Neon Ballroom
Studio album by Silverchair
Released	March 16, 1999
Genre	Alternative
Length	49:36
Label	Sony US Murmur AU
Producer(s)	Nick Launay
Professional reviews
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Silverchair chronology
Freak Show (1997)	Neon Ballroom (1999)	Diorama (2002)

Neon Ballroom is the third album from the Australian musical group Silverchair. The twelve song CD was released on March 16, 1999, and was seen by some as a sign of maturation on the part of the band members. "Anthem for the year 2000" was the first hit off the record - making it to No. 3 on the ARIA chart. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (912x893, 308 KB)Cover to Neon Ballroom by Silverchair. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... For the C. S. Lewis novel, see The Silver Chair. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in leap years). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music[1] or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Sony Music Entertainment is a major global record label controlled by the Sony Corporation. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Nick Launay is a notable record producer and recording engineer. ... Image File history File links 3_stars. ... Image File history File links 3_stars. ... For the C. S. Lewis novel, see The Silver Chair. ... Freak Show is the second album from the members of the Australian post-grunge band, Silverchair. ... Diorama is the fourth album by the Australian band Silverchair, released in 2002. ... A musical ensemble is, by definition, a group of three or more musicians who gather to perform music. ... For the C. S. Lewis novel, see The Silver Chair. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in leap years). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Johns described Neon Ballroom as a concept album, although exactly what the concept is was not made entirely clear. Nonetheless, its stark, experimental musical style drew huge contrast with prior albums (Freak Show and Frogstomp), and such a change in the artistic direction of the group provoked mixed responses from fans. The commercially successful Anthem for the Year 2000 was perhaps received so well because it retained much of the band's youthful rock energy, whereas all other singles marked huge musical leaps from the style then associated with Silverchair and thus were somewhat alienating. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Freak Show is the second album from the members of the Australian post-grunge band, Silverchair. ... Frogstomp is the first album from Australian musical group, Silverchair. ...

However, the album's marking of the second stage in Silverchair's career also, to an extent, ushered in an entirely new fanbase, one that appreciated the more experimental and musically dense works on Neon Ballroom such as the fan favourite Emotion Sickness and the fusion-based underdogs like Black Tangled Heart and Dearest Helpless. The musical direction Neon Ballroom was perceived as taking would later continue in their 2002 album Diorama, as well as some of Daniel John's experimental collaborations with fellow Australian artist Paul Mac (Johns and Mac would later form The Dissociatives). Diorama is the fourth album by the Australian band Silverchair, released in 2002. ... Paul Mac (born Paul McDermott) is a musician, producer and remixer from Sydney, Australia (not to be confused with the UK Techno DJ and producer Paul Mac alias Paul Souter). ... From Left: Paul Mac and Daniel Johns. ...

The record's title was apparently created with the attempt of conveying the album's musical theme of combining new, tecnological, experimental devices and instruments with traditional, classic, orchestral devices and instruments. "Neon", of course, representing the new, and "Ballroom" representing the traditional.

Track listing

1. "Emotion Sickness"
2. "Anthem for the Year 2000"
3. "Ana's Song (Open Fire)"
4. "Spawn Again"
5. "Miss You Love"
6. "Dearest Helpless"
7. "Do You Feel the Same"
8. "Black Tangled Heart"
9. "Point of View"
10. "Satin Sheets"
11. "Paint Pastel Princess"
12. "Steam Will Rise"