Spin (Darren Hayes album)

Background

Hayes, continuing the trend from his years as Savage Garden's frontman, addresses romance on almost every track on the album. Walter Afanasieff, who had already worked on Savage Garden's Affirmation, oversaw the production of the majority of the album, with help from co-producers Greg Bieck, Rick Nowels and Robert Conley. Afanasieff produced five of the twelve tracks on the original release: "Insatiable", "Heart Attack", "Dirty", "Good Enough" and the title track, "Spin"; Bieck produced "Strange Relationship" and "I Miss You"; Nowels produced "Creepin' Up on You", "I Can't Ever Get Enough of You", "Like It or Not" and "What You Like"; and Conley solely produced the track "Crush (1980 Me)". Afanasieff also produced the Australian only bonus track, "The Heart Wants What It Wants", and the UK Collector's Edition bonus tracks, "I Wish U Heaven" and "Can't Help Falling in Love". Till 2006,the album sold 118,000 in United States.

Singles

Other tracks

During the Spin recording sessions, a number of tracks were left over, included as b-sides or completely unreleased. Although certain tracks were marketed as demo recordings, all appear to be the complete, final studio recordings. A total of fifteen tracks, excluding remixes, are listed.

1. "Falling at Your Feet" - Available as a b-side to "Insatiable" in both the UK and Australia. Although listed as a demo version, the song appears to be the complete, final studio recording, minus part of the unmastered backing track.
2. "Ride" - Available as a b-side to "Insatiable" in both the UK and Australia. Although listed as a demo version, the song appears to be the complete, final studio recording, and features the complete mastered backing track.
3. "So Bad" - Available as a b-side to "Strange Relationship" in both the UK and Australia. Although listed as a demo version, the song appears to be the complete, final studio recording, minus part of the unmastered backing track.
4. "Where You Want To Be" - Available as a b-side to "I Miss You" in both the UK and Australia, also included as one of three tracks unlocked on Hayes' official website using the enhanced content on the debut release of "Spin".
5. "Right Dead Back On It" - Available as a b-side to "Crush (1980 Me)" in Australia only. After 15,000 copies of the single were pressed, the track was removed for unknown copyright reasons, and new copies were pressed without it.

1. "Sexual Healing" - Available as b-side to "Strange Relationship" in the UK only, cover of the Marvin Gaye original. The song was recorded as part of a Capital Radio Session, which also featured a demo recording of "Insatiable".
2. "In Your Eyes" - Available as a b-side to "I Miss You" in the UK only, cover of the Peter Gabriel original. The song was recorded for intention of use on "Spin", however, was cut when Hayes claimed he wanted "all original material".
3. "I Wish U Heaven" - Available as a bonus track on the UK Collector's Edition of "Spin", cover of the Prince original. The recording only lasts 2:14, and only includes up to the second chorus of the song.
4. "Can't Help Falling in Love" - Available as a bonus track on the UK Collector's Edition of "Spin", cover of the Elvis Presley original. The recording only lasts 2:22, and only includes up to the second chorus of the song.

1. "When You Say You Love Me" - Available as one of three tracks unlocked on Hayes' official website using the enhanced content on the debut release of "Spin". The song was later covered by Australian band Human Nature for their album Walk the Tightrope, and Clay Aiken for his album Measure of a Man. Hayes also recorded a collaborative version of the song with Human Nature for their greatest hits album "A Symphony of Hits".
2. "Lift Me Up" - Available as one of three tracks unlocked on Hayes' official website using the enhanced content on the debut release of "Spin". The song was later covered by the Backstreet Boys, due for inclusion on their fifth studio album, Never Gone, and also considered for release on the follow-up album Unbreakable. However, their version remains unreleased. Hayes later recorded a collaborative version of the song with Olivia Newton-John for her duets album "(2)".
3. "The Heart Wants What It Wants" - Included as a bonus track on the standard edition of "Spin" exclusively in Australia and Japan. The track was never released in the United Kingdom, despite being listed by some retailers as the B-side to "Crush (1980 Me)" before its commercial release. The track also appears on the Australian Tour Edition of "Spin".

1. "Breath" - Leaked to the internet in 2004. "Breath" is the only unreleased track which has never been altered or changed and then commercially released. It was intended as the lead single from the collector's edition of "Spin", but was scrapped for unknown reasons.
2. "Believe" - Leaked to the internet in 2004. "Believe" is a solo version of the song "Do You Believe", which Hayes recorded as a duet with Specificus for their EP "Specificus" in 2002. The solo version features a slight lyrical and a completely different musical arrangement.
3. "Ocean" - Leaked to the internet in 2004. "Ocean" was later re-worked and released as the digital b-side to Hayes' 2007 single "On The Verge of Something Wonderful". Only minor differences exist between the two versions.