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

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.

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)

"Big Brother Age" — 3:46
"Don't Get Death Threats Anymore" — 3:22
"Self Abuser" — 2:54
"Sentimental Motel Journey" — 3:33
"Dogs Are the Best People" — 2:49
"I Love the Fight Game" — 2:35
"Understanding Kyuss" — 2:53
"That's the Lifestyle" — 4:13
"Skateboard World Record" — 2:38
"Tying One On" — 2:55
"I Wrote You a Power Ballad" — 3:56
"Dragster For Christmas" — 2:50
"Suddenly Looked and Realised" — 2:48
"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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