personnel alex lloyd -- co - producer , guitar , vocals , programming , drums , bass ; additional musicians louise morgan -- spoken word trent williamson -- programming , harmonica terapai richmond -- drums daniel denholm -- string arrangement , vocal arrangement clayton doley -- organ ; technical personnel ed buller -- co-producer , programming trent williamson -- co-producer chart performance album black the sun peaked at # 9 on the australian charts and was in the top 50 albums for 28 weeks .