{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Trace | type = album | artist = [[Died Pretty]] | cover = Diedprettytrace.jpg | alt = | released = September 1993 | recorded = February–March 1993 | venue = | studio = [[Studios 301]], [[Sydney]] | genre = [[Rock music|Rock]] | length = 53:29 | label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] | producer = [[Hugh Jones (producer)|Hugh Jones]] | prev_title = [[Doughboy Hollow]] | prev_year = 1991 | next_title = [[Sold (Died Pretty album)|Sold]] | next_year = 1996 | misc = {{Singles | name = Trace | type = studio | single1 = [[Caressing Swine]] | single1date = June 1993 | single2 = [[Harness Up]] | single2date = August 1993 | single3 = Headaround | single3date = November 1993 | single4 = A State of Graceful Mourning | single4date = 1994 }} }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = [[Allmusic]] |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000623196|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> }}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot--> '''''Trace''''' is the fifth album by Australian rock band [[Died Pretty]]. It was released in September 1993. The album was the most commercially successful of the band's career, peaking at No.11 on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA album charts]].
Despite its commercial success, singer and songwriter [[Ron Peno]] has expressed disappointment with it. In a 1995 interview he said: "There were some nice moments on ''Trace'', and there were some moments that fell short of the mark. Some songs that just didn't quite get there. It was a valiant attempt, but it didn't make it. Out of all the songs that came from ''Trace'', we only perform one with any regularity, and that's 'Harness Up'. Occasionally we have been doing 'State of Graceful Mourning'—to me, they're the two highlights of the album." Peno acknowledged the production of ''Trace'' might have been too polished. "I think we're were getting a bit soft in the sound department. We were losing that hard edge."<ref>[http://www.divinerites.com/in_died2.htm Simon McKenzie, "Died Pretty: Without a trace," ''Time Off'' magazine, 1 November 1995.]</ref>
In 2011 Peno was still distancing himself from the record. He said that after signing to [[Sony Records]] on the strength of 1991's ''[[Doughboy Hollow]]'', the band delivered ''Trace'', which turned out to be their weakest album. He told [[Sound Alliance|Mess+Noise]]: "I never liked the album at all. I was weak in my decision-making in saying yes or no to songs. We had (producer) [[Hugh Jones (producer)|Hugh Jones]] coming back out to do the album, but it was a bit too soon for him to come out. But I don’t think the songs were strong enough—there were some good songs, but there were some very weak songs, and I should’ve said that at the time, but I didn’t. I took a weak-arsed approach. I could’ve said, 'Stop, right now', whether Hugh Jones was coming or not. We could’ve pushed it out a month or so, but we didn’t.
"People love ''Trace'', but for me personally I thought it was some of my weakest songwriting, and some of Brett (Myers)' weakest songs. Unfortunately for us, it was our first album on a minor label—although it did really well overseas. I wish we could have cut out ''Trace'' and gone straight to ''[[Sold (Died Pretty album)|Sold]]'' and ''[[Using My Gills as a Roadmap]]''."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171010155656/http://www.messandnoise.com/icons/4310202 Patrick Emery, Icons: Ron Peno, Mess+Noise, 12 August 2011.]</ref>
==Track listing== (All songs by Brett Myers and [[Ron Peno]] except where noted) # "Harness Up" — 4:07 # "[[Caressing Swine]]" — 4:07 # "Headaround" — 3:16 # "Til We Get It Right" (Myers) — 4:06 # "The Rivers" — 7:15 # "A State of Graceful Mourning" — 5:53 # "Just Forever" — 5:28 # "Through My Heart" (Myers) — 3:47 # "110 B.P.M." (Hoey, Peno) — 5:07 # "Dreamaway" (Hoey, Peno) — 5:35 # "Seize Your Ways" — 4:48
==Personnel== * Ron Peno — vocals * Brett Myers — guitar, lead vocals on 4 & 8 * John Hoey — keyboards * Chris Welch — drums * Robert Warren — bass, backing vocals
===Additional personnel=== * Sumil De Silva — percussion * Eleanor Rodgers — harmonies * [[Caroline Lavelle]] — cello * Jack Howard — trumpet
==Charts== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Weekly chart performance for ''Trace'' |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1993) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Australia|11|album=Trace|artist=Died Pretty|rowheader=true|access-date=15 September 2023|refname="ARIA Albums Chart"}} |} ==References== {{reflist}} {{Died Pretty}} {{Authority control}}
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