Tin Planet

Tin Planet
Studio album by Space
Released 9 March 1998
Recorded 1997
Genre Britpop
Length 49:36
Label Gut Records
Producer Jeremy Wheatley, Space
Space chronology
Spiders
(1996)		 Tin Planet
(1998)		 Suburban Rock 'n' Roll
(2004)
Singles from Tin Planet
  1. "Avenging Angels"
    Released: 29 December 1997
  2. "The Ballad of Tom Jones"
    Released: 23 February 1998
  3. "Begin Again"
    Released: 22 June 1998
  4. "The Bad Days EP"
    Released: 23 November 1998
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Tin Planet is the second album from Liverpool-based Britpop group Space. It was released on 9 March 1998 and peaked at #3 in the UK charts,[1] two places higher than their debut album Spiders.[1] "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.[2] The album peaked at #11 in New Zealand in May 1998.[3]

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.[1] 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 a 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.

Track listing

  1. "Begin Again" (Scott/Space) – 3:11
  2. "Avenging Angels" (Scott/Space) – 2:59
  3. "The Ballad of Tom Jones" featuring Cerys Matthews (Scott/Space) – 4:11
  4. "1 O'Clock" (Murphy/Palmer/Griffiths/Scott/Space) – 4:05
  5. "Be There" (Scott/Griffiths/Space) – 2:49
  6. "The Man" (Griffiths/Space) – 3:53
  7. "A Liddle Biddy Help from Elvis" (Scott/Griffiths/Space) – 3:28
  8. "The Unluckiest Man in the World" (Scott/Space) – 3:25
  9. "Piggies" (Murphy/Palmer/Griffiths/Space) – 3:15
  10. "Bad Days" (Scott/Space) – 3:24
  11. "There's No You" (Scott/Space) – 3:46
  12. "Disco Dolly" (Scott/Griffiths/Space) – 3:52
  13. (4 Seconds Silence)
  14. "Fran in Japan" (Griffiths/Space) – 7:13

Bonus tracks (2+CD edition)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Official Charts > Space". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
  2. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  3. ↑ "charts.org.nz > Space - Tin Planet (album)". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-10-03.

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