Eight Step Rail

Eight Step Rail is the debut EP by Australian rock band The Superjesus. The EP was released in May 1996. The track "I'm Stained" was later re-recorded for their debut album, Sumo. A re-recorded version of "Shut My Eyes" was also later included as a hidden track on Sumo. The big guitar sounds are yet another use of the infamous Sansamp from Tech 21. After the engineer (Mick Wordley of Mixmasters Studios in Adelaide, Australia) spent a day trying to get a big sound out of Marshall stacks, he could not go past the sound the band had achieved by direct injecting a Sansamp into their Fostex recorder. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1997, the EP won two ARIA Awards, "Best New Talent" and "Breakthrough Artist – Single".

Eight Step Rail

EP by

The Superjesus

Released

May 1996

Genre

Post-grunge, alternative rock

The Superjesus chronology

Eight Step Rail
(1996)

Sumo
(1998)

Eight Step Rail is the debut EP by Australian rock band The Superjesus. The EP was released in May 1996.

The track "I'm Stained" was later re-recorded for their debut album, Sumo. A re-recorded version of "Shut My Eyes" was also later included as a hidden track on Sumo.

The big guitar sounds are yet another use of the infamous Sansamp from Tech 21. After the engineer (Mick Wordley of Mixmasters Studios in Adelaide, Australia) spent a day trying to get a big sound out of Marshall stacks, he could not go past the sound the band had achieved by direct injecting a Sansamp into their Fostex recorder^{[citation needed]}.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1997, the EP won two ARIA Awards, "Best New Talent" and "Breakthrough Artist – Single".^[1]

Track listing

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ground"	Chris Tennent Sarah McLeod	3:42
2.	"Shut My Eyes"	Tennent McLeod	3:28
3.	"I'm Stained"	Tennent McLeod	4:40
4.	"Glazed"	Tennent McLeod	4:28
5.	"Strips of You"	Tennent McLeod	4:34

Charts

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Chart (1997)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[2]	47

References

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^ "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1997". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 22 December 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
^ "The Superjesus – EIGHT STEP RAIL (EP) (SONG)". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

v t e The Superjesus
Sarah McLeod Stuart Rudd Jason Slack Paul Berryman Tim Henwood Chris Tennent Aaron Tokona Patch Brown
Studio albums	Sumo Jet Age Rock Music
Other albums	Sumo II
Extended plays	Eight Step Rail Love and Violence
Singles	"Down Again" "Saturation" "Now and Then" "Gravity" "Secret Agent Man" "Enough to Know" "Stick Together" "So Lonely"

v t e ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist
Album	...Ish by 1927 (1989) Tales of the City by Rockmelons (1989) Matchbook by Ian Moss (1990) Safety in Numbers by Margaret Urlich (1991) Baby Animals by Baby Animals (1992) Marvin the Album by Frente! (1993) Get on Board by The Badloves (1994) Frogstomp by Silverchair (1995) Tu-Plang by Regurgitator (1996) Savage Garden by Savage Garden (1997) Left of the Middle by Natalie Imbruglia (1998) The Living End by The Living End (1999) Reflector by Killing Heidi (2000) Since I Left You by The Avalanches (2001) Polyserena by George (2002) Innocent Eyes by Delta Goodrem (2003) Get Born by Jet (2004) The Sound of White by Missy Higgins (2005) Wolfmother by Wolfmother (2006) Sneaky Sound System by Sneaky Sound System (2007) Lessons to Be Learned by Gabriella Cilmi (2008) Ladyhawke by Ladyhawke (2009) Moonfire by Boy & Bear (2011)
Single	"That's When I Think of You" by 1927 (1989) "Tucker's Daughter" by Ian Moss (1990) "Token Angels" by Wendy Matthews (1991) "Early Warning" by Baby Animals (1992) "Ordinary Angels" by Frente! (1993) "Lost" by The Badloves (1994) "Tomorrow" by Silverchair (1995) "It's Alright" by Deni Hines (1996) "Shut My Eyes" / "Eight Step Rail" by The Superjesus (1997) "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia (1998) "Lucky Star" by Alex Lloyd (1999) "Get Set" by Taxiride (1999) "Don't Call Me Baby" by Madison Avenue (2000) "Frontier Psychiatrist" by The Avalanches (2001) "Get Free" by The Vines (2002) "Born to Try" by Delta Goodrem (2003) "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by Jet (2004) "O Yeah" by End of Fashion (2005) "Forever Young" by Youth Group (2006) "Just a Song About Ping Pong" by Operator Please (2007) "Sweet About Me" by Gabriella Cilmi (2008) "My Delirium" by Ladyhawke (2009) "Feeding Line" by Boy & Bear (2011)
Release	I Believe You Liar by Megan Washington (2010) Falling & Flying by 360 (2012) Flume by Flume (2013) The New Classic by Iggy Azalea (2014) Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett (2015) Glorious Heights by Montaigne (2016) Night Thinker by Amy Shark (2017) "Dazed & Confused" by Ruel (2018) "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I (2019) 14 Steps to a Better You by Lime Cordiale (2020) Budjerah by Budjerah (2021) King Stingray by King Stingray (2022) Midnight Driving by Teenage Dads (2023) I Love You by Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers (2024) I Love My Computer by Ninajirachi (2025)

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