Sumo
Studio album by The SuperjesusWikipedia
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Oct 2, 2026
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When Down Again was released, the album was going to be called The Absolute Truth.
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But it was eventually called Sumo when it was released in February of 1998.
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It also featured re-recordings of Shut My Eyes and I'm Stained from the 8 Step Rail EP.
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The album would go platinum and peak at number two in the ARIA albums chart, held off the top spot by that Titanic soundtrack that you bought.
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It just felt like, after a couple of big hits and an album out, that the Superjesus were just going to be around now.
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They firmly established themselves.
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Several more singles followed from Sumo, which was released in the US in July of 1998, just four months after the Australian released, which was just amazing at the time.
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Although they couldn't stop the American tradition of screwing around with the track listing.
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Four songs.
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We're gonna start at the very beginning from their debut album, Sumo.
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This is Down Again, live from the Corner Hotel.
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Yeah.