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Breathing Tornados
Studio album by Ben Lee
Released	16 November 1998 (1998-11-16)
Genre	Indie pop
Length	43:47
Label	Modular Recordings
Producer	Ed Buller
Ben Lee chronology
Something to Remember Me By (1997) Breathing Tornados (1998) Hey You. Yes You. (2002)
Singles from Breathing Tornados
"Cigarettes Will Kill You" Released: 1998 "Nothing Much Happens" Released: 1999

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
CMJ New Music Report	favorable
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide

Breathing Tornados is the third studio album by Australian musician Ben Lee, released on 16 November 1998, through Modular Recordings. It peaked at number 13 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

Critical reception

Wendy Mitchell of CMJ New Music Report said, "The adventurous Breathing Tornados proves Lee capable of experimenting with new forms of expression, without abandoning the hooky pop and acoustic folk of his previous work." She said, "In addition to Lee's guitar work, Breathing Tornados unexpectedly offers machine-made beats, keyboards, horns and assorted weird samples."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Ben Lee – vocals, guitars, bass, percussion
• Ed Buller – keyboards, programming, percussion, production
• Scott Donnel – drums (on "Nothing Much Happens" and "The Finger and the Moon")
• Harmony Korine – monologue (on "Nothing Much Happens")
• Petra Haden – backing vocals (on "Nighttime")
• Donovan Leitch – falsetto vocals (on "Nighttime")
• Sean Lennon – backing vocals (on "Sandpaperback")

Charts

Certifications

References

1. Byrkit, Becky. "Breathing Tornados - Ben Lee". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
2. ^ Mitchell, Wendy (1 March 1999). "Must Hear". CMJ New Music Report: 3.
3. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). "Ben Lee". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Fireside. p. 480.
4. "Australiancharts.com – Ben Lee – Breathing Tornados". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
5. "ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1999". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
6. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 26 December 2021.

External links

• Breathing Tornados at Discogs (list of releases)

• 1998 albums
• Ben Lee albums
• Albums produced by Ed Buller
• Modular Recordings albums
• Grand Royal albums