''Drowning in the Fountain of Youth'' is the second album by Australian act Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males. The album received positive reviews in the local music scene, and was considered for the Album of 2006 by Melbourne street magazine, ''

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''. The album provided a single, "Drunk on Election Night"; the track was included by Neil Young in his website's playlist: ''Living with War - Songs of the Times'', in late 2006. ''Drowning in the Fountain of Youth'' peaked at No. 8 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums Chart and Kelly was nominated for Best Male Artist for the release at the

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. At the

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, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.

Track listing

In-Fidelity (SHK INFCD-125) # "Safeway Holiday (Get Wise)" # "Babysitters of the World Unite" # "Drowning in the Fountain of Youth (Plastic Surgery Jam)" # "I Will Release Myself (Unto You)" # "Fire & Theft (The Landscape Gardners Dream)" # "My Brains Are On Fire! (Life Coach Baby)" # "Back on the Booze Again" # "Mail Order Bride" # "Drunk On Election Night" # "The Lonely Coconut" # "Vice City Rolling" # "Star of the Sea"

Personnel

* Dan Kelly –

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

, Bass,

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, Glockenspiel * A. Ron Cupples - Guitar,

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* Dan Luscombe - Keyboards, Vocals * Lewis Boyes - Bass, Vocals * Christian Strybosch – drums, Vocals

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Drowning In The Fountain Of Youth 2006 albums Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males albums