Future Spa (album)

Future Spa
Studio album by The Fauves
Released August 1996
Recorded Sing Sing, Hothouse, Melbourne and Charing Cross, Sydney
Genre Indie rock
Length 60:45
Label Polydor Records
Producer Wayne Connolly, Greg Wales
The Fauves chronology
The Young Need Discipline
(1994)The Young Need Discipline1994		 Future Spa
(1996)		 Lazy Highways
(1998)Lazy Highways1998

Future Spa is the third album by Australian rock band The Fauves. It was released in August 1996.

The album contained two songs that appeared in Triple J Hottest 100, 1996, "Dogs Are the Best People" at No.20 and "Self Abuser" at No.30.[1] It was nominated for Best Alternative Album in the 1997 ARIA awards but lost to Spiderbait's Ivy and the Big Apples.[2][3] In November 2008, The Age reported that the album had sold 15,000 copies,[4] making it the best-selling Fauves album.

Track listing

(All songs written by The Fauves)

  1. "Big Brother Age" — 3:46
  2. "Don't Get Death Threats Anymore" — 3:22
  3. "Self Abuser" — 2:54
  4. "Sentimental Motel Journey" — 3:33
  5. "Dogs Are the Best People" — 2:49
  6. "I Love the Fight Game" — 2:35
  7. "Understanding Kyuss" — 2:53
  8. "That's the Lifestyle" — 4:13
  9. "Skateboard World Record" — 2:38
  10. "Tying One On" — 2:55
  11. "I Wrote You a Power Ballad" — 3:56
  12. "Dragster For Christmas" — 2:50
  13. "Suddenly Looked and Realised" — 2:48
  14. "Tighter Than I Like" — 19:45*

*Contains hidden track, "Everybody's Getting a Three Piece Together", followed by a police interview of two band members regarding a marijuana arrest and caution.[5]

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

  1. ↑ McFarlane, Ian (1999). The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-86-448768-8.
  2. ↑ 1997 Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine., ARIA Awards
  3. ↑ George Palathingal (August 11, 2006). "The Fauves". Sydney Morning Herald.
  4. ↑ Patrick Donovan (November 21, 2008). "Almost famous". The Age.
  5. ↑ Future Spa, Jonathan Lewis, All Music Guide
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