''Throwing Little Stones: The Best of The Mavis's'' is a

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album by

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rock band,

The Mavis's The Mavis's were an Australian rock band formed in Ballarat, Victoria, in 1987. Founding mainstays are Becky Thomas (a.k.a. Beki Thomas, Beki Colada) on vocals and keyboards, her brother Matt Thomas on guitar and vocals, and Andrea Vendy on drum ...

Background and release

The Mavis's were formed in

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in 1987, consisting of brother and sister Matt Thomas (vocals/guitar) and Beki Thomas (vocals/keyboard/percussion ) and school friends Andrea "Andi" Vendy (drums) and Kathryn McNulty (bass). They were joined by Nick on guitar in 1990 and a debut single "Rollercoaster"/"Witch Hunt" was released. In 1995, the band were signed to

Mushroom Records Mushroom Records was an Australian flagship record label, founded in 1972 in Melbourne. It published and distributed many successful Australian artists and expanded internationally, until it was merged with Festival Records in 1998. Festival Mu ...

and recorded their debut album ''

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''. In 1998, the band released ''

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'', which peaked at number 12 in Australia. The band subsequently toured with

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and

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. In 1999, the band headed to the United States to work on their third album and released "Coming Home" and "Happiness" in 2000/2001, but conflict between the band and the record label arose and the two agreed to part ways late in 2001. Mushroom Records released ''Throwing Little Stones'' in 2002, compiling tracks from their two released studio albums and seven unreleased tracks.

Track listing

# "Thunder" – 3:30 # "Coming Home" – 3:51 # "Burst Into Space" – 4:25 # "

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" – 4:08 # "Box" – 3:57 # "Lost" – 4:01 # "

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" – 3:22 # "Drive" – 4:35 # "See-Saw" – 3:06 # "Does It Matter" – 4:00 # "Happiness" – 3:10 # "Just a Little Shove" – 2:16 # "Keeping Low" – 3:44 # "Snow White Line" – 4:25 # "Moon Drone Gold" – 3:08 # "Do You Have a Brother?" – 2:53 # "

Puberty Song "Puberty Song" is a song by Australian alternative rock group, The Mavis's. The song was released in December 1998 as the fourth and final single from their second studio album, ''Pink Pills'' (1998). The single peaked at number 92 on the ARIA Ch ...

" – 3:52 # "

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" – 3:12 # " Walk On By" – 3:21 # "

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" – 4:22 # "Roller Coaster" – 4:39

Credits

* Josh Alexander – bass * Kathryn McNulty – bass * Andrea Vendy – drums * Matt Thomas – guitar * Nick Gill – guitar * Matt Thomas – keyboards * Becky Thomas – Farfisa organ * Andrea Vendy – percussion

Release history

References

{{The Mavis's Compilation albums by Australian artists 2002 greatest hits albums Mushroom Records albums