Future Spa is the third album by Australian rock band
The Fauves
Fauvism /ˈfoʊvɪzm̩/ is the style of ''les Fauves'' (French language, French for "the wild beasts"), a group of early 20th-century modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong colour over the Representation (arts), repr ...
. It was released in August 1996.
The album contained two songs that appeared in
Triple J Hottest 100, 1996
The 1996 Triple J Hottest 100, counted down in January 1997, was a countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. A CD featuring 31 of the songs was released. A countdown of the ...
, "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
Spiderbait is an Australian alternative rock band from Finley, New South Wales, formed in 1991 by bass guitarist and singer Janet English, drummer and singer Kram (musician), Kram, and guitarist Damian Whitty. In 2004 the group's cover version o ...
's ''
Ivy and the Big Apples
''Ivy and the Big Apples'' is the third studio album by Australian rock band Spiderbait. It became a double platinum-selling record that reached the top 10 of the albums chart in Australia and won the 1997 ARIA Award for Best Alternative Relea ...
''. In November 2008, ''
The Age
''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Austral ...
'' reported that the album had sold 15,000 copies, making it the best-selling Fauves album.
Cox noted, "There are so many things you can write about, yet rock tends to limit itself to a very narrow band of what's acceptable. This is just our attempt to broaden that a little. Even if the lyrics aren't great, at least they're different. None of us are claiming to be poets."
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*
*Song ends at minute 4:40. After 5 minutes of silence, begins the
hidden track
In the field of recorded music, a hidden track (sometimes called a ghost track, secret track or unlisted track) is a song or a piece of audio that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, LP record, or other recorded medium, in such a way as t ...
, "Everybody's Getting a Three Piece Together" (9:40 - 12:40), followed by a police interview of two band members regarding a marijuana arrest and caution (12:40 - 19:40).
Future Spa
Jonathan Lewis, All Music Guide
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
References
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1996 albums
The Fauves albums