The World Repeats Itself Somehow

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The World Repeats Itself Somehow
Greatest hits album by
Released10 December 2021
Recorded1997–2020
Length45:18
LabelWarner Music Australia
Eskimo Joe chronology
Live at the Perth Concert Hall
(2019)
The World Repeats Itself Somehow
(2021)

The World Repeats Itself Somehow (subtitled The Best of Eskimo Joe) is the first greatest hits album by Australian alternative rock band Eskimo Joe. The album was released on 10 December 2021.[1]

Upon its announcement on 27 September 2021, frontman Kavyen Temperley said: "It's surreal listening back to what is now a twenty plus year career. From writing songs like 'Sweater' in a smelly old jam room, to songs like 'Say Something' which was written more recently after some time off, I'm incredibly proud of what we've created together musically, as well as the friendship we've managed to maintain with each other after so many years."[2] The album features songs from five of the band's six albums.

Track listing[edit]

The World Repeats Itself Somehow track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Sweater"Sweater2:16
2."Who Sold Her Out"
  • MacLeod
  • Quartermain
  • Temperley
Girl3:10
3."Planet Earth"
  • MacLeod
  • Quartermain
  • Temperley
Girl3:21
4."Wake Up"
  • MacLeod
  • Quartermain
  • Temperley
Girl3:30
5."From the Sea"
  • MacLeod
  • Quartermain
  • Temperley
A Song Is a City3:20
6."Older Than You"
  • MacLeod
  • Quartermain
  • Temperley
A Song Is a City2:29
7."Sarah"
  • MacLeod
  • Quartermain
  • Temperley
Black Fingernails, Red Wine3:31
8."Black Fingernails, Red Wine"
  • MacLeod
  • Quartermain
  • Temperley
Black Fingernails, Red Wine4:09
9."New York"
  • MacLeod
  • Quartermain
  • Temperley
Black Fingernails, Red Wine3:52
10."Foreign Land"
Inshalla4:32
11."Don't Let Me Down"
  • MacLeod
  • Quartermain
  • Temperley
  • Parkin
Inshalla3:36
12."Love Is a Drug"
  • MacLeod
  • Quartermain
  • Temperley
Ghosts of the Past3:44
13."Say Something" new recording3:48
Total length:45:18

Charts[edit]

Chart (2021) Peak
position
Australian Artist (ARIA Charts)[3] 17

Release history[edit]

Release history and formats for The World Repeats Itself Somehow
Region Date Format Label Catalogue
Various 10 December 2021 Warner Music Australia 5419711274
Australia LP 5419710862

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Eskimo Joe To Release Their First Best of The World Repeats Itself Somehow". noise11. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  2. ^ Carr, Debbie (27 September 2021). "Eskimo Joe announce greatest hits album slated for December". NME Australia. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  3. ^ "ARIA AUSTRALIAN ARTIST ALBUMS CHART" (PDF). ARIA Charts. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2022.