The details.

Format, pressing and tracklist.

About the album.

Lonerism is the psychedelic rock album that became Tame Impala’s breakout record. Released by Modular on 5 October 2012, it was the second album from the Perth project, following 2010’s Innerspeaker.

Kevin Parker wrote, recorded, performed and produced it between 2010 and 2012, working mostly from his home studios in Perth and Paris, with live member Jay Watson contributing to two tracks. Parker leaned further into synthesisers, samples and pop melody than before, and Dave Fridmann mixed the finished record.

The response was huge. Lonerism peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA chart, won the J Award for Australian Album of the Year, and took home ARIA Awards for Album of the Year and Best Rock Album in 2013. NME named it the best album of 2012, and it earned a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album. ‘Elephant’, ‘Feels Like We Only Go Backwards’ and ‘Mind Mischief’ were released as singles.

This edition spreads the twelve tracks across four sides in a gatefold sleeve, with Parker’s own photograph of a fenced-off Paris garden on the cover.

From here, Currents trades the fuzz for glossy synths and slow-burning grooves, while 2025’s Deadbeat takes Parker all the way onto the dance floor, with house and techno at its core.

Tracklist.

Side A

  1. Be Above It
  2. Endors Toi
  3. Apocalypse Dreams

Side B

  1. Mind Mischief
  2. Music to Walk Home By
  3. Why Won’t They Talk to Me?

Side C

  1. Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
  2. Keep On Lying
  3. Elephant

Side D

  1. She Just Won’t Believe Me
  2. Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control
  3. Sun’s Coming Up
Pressing details.
Format
2LP
Sleeve

Gatefold

Vinyl colour

Black

Label
Modular
Barcode

0602537953004

Catalogue number
3795300
Condition
Brand new (factory sealed)
Original release
5 October 2012
Care and packaging.

All records are handled minimally and shipped factory sealed to preserve condition. Orders are packed in purpose-built LP mailers and dispatched within one to two business days.

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