Released August 13, 1996 Producer Failure Artist Failure Label Warner Bros. Records | Length 67:51 Fantastic Planet
(1996) Golden
(2004) Release date 13 August 1996 | |
Recorded F.P.S. Studios, Los Angeles; Madhatter Studios, Silverlake Genres Alternative rock, Space rock, Grunge, Alternative metal, Art rock, Progressive rock Similar The Heart Is a Mons, Magnified, Comfort, Golden, Essentials |
Failure fantastic planet full album
Fantastic Planet is the third studio album by the American alternative rock band Failure, released on August 13, 1996. It was the last album released on Slash Records as distributed by Warner Bros. Records. The album failed to chart on Billboard 's Top 200 albums, but did produce a charting single with "Stuck on You", which reached #23 on Billboard 's Alternative Songs Chart. The album was produced by Failure themselves in a process that took longer than their previous two albums, with one song being recorded and produced soon after being written, and repeating this process. Space-rock themes are present in the lyrics, as well as various indirect references to drug addiction, drug-related experiences, and prostitution. The artwork is based on the cover of the L. Ron Hubbard novel Return to Tomorrow. Seven of the album's songs were also included on Failure's Essentials, a best-of collection from 2006.
Contents
- Failure fantastic planet full album
- Saturday savior
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Credits
- Chart Position
- Influences
- Songs
- References
In 2009, JustPressPlay named Fantastic Planet the third-best album of the 1990s. They also ranked the song "The Nurse Who Loved Me" at #10 in its list of the Top 100 Songs of the 1990s.
On March 24th 2015 it was announced the album was to be reissued on 180g clear and 120g black vinyl via the band's own PledgeMusic page.
Saturday savior
Track listing
All tracks written by Ken Andrews & Greg Edwards
- "Saturday Saviour" – 4:27
- "Sergeant Politeness" – 4:05
- "Segue 1" - 1:54
- "Smoking Umbrellas" – 3:58
- "Pillowhead" - 2:09
- "Blank" – 5:38
- "Segue 2" - 1:17
- "Dirty Blue Balloons" – 4:23
- "Solaris" – 3:43
- "Pitiful" – 4:45
- "Leo" – 3:05
- "Segue 3" - 2:11
- "The Nurse Who Loved Me" – 4:25
- "Another Space Song" – 5:10
- "Stuck on You" – 4:28
- "Heliotropic" – 6:14
- "Daylight" – 6:00
Personnel
Credits
Produced by Failure; engineered by Ken Andrews. Recorded at F.P.S. Studios (Los Angeles CA) and Madhatter Studios (Silverlake CA). Mastered by Tom Baker at Future Disc (Hollywood CA).
Chart Position
"Stuck On You" had charted on Billboard's Alternative Rock (January 11th) and Mainstream Rock charts (January 25) in early 1997. The single left both charts nine weeks after appearing.
Influences
Songs
1Saturday Saviour4:28
2Sergeant Politeness4:05
3Segue 11:54