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According to Angie Hart, 'Ordinary Angels' was written in a day. "We'd flown to Sydney to meet with (record label) RooArt who were courting us with a demo deal. We stupidly offered them a brand-new song as a sweetener, thinking it would make things more solid. Of course we hadn't written it yet. We
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had nothing and Simon and I were devastated. We were both exhausted and despondent and through sobs, the first lines of the song emerged. It stacked like a puzzle, word by word, chord by chord. It is still one of my favourites to this day."
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in 1992. "Ordinary Angels" was released in North America and Europe in 1993 and was included on their first full-length album
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Sound as Ever - The Greatest Decade in Australian Music 1990-1999
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Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
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Ordinary Angels (film)

Single
Frente!
Marvin the Album
Label
Mammoth
Mushroom
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Frente!
No Time
Lonely
indie pop
Frente!
Clunk
ARIA Singles Chart
Marvin the Album
ARIA Music Awards of 1993
Accidently Kelly Street
"Frente! – Clunk (EP)"
"Winners by Year 1993"
Australian Recording Industry Association
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Frente!
Simon Austin

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