This Delicate Thing We've Made

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This Delicate Thing We've Made is the third studio album by Australian artist Darren Hayes. It is a double album that is set to be released on his own label Powdered Sugar on August 20, 2007. The first single off the album – "On the Verge of Something Wonderful" – was released in Australia on July 28, 2007 and in the UK and online on August 6, 2007. The album has been made with the help of a 1983 Fairlight CMI synthesizer, and the ex-Savage Garden frontman has said it is a cinematic and theatrical album. It reached number 5 on the Top Albums chart of the Australian iTunes store on the day of release and number 3 later in its first week.

Hayes released the album track "Who Would Have Thought?" with added animated video as a teaser on his official website, as well as his MySpace profile on April 9, 2007. This track was co-written with Guy Chambers. Around this time, remixes of the album track "Step into the Light" were being played in clubs around the world.

On April 30, 2007, Hayes released the album track "Step into the Light" as another teaser on his official website and MySpace profile. On May 14, 2007, Hayes released the animated video for "Step into the Light" on his website. Short clips of "On the Verge of Something Wonderful" and "Me, Myself and (I)" have also been made available on his website. On July 1, 2007 it was stated that the music video for "On the Verge of Something Wonderful" would debut the coming Tuesday.

Hayes revealed the album's second single would be "Me, Myself and (I) in a blog entry on August 4, 2007.

'This Delicate Thing We've Made' entered the UK Album chart at number 14 on August 26th 2007.

Track listing

All songs written by Darren Hayes and Robert Conley except where noted.

Disc one

1. "A Fear of Falling Under" (Hayes, Justin Shave) – 4:09
2. "Who Would Have Thought" (Hayes, Guy Chambers) – 4:30
3. "Waking the Monster" – 4:07
4. "How to Build a Time Machine" – 5:51
5. "Casey" (Hayes, Peter-John Vettese) – 6:26
6. "Step into the Light" – 4:57
7. "Sing to Me" (Hayes, Matthew Wilder) – 4:56
8. "A Conversation with God" – 5:08
9. "The Sun Is Always Blinding Me" (Hayes, Eg White) – 4:24
10. "Listen All You People" – 5:00
11. "The Only One" (Hayes, George Muranyi) – 3:42
12. "Bombs Up in My Face" (Hayes, Shave) – 3:39
13. "The Great Big Disconnect" – 4:17

Disc two

1. "The Future Holds a Lion's Heart" – 4:02
2. "On the Verge of Something Wonderful" – 4:02
3. "Neverland" (Hayes, Shave) – 4:03
4. "Walk Away" (Hayes, Muranyi) – 4:46
5. "Maybe" – 4:15
6. "Me, Myself and (I)" – 4:05
7. "Lucky Town" – 3:50
8. "I Just Want You to Love Me" (Hayes) – 4:00
9. "Setting Sun" (Hayes, Shave) – 4:12
10. "A Hundred Challenging Things a Boy Can Do" – 5:01
11. "Words" (Hayes, Stuart Brawley) – 4:34
12. "The Tuning of Violins" (Hayes, Shave) – 4:30

Related tracks and B-sides

• "Love Is in Everything" – was briefly available to download on the iTunes EP for "On the Verge of Something Wonderful" then later included as a bonus track on the iTunes version of the album.
• "Fallen Angel" – a B-side which features on the UK single of "On the Verge of Something Wonderful".
• "Mystery" – unreleased.
• "Ocean" – a B-side on the darrenhayes.com version of the digital single of "On the Verge of Something Wonderful".
• "God Is in the Room" – a B-side on the darrenhayes.com version of the digital single of "On the Verge of Something Wonderful".

External links

• Darren Hayes' official site