Five Star Laundry
Appearance
Five Star Laundry | ||||
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Released | 5 March 2001 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock Post grunge | |||
Length | 53:08 | |||
Label | Sputnik | |||
Producer | Craig Harnath | |||
Motor Ace chronology | ||||
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Five Star Laundry is the debut album by Australian post-grunge band, Motor Ace, which was released on 5 March 2001. It peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart.[1] It exposed Motor Ace to the Australian public, especially by listeners of national youth radio station, Triple J. The album provided three singles, "American Shoes" (June 2000), "Death Defy" (November 2000) – used as the theme song for the Australian TV drama series, The Secret Life of Us – and "Hey Driver" (February 2001). On the Triple J Hottest 100, 2000 both "American Shoes" (No. 65) and "Death Defy" (No. 98) were listed.[2] "Hey Driver" appeared in the 2001 listing at No. 53.[3]
Track listing
- "Hey Driver" – 4:56
- "Death Defy" – 4:19
- "Five Star Laundry" – 4:04
- "Lorenzo" – 3:51
- "Budge" – 4:47
- "American Shoes" – 4:10
- "Siamese" – 4:56
- "Chairman of the Board" – 4:02
- "Freefall" – 4:49
- "Enemies" – 3:22
- "Criminal Past" – 3:19
- "Money and Sympathy" – 6:33
Personnel
- Matt Balfe - bass, vocals
- Damian Costin - drums, percussion
- Dave Ong - guitars, piano
- Patrick Robertson - guitar, lead vocal
References
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Motor Ace". Australia Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "2000 | history | triple j hottest 100". Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ^ "2001 | history | triple j hottest 100". Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2018.