^[2]

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[3]	1

Certifications[edit]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[4]	Gold	35,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

^ Iain Shedden (1 June 2013). "Departures (Bernard Fanning)". The Australian. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
^ Ryan, Gavin (15 June 2013). "ARIA Chart: Bernard Fanning Departures Debuts at No. 1". Noise11. Noise Network. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
^ "Australiancharts.com – Bernard Fanning – Departures". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2013 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

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[1] Iain Shedden (1 June 2013). "Departures (Bernard Fanning)". The Australian. Retrieved 14 June 2013.

[2] Ryan, Gavin (15 June 2013). "ARIA Chart: Bernard Fanning Departures Debuts at No. 1". Noise11. Noise Network. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

[ac_Australia_Bernard_Fanning-3] "Australiancharts.com – Bernard Fanning – Departures". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

[AustraliaBernard_FanningDeparturesalbumCertRef-4] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2013 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

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v t e Powderfinger
Bernard Fanning Darren Middleton Ian Haug John Collins Jon Coghill Steven Bishop
Studio albums	Parables for Wooden Ears Double Allergic Internationalist Odyssey Number Five Vulture Street Dream Days at the Hotel Existence Golden Rule
Extended plays	Transfusion Mr Kneebone The Triple M Acoustic Sessions One Night Lonely
Other releases	These Days: Live in Concert Fingerprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 1994–2000 Footprints: The Best of Powderfinger, 2001–2011 Fingerprints & Footprints: The Ultimate Collection Unreleased (1998–2010)
Singles	"Tail" "Pick You Up" "D.A.F." "Living Type" "Take Me In" "The Day You Come" "Don't Wanna Be Left Out/Good-Day Ray" "Already Gone" "Passenger" "My Happiness" "My Kind of Scene" "Like a Dog" "The Metre/Waiting for the Sun" "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind" "Love Your Way" "Sunsets" video "Since You've Been Gone" "Stumblin'" "Bless My Soul" "Lost and Running" "I Don't Remember" "Nobody Sees" "Who Really Cares (Featuring the Sound of Insanity)" "All of the Dreamers "Burn Your Name" "Sail the Wildest Stretch"
Other songs	"These Days" "Black Tears"
Related articles	Full discography Awards and nominations Across the Great Divide tour video Drag Far Out Corporation The Predators
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