Spartacus (The Farm album)

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Length 45:23 Release date 30 April 1991		Artist The Farm Label Sire Records

Released 4 March 1991 (UK), 30 April 1991 (US) Spartacus(1991) Love See No Colour(1992) Producers Stan Culli, Paul Heaton, Suggs Genres Alternative rock, Baggy, Alternative dance Similar The Very Best of The Farm, Hullabaloo, Best of The Farm

The farm hearts and minds

Spartacus is the 1991 debut album of Liverpool-based group The Farm, released in the spring of 1991 shortly after the height of Madchester. It reached number one in the UK album chart, staying there for a week. Spartacus was dedicated to the parents of former band member Andy McVann, who died in a car chase escaping from the police on 1 October 1986.

Track listing

Music Steve Grimes Lyrics Peter Hooton.

"Hearts and Minds" - 4:24
"How Long" - 3:38
"Sweet Inspiration" - 5:29
"Groovy Train" - 4:10
"Higher and Higher" - 4:38
"Don't Let Me Down" - 4:37
"Family of Man" - 4:44
"Tell the Story" - 3:39
"Very Emotional" - 4:41
"All Together Now" - 5:41
"Higher and Higher [Remix]" - 6:09
"Very Emotional [Remix]" - 6:22

Reception

The album was critically acclaimed in the UK and the rest of the world especially Germany and the USA. Album of the Month in Select and Vox magazines album of the week in the NME and Sounds. The NME placed the album at number 32 in their list of the Top 50 Albums of 1991.