title: Breathing Tornados
text: # Breathing Tornados
  
  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."
  
  ## 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")
  
  ## Certifications
  
  | Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
  | - | - | - |
  | Australia (ARIA) | Gold | $35,000^^$ |
  | $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||
  