Breakfast at Fatboys
| Breakfast at Fatboys | ||||
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| Released | 3 May 2004 | |||
| Recorded | Airlock, PSI F1, Black Box Studios 2004 | |||
| Length | 49:17 | |||
| Label | Valley Trash | |||
| Producer | Magoo | |||
| Butterfingers chronology | ||||
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Breakfast at Fatboys is the debut album by Australian rap rock group Butterfingers, released on 3 May 2004 on the group's own Valley Trash label and distributed by MGM.[1]
The album reached #61 on the ARIA album charts,[2] #15 on the ARIA Australian Release charts[3] and #2 on the AIR (Australian Independent Record Labels Association) Charts[3] where it remained in the top twenty of the AIR charts for over a year following its release.[4] Triple J named it 'Album of the Week' upon its release and added the new single, "Yo Mama" to high rotation at the station.[5] The album was also nominated for the Best Independent Release ARIA Award.[6]
Track listing[edit]
All songs written by Eddie Jacobson, except where noted[7]
- "Hook Up" (Eddie Jacobson, Damien Green, N. Grace) – 3:55
- "Mandarines" – 3:57
- "Everytime" (Jacobson, Dave Crane) – 4:23
- "Yo Mama" (Jacobson, Crane) – 3:20
- "Girl from Gore" – 2:21
- "Is It Just Me" (Jacobson, Crane) – 3:37
- "Hurt Me So Bad" – 5:14
- "Sorry" – 2:54
- "Piss on Ya" (featuring Monsta Mama) – 5:37
- "Smell You on Me" (Jacobson, Crane) – 2:17
- "Snatch and Grab" – 3:52
- "I Love Work" – 4:13
- "Speak Your Mind" – 3:42
Personnel[edit]
Butterfingers[edit]
- 'Evil' Eddie Jacobson — vocals, guitar, samples, kazoo
- Damien Green — drums, vocals
- Olly Thomas — percussion, samples, vocals, kazoo
- Dave Crane — bass, vocals
Additional musicians[edit]
- Nick 1 — vocals ("Hook Up")
- Monsta Mama — vocals ("Piss on Ya")
- Crystal — horns ("Snatch and Grab" and "I Love Work")
- Selfy — horns ("Snatch and Grab" and "I Love Work")
- Lorraine — cello ("Hurt Me So Bad")
- Elysia Elation — vocals ("I Love Work")
- Matt Murphy — keyboards ("Hook Up")
- Tom Thum — vocals ("Mandarines")
- Deady Stigmata — vocals ("Yo Mama")
Production[edit]
- Magoo — Producer, Engineer, Mixer
- Damien Green — Engineer, Mixer
- Jack the Bear — Mastering
Charts[edit]
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[8] | 61 |
References[edit]
- ^ ARIA releases (May 2004) Archived September 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ARIA Chart Archived 2007-08-28 at the Wayback Machine, 21 June 2004.
- ^ a b "Brisvegas rock outfit, Butterfingers, signs with Festival Mushroom!". Access All Areas.net.au. 15 March 2005. Retrieved 11 December 2008. [dead link]
- ^ "Artist Profile: Butterfingers". Warner Music Australia. Archived from the original on 8 August 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
- ^ "rage guest programmer profile - Butterfingers". Archived from the original on 7 August 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
- ^ Butterfingers Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine at the ARIA Music Awards website
- ^ APRA database Archived July 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine at the Australasian Performing Right Association website (search each song title)
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 46.
