Tin Planet
| Tin Planet | ||||
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| Studio album by Space | ||||
| Released | 9 March 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Alternative pop[1] | |||
| Length | 49:36 | |||
| Label | Gut | |||
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Tin Planet is the second album from Liverpool-based alternative group Space. It was released on 9 March 1998 and peaked at #3 in the UK charts,[2] two places higher than their debut album Spiders.[2] "Tin Planet" was their first album to enter the Australian ARIA top 100 albums chart, debuting on 24 May 1998 and peaking at #74 the following week.[3] The album peaked at #11 in New Zealand in May 1998.[4]
The songs "Avenging Angels", "The Ballad of Tom Jones" (a duet with Catatonia's Cerys Matthews), "Begin Again" and "Bad Days" were released as singles, all hitting the UK top 40.[2] It is notably more polished, heavy on synths and pop-orientated than Spiders.
Earlier limited editions of Tin Planet came with a special metallic tin packaging, presumably to fit with the 'metal' theme of the sleeve artwork. The album is presented as an airfix-style hobby kit containing parts needed to build a robot out of scrap metal. Constructed by Liverpool-based artist and musician Mike Badger, a founding member of The La's, the completed robot features on the back of the sleeve and is currently exhibited at the Museum of Liverpool.
Allmusic's Jason Damas noted how, "before the release of Tin Planet, lead vocalist Tommy Scott made reference to the album as being one of the finest pop records ever made."[5]
Track listing
- "Begin Again" (Scott/Space) – 3:11
- "Avenging Angels" (Scott/Space) – 2:59
- "The Ballad of Tom Jones" featuring Cerys Matthews (Scott/Space) – 4:11
- "1 O'Clock" (Murphy/Palmer/Griffiths/Scott/Space) – 4:05
- "Be There" (Scott/Griffiths/Space) – 2:49
- "The Man" (Griffiths/Space) – 3:53
- "A Liddle Biddy Help from Elvis" (Scott/Griffiths/Space) – 3:28
- "The Unluckiest Man in the World" (Scott/Space) – 3:25
- "Piggies" (Murphy/Palmer/Griffiths/Space) – 3:15
- "Bad Day's" (Scott/Space) – 3:24
- "There's No You" (Scott/Space) – 3:46
- "Disco Dolly" (Scott/Griffiths/Space) – 3:52
- (4 Seconds Silence)
- "Fran in Japan" (Griffiths/Space) – 7:13
- Lead vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12: Tommy Scott
- Lead vocals on tracks 4 and 9: Jamie Murphy
- Tracks 6 and 14 are instrumentals
Bonus tracks (2+CD edition)
- "Stress Transmissions"
- "Stress Transmissions" (5 O'Clock Shadow Mix)
References
- ↑ Amazon.com editorial review, found at https://www.amazon.com/Tin-Planet-Space/dp/B00000G6AA
- 1 2 3 "Official Charts > Space". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
- ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ↑ "charts.org.nz > Space - Tin Planet (album)". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
- ↑ Tin Planet - Space | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic
