The Official Fiction
# The Official Fiction

The Official Fiction was the fourth studio album by Australian band Something for Kate. The album debuted at Number 1 on the ARIA charts and earned platinum status for sales exceeding 70,000 units. It earned the band four ARIA Music Award nominations (Album of the Year, Best Rock Album, Best Group, Best Cover Art) and took out Rolling Stone's Album of the Year and Single of the Year for "Déjà Vu". The first single from the album, "Déjà Vu", remains a staple of their live sets. It was followed by two other singles, "Song for a Sleepwalker" and "Moving Right Along".

## Track listing

(All songs by Something for Kate except where noted)

* "Max Planck" – 4:41
* "Best Weapon" – 4:47
* "Song for a Sleepwalker" – 3:54
* "Kaplan/Thornhill" – 4:44
* "Light at the End of the Tunnel" – 3:36
* "Letter to the Editor" – 3:31
* "Déjà Vu" – 4:26
* "Reverse Soundtrack" – 4:41
* "Coldwater Canyon" – 4:23
* "Souvenir" – 3:24
* "Moving Right Along" – 3:27
* "Asleep at the Wheel" – 3:56
* "No Man's Land" – 4:17

### Deluxe edition bonus disc

The 2014 deluxe edition included a bonus disc of the album's B-sides.

**Track listing**

* "Losing My Mind" – 4:55
* "Blueprint Architecture" – 3:30
* "You Only Hide (Live Acoustic version)" – 4:16
* "Moving Right Along – Alternate version" – 3:22
* "Anchorman II" – 4:50
* "Faster" – 5:41
* "Life of the Party" – 5:40
* "Ashes to Ashes" (Live at the POW) (David Bowie) – 4:36
* "Hanging on the Telephone" (Jack Lee) – 2:38

## Charts

| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 1 |

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| - | - | - |
| Australia (ARIA) | Platinum | $70,000^‡$ |
| $^‡$ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |||

## Release history

| Region | Date | Format | Edition(s) | Label | Catalogue |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Australia | August 2003 | CD LP Digital | Standard | Murmur | MATTCD130 |
| Europe | 2004 | CD | Standard | Murmur / Epic | EPC 515344 2 |
| Australia | July 2014 | 2×CD LP | Deluxe Edition, Reissue | Murmur, Sony Music Australia | 88843074352 |
| Australia | August 2018 | LP | Limited Edition, Reissue | Sony Music Australia | 88843074871 |
