''Spencer Tracy'' is the self-titled debut album by
Spencer Tracy
Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the first actor to win two cons ...
, released 11 August 2003.
The album was recorded at Revolver Studio with producer
Ben Glatzer
Ben-Zion "Ben" Glatzer (born 8 October 1959, Perth) is an Australian sound engineer and producer. He worked on Ammonia's debut album, ''Mint 400'' (1995), The Chevelles' ''At Second Glance'' (1995), Cartman's debut '' Go!'' (2002), The Stems ...
(
Ammonia
Ammonia is an inorganic compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula . A stable binary hydride, and the simplest pnictogen hydride, ammonia is a colourless gas with a distinct pungent smell. Biologically, it is a common nitrogenous was ...
,
The Sleepy Jackson
The Sleepy Jackson are an Australian alternative rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia. The band's name was inspired by a former drummer who was narcoleptic. The band revolves around the distinctive vocal style of multi-instrumentalist ...
,
Cartman
Eric Theodore Cartman, commonly referred to by his surname Cartman, is a fictional character in the adult animated sitcom ''South Park'', created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. He is voiced by Parker, and is one of the series' four main charact ...
). The album debuted at #9 on the
Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) top 20 album charts in September 2003.
It was selected as
Triple J
Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian Radio in Australia, radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greate ...
's "album of the week" (8 August to 15 August 2003).
Richard Kingsmill
Richard Kingsmill (born 29 January 1954) is an Australian radio announcer, music journalist and currently Group Music Director of triple j, triple j Unearthed, Double J and ABC Local Radio.
Career
His career at triple j started in 1988 as a p ...
wrote in The Music Network: "I championed Spencer Tracy a little bit around here because I was so surprised by it. I underestimated the band and didn’t think they could come up with a whole album of good guitar pop but they did. I thought it was a good strong positive record. It wasn’t just three singles and then really average material. I thought I can’t really fault this, there’s at least six or seven songs that are going to sound great on the radio."
Track listing
All tracks written by Lee Jones unless otherwise noted.
APRA database
at the Australasian Performing Right Association
APRA AMCOS consists of Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), both copyright management organisations or copyright collectives which jointly represent over 100,000 songwr ...
website (search each song title)
# " Disco King" - 4:02
# "Ocean
The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the wo ...
" - 4:01
# "Capsize" - 3:46
# "Sum Attention" - 3:35
# "Long Gone" (Oliver Jones, H Bell) - 4:25
# "Tonight" - 5:41
# "September" - 4:27
# "Yesterday" (Chris Jones) - 4:31
# "Supergirl" - 3:18
# "Changes" - 4:17
# "Stupid" - 2:46
# "Sixteen" - 4:38
Personnel
Spencer Tracy
* Lee Jones - Guitars, Vocals & Piano,
* John Rabjones - Guitars & Vocals,
* Kim Jones - Bass Guitar
* Shaun Sibbes - Drums & Vocals
References
{{Authority control
2003 debut albums
Spencer Tracy (band) albums