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{{About|the album by [[The Living End]] |other uses|White noise (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = White Noise
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[The Living End]]
| cover      = Whitenoisealbumcover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 19 July 2008 (Australia)
| recorded   = Water Music Studios in [[Hoboken, New Jersey]] (2008)
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Punk rock]], [[alternative rock]]
| length     = 44:26
| label      = [[Dew Process]]
| producer   = John Agnello
| prev_title = [[State of Emergency (The Living End album)|State of Emergency]]
| prev_year  = 2006
| next_title = [[Rarities (The Living End album)|Rarities]]
| next_year  = 2008
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = White Noise
| type        = studio
| single1     = [[White Noise (The Living End song)|White Noise]]
| single1date = 5 July 2008
| single2     = [[Moment in the Sun (The Living End song)|Moment in the Sun]]
| single2date = 25 October 2008
| single3     = [[Raise the Alarm (song)|Raise the Alarm]]
| single3date = on radio 22 December 2008
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Greenberg |first=Adam |url={{AllMusic|class=album |id=r1411300 |pure_url=yes}} |title=Allmusic review |publisher=Allmusic.com |date=2008-07-21 |accessdate=2012-06-06}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''Bombshellzine.com''
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110708082752/http://www.bombshellzine.com/newspage/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3307 Bombshellzine review]</ref>
| rev3 = ''The Dwarf.com.au''
| rev3score = (positive)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thedwarf.com.au/nd/albumreviews/white_noise_living_end_the |title=The Dwarf.com.au review |publisher=Thedwarf.com.au |accessdate=2012-06-06}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''FasterLouder.com.au''
| rev4score = (positive)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/music/14025/The-Living-End-White-Noise.htm |title=Review |publisher=Fasterlouder.com.au |accessdate=2012-06-06}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[MAX (Australian TV channel)|Max]]''
| rev5score = (positive)<ref>[http://maxtv.com.au/Max/Article.aspx?id=2110 Max review] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229060938/http://maxtv.com.au/Max/Article.aspx?id=2110 |date=29 December 2008 }}</ref>
| rev6 = Punknews.org
| rev6score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.punknews.org/review/7559 |title=Review |publisher=Punknews.org |accessdate=2012-06-06}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev7score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelivingend.com.au/vBforum/showthread.php?p=173298&highlight=rolling+stone#post173298 |title=Rolling Stone review |publisher=Thelivingend.com.au |accessdate=2012-06-06}}</ref>
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'''''White Noise''''' is the fifth [[studio album]] by [[Australia]]n [[punk rock]] band [[The Living End]], first released in [[Australia]] on 19 July 2008. It was the band's first album released on the record label [[Dew Process]]. A limited edition bonus DVD, recorded at [[ACDC Lane]] in Melbourne, was also released, featuring six live songs, four of which were songs from ''White Noise''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/de/The-Living-End-White-Noise/release/3442233|title=The Living End – White Noise (2008, CD)|website=[[Discogs]] }}</ref>
The album debuted at number two on the [[ARIA Charts|Australian Album Chart]], achieving a Gold certification in its first week. It was nominated for ''[[ARIA Award for Best Rock Album|Best Rock Album]]'' & ''Album of the Year'' at the 2008 [[ARIA Awards]], winning the award for Best Rock Album 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/MediaRelease-2008ARIAAwardwinnersannounced.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 April 2020 |archive-date=9 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309182530/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/MediaRelease-2008ARIAAwardwinnersannounced.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Background==
===Pre-recording===
After a live show in late 2006, the band was placed on hiatus due to the fatigue of lead vocalist [[Chris Cheney]]. Cheney took a number of months off, doing [[yoga]] for relaxation and consequently, inspiration. ''White Noise'' got its first real kick-start when he came up with the guitar riff from the first track "How Do We Know?", saying he "took it to the guys and they said 'That's the direction, write another 12 of those'". Cheney has said the brief departure "was the turmoil that had to happen", but he "was back on track".<ref name=hscc>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23925452-5006024,00.html|title=Chris Cheney left the Living End, now he's back|publisher=Herald Sun.com.au|last=Adams|first=Cameron|date=26 June 2008|accessdate=2008-07-26}}</ref>
In February 2008, The Living End, under the alias of [[The Longnecks]], played a small tour across Victoria to road-test songs they had written for their fifth studio album. They played a handful of dates and used the audience's reaction to the new material as a guide to which songs sounded better in a live environment.
===Recording and production===
Pre-production for the album took place at Studio One in Collingwood, Melbourne with producer [[Kalju Tonuma]]. This included various co-writes including the track "Sum of Us".  After the sonic blueprint of the album was established The Living End's new label suggested and assigned producer John Agnello, who has formerly done work with [[Sonic Youth]] and [[The Hold Steady]].<ref name=hscc/><ref name=theage>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/cd-reviews/white-noise/2008/07/17/1216163044246.html|title=White Noise|publisher=TheAge.com.au|last=Murfett|first=Andrew|date=17 July 2008|accessdate=2008-07-26}}</ref> Band manager Rae Harvey selected [[Brendan O'Brien (music producer)|Brendan O'Brien]] to mix and master the album. O'Brien begun work with The Living End literally a day after completing production on AC/DC's 2008 album ''[[Black Ice (album)|Black Ice]]'', and is notable for his work with high-profile bands such as [[Pearl Jam]].<ref name=max>{{cite web|url=http://maxtv.com.au/Max/Article.aspx?id=2110|title=The Living End - White Noise (CD)|publisher=Maxtv.com.au|date=21 July 2008|accessdate=2008-07-26}}</ref> These two were selected to help replicate their live sound inside a studio.<ref name=hscc/> The album was recorded by producer Agnello in April 2008, in [[New Jersey, United States]].<ref name=hscc/>
===Promotion===
Only four days after the mastering of the album was completed, The Living End released a taster track titled "How Do We Know", which was posted on the [[Triple J]] website for download on 23 May 2008, available for one week only. Also as a promotion for the album a "White Noise Gizmo" was made available through the Nova Radio Station webpage, which [[Windows Vista]] users were able to download a taster of the album. This allowed two tracks a day to be heard from 14 to 18 July.
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| all_writing = [[Chris Cheney|C. Cheney]]
| title1   = How Do We Know?
| length1  = 4:14
| title2   = [[Raise the Alarm (song)|Raise the Alarm]]
| length2  = 3:37
| title3   = [[White Noise (The Living End song)|White Noise]]
| length3  = 3:44
| title4   = [[Moment in the Sun (The Living End song)|Moment in the Sun]]
| length4  = 4:22
| title5   = Waiting for the Silence
| length5  = 5:01
| title6   = Make the Call
| length6  = 4:00
| title7   = Loaded Gun
| length7  = 4:57
| title8   = Kid
| length8  = 3:33
| title9   = 21st Century
| length9  = 3:28
| title10   = Hey Hey Disbeliever
| length10  = 3:37
| title11   = Sum of Us
| length11  = 3:49
}}
===Bonus CD ("Demos and Rarities")===
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=7392 |title=The Living End To Release Demos and Rarities Album - Undercover.fm News |publisher=Undercover.com.au |date=2009-01-17 |accessdate=2012-03-15}}</ref>
{{tracklist
| title1   = White Noise (Acoustic)
| length1  = 3:55
| title2   = Moment in the Sun (Acoustic)
| length2  = 4:30
| title3   = Tragedy (Demo)
| length3  = 4:15
| title4   = Ship is Sinking (Demo)
| length4  = 3:24
| title5   = Down to the Wire (Demo)
| length5  = 5:17
| title6   = Live to Love (Demo)
| length6  = 4:25
| title7   = Faith (Demo)
| length7  = 2:38
| title8   = New Trend (Demo)
| length8  = 3:41
| title9   = I Don't Wanna Wait (Demo)
| length9  = 2:54
| title10   = Enemy of Time (Demo)
| length10  = 3:30
| title11   = Who's on Your Side (Demo)
| length11  = 3:15
}}
===DVD (Limited Edition)===
All tracks recorded live at [[ACDC Lane]], Melbourne.
{{tracklist
| title1   = Raise the Alarm
| length1  = 4:07
| title2   = How Do We Know?
| length2  = 4:18
| title3   = Moment in the Sun
| length3  = 4:21
| title4   = Second Solution
| length4  = 5:24
| title5   = White Noise
| length5  = 4:02
| title6   = Jailbreak (featuring [[Jon Toogood]] of [[Shihad]]) ([[AC/DC]] cover)
| length6  = 4:34
| title7   = The Making of White Noise
| length7  = 9:09
}}
===B-Sides===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Song
! Length
! Source
|-
| "Listen Up Suzy"
| 2:08
| White Noise (CD single)/Japanese edition bonus track (retitled as "Suzy")
|-
| "CIA"
| 4:24
| White Noise (iTunes Single)
|-
| "Live to Love"
| 4:26
| White Noise (Nokia music single)/ Rarities compilation as "Live to Love (demo)"
|-
| "Beware the Moon"
| 3:48
| Universal Music Australia (free download) / Moment in the Sun (iTunes single)
|-
| "She's Calling Out"
| 4:08
| White Noise (iTunes album)
|-
| "Hopeless" (demo)
| 4:09
| White Noise (Nokia music album)
|-
| "New Frontier"
| 4:20
| Japanese edition bonus track / Moment in the Sun (CD single)
|-
| "Faith (Demo)"
| 2:39
| Raise the Alarm (CD single)
|}
==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2008/09)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|2|album=WHITE NOISE|artist=The Living End|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 October 2019|refname="ARIA Albums Chart"}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|18|album=WHITE NOISE|artist=The Living End|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 October 2019|refname="NZ Albums Chart"}}
|}
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2008)
! scope="col"| Rank
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums Chart<ref name="AC2008">{{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2008.htm |title=ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2008 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |accessdate=4 October 2019}}</ref>
| 45
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Artist Albums Chart<ref name="AC2008"/>
| 11
|}
==Certifications==
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=The Living End|title=White Noise|award=Gold|certyear=2008|refname="Album Certification"|access-date=4 October 2019}}
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==Personnel==
;The Living End
* [[Chris Cheney]] – vocals, guitar
* [[Scott Owen]] – double bass, backing vocals
* [[Andy Strachan]] – drums, backing vocals
;Additional musicians
* [[Franz Nicolay]] ([[The Hold Steady]]) – keyboards & string arrangements
* Pinky Weitzman – viola
* {{ill|Sarah Bernstein (musician)|de|Sarah Bernstein}} – violin
* Margaret White – violin
* Shandra Wolley – cello
;Production
* [[Kalju Tonuma]] – pre-production & co-writing
* John Agnello – producer
* [[Brendan O'Brien (music producer)|Brendan O'Brien]] – mixing
* Billy Bowers – pro tools engineer
* Dave Jones – mix assistant
* Kory Aaron – mix assistant
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{The Living End}}
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[[Category:2008 albums]]
[[Category:The Living End albums]]
[[Category:Dew Process albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by John Agnello]]
[[Category:ARIA Award–winning albums]]