Chart Performance
The album entered the UK album charts at #3 in February 2004 and at #12 on the Australian ARIA album charts in April 2004. The album entered the Billboard 200 album charts on 26 April 2004, and climbed slowly, peaking at #32 in December 2004. It reached #1 on the Heatseeker chart for new acts. As of September 2004, there have been five different singles released from the album:
- The "Darts of Pleasure" EP reached the top 50 of the UK singles charts in September 2003.
- "Take Me Out" reached #3 on the UK charts and #8 on the Irish charts.
- "The Dark of the Matinée" or "Matinée" reached #8 of the UK singles charts and top 30 of the World Modern Rock Charts (a composite chart of United States, German, UK, Swedish, Finnish, Canadian and Australian modern rock charts).
- "Michael" reached #17 on the UK singles charts in August 2004.
- "This Fire" only first played by KROQ-FM in September 2004.
- "Take Me Out" was voted #1 in the national Australian music poll, the Triple J Hottest 100 (2004) and "This Fire" and "The Dark of the Matinée" were placed at #29 and #50, respectively.
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