Departures (album)

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]

Departures
Studio album by
Bernard Fanning
Released7 June 2013
GenreAlternative rock, country-folk
Length39:34
LabelDew Process (AUS)
Bernard Fanning chronology
Tea & Sympathy
(2005)		 Departures
(2013)		 Civil Dusk
(2016)
Singles from Departures
  1. "Battleships"
    Released: 2013
  2. "This is How it Ends"
    Released: 2013

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

Charts

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
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[4] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References
  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.
  3. "Australiancharts.com – Bernard Fanning – Departures". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  4. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2013 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.


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