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Future Spa (album)

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Released
  
August 1996

Future Spa (1996)
  
Lazy Highways (1998)

Release date
  
August 1996

Label
  
Polydor Records

Length
  
60:45

Artist
  
The Fauves

Producer
  
Wayne Connolly

Genre
  
Indie rock

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Recorded
  
Sing Sing, Hothouse, Melbourne and Charing Cross, Sydney

Similar
  
The Fauves albums, Other albums

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Future Spa is the third album by Australian rock band The Fauves. It was released in August 1996.

Contents

The album contained two songs that appeared in Triple J Hottest 100, 1996, "Dogs Are the Best People" at No.20 and "Self Abuser" at No.30. It was nominated for Best Alternative Album in the 1997 ARIA awards but lost to Spiderbait's Ivy and the Big Apples. In November 2008, The Age reported that the album had sold 15,000 copies, making it the best-selling Fauves album.

Track listing

(All songs written by The Fauves)

  1. "Big Brother Age" — 3:46
  2. "Don't Get Death Threats Anymore" — 3:22
  3. "Self Abuser" — 2:54
  4. "Sentimental Motel Journey" — 3:33
  5. "Dogs Are the Best People" — 2:49
  6. "I Love the Fight Game" — 2:35
  7. "Understanding Kyuss" — 2:53
  8. "That's the Lifestyle" — 4:13
  9. "Skateboard World Record" — 2:38
  10. "Tying One On" — 2:55
  11. "I Wrote You a Power Ballad" — 3:56
  12. "Dragster For Christmas" — 2:50
  13. "Suddenly Looked and Realised" — 2:48
  14. "Tighter Than I Like" — 19:45*

*Contains hidden track, "Everybody's Getting a Three Piece Together", followed by a police interview of two band members regarding a marijuana arrest and caution.

Personnel

  • Phil Leonard — vocals, guitar
  • Andrew Cox — vocals, guitar
  • Andrew Dyer — bass, vocals
  • Adam Newey — drums, vocals

    • Additional musicians

  • Wayne Connolly — keyboards, guitar, mandolin, guitar, backing vocals
  • Tim Cleaver — guitar ("I Love the Fight Game")
  • Soultrain — guitar ("That's the Lifestyle)
  • Louise Taylor — keyboards

    • Songs

    1Big Brother Age3:46
    2Don't Get Death Threats Any3:22
    3Self Abuser2:54

    References

    Future Spa (album) Wikipedia
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