''Good Vibrations'' is the debut album of the Party Animals and was released in 1996. The Party Animals made their introduction on the video for the single "I Wanna Be A Hippy" by

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. The clip featured three gabbers and a

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. The producers Flamman & Abraxas discovered the four. Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, ''500 Nr. 1 Hits uit de Top 40'', page 325, 9023009444 (Book in Dutch) Flamman & Abraxas remixed the single and because one of the original producers, Lee Newman, died shortly after "I Wanna Be A Hippy" became a hit, they decided to continue with the singers as a new group. Flamman & Abraxas saw a potential for opening the mainly underground scene of gabber with this group by making the sound more pop oriented and thus introducing the new genre to a mainstream audience. The album mainly consists of cover versions of existing songs set in a fast gabber beat. The remade songs were not only pop songs, but included songs like Sarin which is based on heavy metal and Hakkefest which is based on "" from

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'' with 200 bpm drums set underneath. The album turned out to be very successful in

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with their first singles peaking at number one which makes them the first Dutch act to do so The album was certified Gold NVPI.nl
Dutch certification database Accessed November 4, 2006 and peaked at number 3 in the Dutch album charts.
Discography Party Animals. Accessed November 26, 2006

Track listing

Party Animals - Good Vibrations (1996, CD) on Discogs

References

External links

Official Website
* {{Authority control 1996 debut albums Party Animals (music group) albums