Spiders is the debut album by Space, released on 16 September 1996.[1] The album peaked at #5 on the UK Albums Chart in September 1996,[5] and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry in December 1996.[1] "Spiders" peaked at #133 in Australia,[6] #45 in New Zealand in May 1997,[7] and #35 in Finland.[8] "Money", "Kill Me", "Neighbourhood", "Female of the Species", "Me and You Versus the World" and "Dark Clouds" (the first two combined together as a double A-side) were released as singles, though the former was re-recorded for the album. It sold an estimated 800,000 copies between 1996 and 1998.[9]
Lead vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 13 and 15: Tommy Scott
Lead vocals on tracks 6, 7, 8, 11 and 12: Jamie Murphy
Track 1 contains a spoken sample from the film Up in Smoke, starring Cheech and Chong. Tommy Chong, as Anthony "Man" Stoner, says, "Who lives here, man?"
Track 6 contains a spoken sample from the Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction. An Ed Sullivan impersonator says, "Ladies and gentlemen, now the moment you've all been waiting for" - a part of his introduction for the dance contest in which Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) participate.
Track 7 contains a sample of the iconic quote "I am not an animal! I am a human being!", spoken by John Hurt as John Merrick in the David Lynch film The Elephant Man.
^Sexton, Paul (30 November 2002). "A Quarterly Roundup Of Noteworthy Uocoming Releases". Billboard. Vol. 114, No. 48 (ISSN 0006-2510): 52. {{cite journal}}: |issue= has extra text (help); |volume= has extra text (help)
