Thirsty Merc - 2007 - 20 Good Reasons FLAC

 

 "20 Good Reasons" was the first single from Thirsty Merc's second album Slideshows. It was released on 17 March 2007 and is to date the band's highest charting single, reaching number four on the Australian Singles Chart and number seventeen on the New Zealand Singles Chart. The song was nominated for 'Song of the Year' at the 2008 APRA awards. The single was also the number one most added track to radio across Australia in March 2007.



Tracks.



01 20 Good Reasons
02 Blood & Guts
03 Midnight Sun

Thirsty Merc - 2005 - Someday, Someday FLAC

 

 Thirsty Merc are an Australian pop rock band formed in 2002 by Rai Thistlethwayte (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Phil Stack (bass guitar), Karl Robertson (drums), and Matthew Baker (guitar). In 2004 Baker was replaced by Sean Carey who was, in turn, replaced by Matt Smith in 2010. Thirsty Merc have released one extended play, First Work (September 2003), and four studio albums: Thirsty Merc (August 2004), Slideshows (April 2007), Mousetrap Heart (June 2010) and Shifting Gears (September 2015). The band have sold over 200,000 albums, toured extensively around Australia, and received national radio airplay for their tracks.

"Someday, Someday" is the third single released from Thirsty Merc's debut album Thirsty Merc.It reached #19 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and #14 in New Zealand.



Tracks.



01 Someday, Someday (Single Version)
02 Stick To Your Guns
03 Emancipate Myself (Live)
04 Get Over Myself (Live)

Rai Thistlethwayte - 2000 - Give A Smile To The Planet FLAC

 

 Thistlethwayte was born and raised in Sydney, New South Wales (born 21 April 1980) , and attended Beaumont Road Public School then Knox Grammar School. Born into a musical family, he started learning from his mother, a classical piano teacher, before his fifth birthday. His father, Ian, is a language teacher and a bass player and guitarist who played bass in a Sydney-based band called 'The Plebs', which formed under the name 'The Centaurs' in Sydney in 1963.
After a year at the Sydney Conservatorium, Thistlethwayte came to the attention of, and signed with Columbia/Sony in the United States. He released one single, Give a Smile to the Planet, which was released in Australia in mid 2000 and peaked just under the top 40 and completed an album, which was released as a promo but was eventually shelved. This particular label relationship appeared not to have flourished, but ended amicably. Fast forward Rai is the lead singer and primary songwriter in the Australian pop rock band Thirsty Merc.



Tracks.



01 Give A Smile To The Planet (Radio Edit)
02 Give A Smile To The Planet (Rai's Radio Remix)
03 Radio ID #1
04 Radio ID #2

Thirsty Merc - 2007 - Those Eyes FLAC

 

 

 "Those Eyes" was the third single from Thirsty Merc's second album Slideshows. It was initially only released as a digital download on 8 December 2007, but, due to overwhelming request, was released as a limited edition CD single on 5 April 2008. The single charted at #53 in its debut week, shipping all 5000 units of its one and only limited edition shipment. It was reported to both ARIA and Warner Music Australia that all 5000 units of the single sold out within six weeks of being released. It is now an extremely rare collectable item. Track listing for the CD single remained the same as the digital EP release.



Tracks.



01 Those Eyes (Radio Edit)
02 Crying In Denial (Acoustic)
03 The Hard Way (Acoustic)
04 She's My Brother (Acoustic)