The Ideal Crash

The Ideal Crash
Studio album by dEUS
Released	16 March 1999
Genre	Art rock
Length	56:14
Label	Island
Producer	David Bottrill
dEUS chronology
In a Bar, Under the Sea (1996) The Ideal Crash (1999) Pocket Revolution (2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The Ideal Crash is the third studio album by the Belgian rock band dEUS, released in March 1999. The album was recorded in Spain and it includes the single Instant Street, which became an underground hit in Europe. The album cover art is the first dEUS CD cover that does not feature a painting by ex-guitar player Rudy Trouvé.

The Ideal Crash was the first dEUS album to be directly released through a Major label (Island Records) but it's also the only dEUS album that didn't get a US release.

The album gained a quick success in Belgium by reaching Gold (25,000 copies) in one week. By April 2008, The Ideal Crash had sold about 250,000 copies. ^[2]

Track listing

1. "Put the Freaks Up Front" (dEUS) – 5:14
2. "Sister Dew" (Tom Barman, Craig Ward) – 5:35
3. "One Advice, Space" (Barman, Ward, Kelvin Smits) – 5:46
4. "The Magic Hour" (Barman, Ward) – 5:23
5. "The Ideal Crash" (Barman, Ward, Danny Mommens) – 5:00
6. "Instant Street" (Barman, Ward, Mommens) – 6:15
7. "Magdalena" (Barman, Ward, Mommens) – 4:58
8. "Everybody's Weird" (Barman, Ward) – 4:51
9. "Let's See Who Goes Down First" (Klaas Janzoons, Ward) – 6:23
10. "Dream Sequence #1" (Barman, Ward) – 6:31

Singles

• Instant Street (February 1999) - #49 UK
• Sister Dew (May 1999) - #62 UK
• The Ideal Crash (October 1999)

Charts references:www.chartstats.com^[3]

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Pocket Revolution - The unofficial dEUS-weblog
3. Chart Stats - Deus