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''Beautiful Nightmare'' is the second studio album by British-Australian recording artist Reece Mastin, released on 19 October 2012, by Sony Music Australia. It is the follow-up to Mastin's self-titled debut album, and his first album to be made up of solely original material. In composing the album, Mastin collaborated with several songwriters and producers, including DNA Songs, Benji Madden, Lindsay Rimes, Damon Sharpe, Louis Biancaniello, Brian Howes and Rune Westberg, among others. ''Beautiful Nightmare'' debuted at number three on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and number two on the New Zealand Albums Chart. The album was preceded by the lead single "Shut Up & Kiss Me" in April 2012, which debuted at number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart and number two on the ARIA Singles Chart. The song was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), and gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). The second single "Shout It Out" was released in June 2012, which debuted at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified platinum. "Rock Star" was released as the album's third single. ==Development and writing== ''Beautiful Nightmare'' is the follow-up to Mastin's self-titled debut album, which features selected songs he performed as part of the top twelve on ''The X Factor'' (Australia). ''Beautiful Nightmare'' also serves as Mastin's first album to include original material. In an interview with MTV Australia in December 2011, Mastin said he had already written new material for the album. He described the material as a mixture of old school and modern sounds "that's not really on the radio at that moment, which I think is cool".〔 Mastin went on to say that most of the lyrical content in the songs "are about girls () But there's () a lot about going out with the boys and having a good night". In April 2012, Mastin announced he was in the studio writing songs with Benji Madden of Good Charlotte, and Ilan Kidron of The Potbelleez.〔 Mastin and Madden collaborated on the song "Give Up the Girl".〔 Reminiscing on working with Madden, he said, "It was awesome, he was just a dude. He just came in and sat down, and we hung out for about an hour and a half and just started writing. We came out with something pretty awesome!." In an interview with MTV Australia in May 2012, Mastin described the songs he wrote with Kidron: "It doesn't sound like The Potbelleez – I didn't wanna go in and write a Potbelleez track – but it's cool, what we came out with is awesome".〔 The album's first single "Shut Up & Kiss Me" was written by Mastin, Hayley Warner, and Anthony Egizii and David Musumeci of the production duo DNA Songs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Works Search ) Note: enter "Reece Mastin *" as 'Performer' then click 'Search'.〕 The latter two also wrote the second single "Shout It Out" with Mastin.〔 He also collaborated with other songwriters and producers, including Lindsay Rimes, Khalil Walton, Michael Gerrard, and Jenna & Wac of Tonight Alive. In an interview with ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', Mastin described the album's sound, saying "() a lot of fun. It's rock blended with everything. If you think of your favourite rock song, it's that combined with pop stuff and club stuff () to make it awesome. It's Reece from all angles, really – it's everything I could think of." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beautiful Nightmare (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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