Down To Earth (Flight Facilities Album)

''Down to Earth'' is the debut studio album by Australian electronic duo Flight Facilities, released on 24 October 2014 by Future Classic.

The album debuted and peaked at number 3 on the ARIA Albums Chart in November 2014.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2014, the album was nominated for Album of the Year, Best Dance Release and Best Cover Art.

At the J Awards of 2014, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.

Of the group's six singles released prior to the album, three were omitted from the album—"Foreign Language", "With You" and "I Didn't Believe". All three were later recorded live for '' Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra'' (2015).

By the end of 2015, the album was certified Gold for sales of more than 35,000 units.

"Stand Still" was remixed by Australian future bass producer Wave Racer.

Release and promotion

On 24 August 2014, Flight Facilities uploaded a video to YouTube to promote the release of their album and upcoming tour dates. The video premiered the album artwork and listed all the featured artists.

Shortly afterwards, Flight Facilities' website was updated for album pre-orders, which included the First Class Experience containing branded eye mask, inflatable pillow, toothbrush, socks and ear plugs. On 9 September 2014, the video for " Two Bodies" featuring Emma Louise was released.

In the days leading up to the album release, previews of the album had been released to the media with no explanation as to who was the guest vocalist on a reprise of their first ever single from 2010, " Crave You", co-written by Giselle Rosselli. On October 16, triple j suggested it may be Kylie Minogue, but Flight Facilities refused to confirm, saying "I think that everyone will find out who it is collectively pretty soon but it's a secret that we definitely want to be kept just for ow It's something that we're really excited about but we didn't want to be a gimmick."

That same day, Flight Facilities uploaded a video of Kylie Minogue performing an a cappella cover of "Crave You", wearing an oversized T-shirt while standing on a mattress in a loft apartment, confirming her appearance.

The duo said "the initial idea was to maybe put (Kylie) on the whole of 'Crave You' – to do it again. But we actually felt hatkeeping the original ersionon is part of keeping our original story mixed with the new."

The album was released 24 October 2014, debuting at number 3 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

Flight Facilities
* Hugo Gruzman – writing, production
* James Lyell – writing, production

Other musicians
* Andrew Johnson – monologue
* Michael Di Francesco – bass guitar
* Owl Eyes – vocals
* Katie Noonan – vocals
* Nick Broadhurst – saxophone
* Eric J Drubowsky – guitar
* Dennis Dowlut – vocals

Technical

* James David – mixing

Artwork

* Timothy Lovett – artwork

Charts

Certifications

References

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2014 debut albums
Flight Facilities albums