Brown and Orange is an album by Australian folk comedian The Bedroom Philosopher

The Bedroom Philosopher

The Bedroom Philosopher is the performance persona of Australian comedian, author, actor and songwriter Justin Heazlewood. Most known for his musical comedy works, The Bedroom Philosopher has released several albums, performed at many arts festivals, been nominated for an ARIA Award and is a...

 released in February 2009.

Produced by Chris Scallan, Martin "Moose" Lubran and Ken Heazlewood. It is the second album by The Bedroom Philosopher, following 2005's In Bed with My Doona

In Bed with My Doona

In Bed With My Doona is the second album by Australian comedian/musician The Bedroom Philosopher and is a reference to the Madonna film In Bed with Madonna. It was released on Nan and Pop Records in 2005...

, which contained his radio hit "I'm So Post Modern", the most popular independently released Australian single of 2005, charting at number 72 in the following year's Triple J Hottest 100

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The music video for the album's second single, "Wow Wow's Song", acquired 20,000 plays on YouTube

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 within its first five days of release and garnered many impressive statistics in Australia, New Zealand and globally.

Reviews of concerts performed in 2008 as The Bedroom Philosopher and His Awkwardstra

The Bedroom Philosopher

The Bedroom Philosopher is the performance persona of Australian comedian, author, actor and songwriter Justin Heazlewood. Most known for his musical comedy works, The Bedroom Philosopher has released several albums, performed at many arts festivals, been nominated for an ARIA Award and is a...

 premiered many of the songs on the album.

Personnel

• Justin Heazlewood - vocals, guitar
• Martin "Moose" Lubran - keyboards, guitar, percussion, vibraphone
• Haydn Meggit - drums
• John Maddox
  John Maddox
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   - double bass
• Andy Hazel - bass
• Harry Angus - trumpet
• Tripod
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  - backing vocals
• Wow Wow - vocals
• Xani Colac - violin
• Michael O'Connor - flute
• Hanna Silver - piano, synths
• Anna Knight - vocals
• Will Hindmarsh - harmonica
• Miles O'Neil - banjo

Track listing

1. "Strange Piece of Music"
2. "Party in My Head"
3. "What Am I Supposed to Be Doing?"
4. "The Happiest Boy"
5. "I'm So Lonely"
6. "(Brown)"
7. "Jesus on Big Brother"
8. "For the Love I Have for You"
9. "Circus Bear"
10. "(Orange)"
11. "Swan Song"
12. "Deux Cygnes Noirs"
13. "Wow Wow's Song (La La La)"
14. "(Social Life at the Psychiatric Unit 30.07.77)"

Singles

• "The Happiest Boy" was released as a single in September 2007.
• "Wow Wow's Song", in an edited format, was released as a single in October 2008.
• "Party In My Head" was released in March 2009

External links

• The Bedroom Philosopher official site
• The Bedroom Philosopher's MySpace page.