After performing " The Greatest View" at the 2002 ARIA Awards, Johns said that he wanted "to perform 11 songs at least once in front of an audience" before laying the album to rest. Silverchair intended to tour supporting Diorama following its release, but plans were postponed when Johns developed reactive arthritis, causing his joints to swell and making guitar playing and singing too painful. Johns denied rumours that he had written songs intending Imbruglia to sing them. Several songs on Diorama were inspired by Johns' then-girlfriend Natalie Imbruglia, but he cautioned against possible misinterpretations of the songs, stating: "Everyone will think that any lyric that's about someone in a positive light will be about her" and noting that there were other people he cared for about whom he wrote the songs. A DVD titled Across the Night: The Creation of Diorama was released in 2002, featuring interviews with Johns and Parks. The pair described the collaborative experience as "mind-blowing". He worked with others in developing the album Van Dyke Parks ( Beach Boys, U2) collaborated on orchestral arrangements, and the pair spent much of their recording time attempting to describe the music in metaphorical terms, with Johns describing Parks' orchestral swells as "tidal waves" and violins as "a flock of birds".
This change in songwriting technique had a significant effect on the sound of the album Johns commented on the difference in how his vocals resonated with piano as compared to guitar. Johns wrote much of the album at a baby grand piano he had previously taught himself the instrument and composed songs on it for the first time with Diorama. Johns felt more comfortable in making this radical change rather than a minor one, finding it helped him to regain his passion for music, which had diminished during the grunge days. Diorama represented a radical change in Silverchair's musical structure the heavy grunge influence on their prior work was replaced by string and horn ensembles and highly complex song structures. Leaving the security and darkness of his earlier work, he restarted from scratch to create something more uplifting. Johns initially recorded eight songs, only to delete the files thinking they were too similar to tracks on the previous album, Neon Ballroom. He interviewed several candidates, eventually choosing Bottrill and taking the role of co-producer himself. Johns believed Diorama would be "the kind of record that people were either going to be into or were really going to hate", and needed a producer who would understand the band's new direction. Though Launay had produced the band's three previous albums, lead singer Daniel Johns decided he needed someone "who understood where he wanted to go". On Diorama, Silverchair worked with a new producer, David Bottrill, who replaced Nick Launay.
Diorama was nominated for Highest Selling Album in 2003, and three songs from the album were nominated for awards over the two years. It was certified triple-platinum by ARIA, selling in excess of 210,000 copies, and won five ARIA Awards in 2002. It reached number one on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Albums Chart and received a rating of 71 (out of 100) on review aggregator Metacritic. All appeared on the Australian singles chart.ĭiorama was successful in the charts but was not as well received by critics as the band's earlier albums. Four singles were released: " The Greatest View", " Without You", " Luv Your Life", " Across the Night". The album's title refers to "a world within a world". Silverchair worked with composer Van Dyke Parks on Diorama the album contains numerous orchestral arrangements and power ballads, a change from the grunge music typical of their earlier work, but consistent with the band's previous orchestrations on Neon Ballroom. Johns wrote most of the album at the piano instead of his usual guitar, while the band took a 12-month break following their previous studio album, Neon Ballroom. While Bottrill had worked on albums for a variety of other bands, Diorama marked the first production credit for lead singer Johns. The album was co-produced by Daniel Johns and David Bottrill. It won the 2002 ARIA Music Award for Best Group and Best Rock Album. Diorama is the fourth studio album by Australian alternative rock band Silverchair, released on 31 March 2002 by Atlantic/ Eleven.
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