Shape (album)
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::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Shape |
| type | Album |
| artist | Frente! |
| cover | Shape_by_Frente!.jpg |
| released | July 15, 1996 |
| recorded | 1995 |
| genre | Alternative rock |
| length | 48:22 |
| label | Mammoth / Atlantic |
| producer | Cameron McVey, Ted Niceley, David M. Allen, Frente! |
| prev_title | Lonely (EP) |
| prev_year | 1994 |
| next_title | Live at Fez, New York 2004 |
| next_year | 2014 |
| misc | {{Singles |
| name | Album |
| type | studio |
| single1 | Sit on My Hands |
| single1date | 1996 |
| single2 | Horrible |
| single2date | 1996 |
| single3 | What's Come Over Me |
| single3date | 1996 |
| single4 | Goodbye Goodguy |
| single4date | 1997 |
| single5 | Jungle |
| single5date | 1998 |
| :: |
| name = Shape | type = Album | artist = Frente! | cover = Shape_by_Frente!.jpg | alt = | released = July 15, 1996 | recorded = 1995 | venue = | studio = | genre = Alternative rock | length = 48:22 | label = Mammoth / Atlantic | producer = Cameron McVey, Ted Niceley, David M. Allen, Frente! | prev_title = Lonely (EP) | prev_year = 1994 | next_title = Live at Fez, New York 2004 | next_year = 2014 | misc = {{Singles | name = Album | type = studio | single1 = Sit on My Hands | single1date = 1996 | single2 = Horrible | single2date = 1996 | single3 = What's Come Over Me | single3date = 1996 | single4 = Goodbye Goodguy | single4date = 1997 | single5 = Jungle | single5date = 1998 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = |rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |rev2score = Shape is the second studio album from Australian band Frente!, released in July 1996. The album was recorded in Spain in 1995 and produced by Cameron McVey and Ted Niceley. It was not as successful as their debut album.
Critical reception
Billboard wrote that the band "breaks new creative ground without straying too far from its quirky style."
Track listing
| headline = Shape track listing | all_writing = Angie Hart and Simon Austin, except where noted | title1 = Sit on My Hands | writer1 = Hart | length1 = 4:00 | title2 = Horrible | length2 = 1:52 | title3 = Goodbye Goodguy | writer3 = Austin, Hart, Bill McDonald | length3 = 2:51 | title4 = Burning Girl | length4 = 2:36 | title5 = Clue | length5 = 2:24 | title6 = Harm | length6 = 3:54 | title7 = Air | writer7 = Austin, Hart, McDonald | length7 = 4:23 | title8 = Jungle | writer8 = Austin, Hart, McDonald, Alastair Barden | length8 = 3:06 | title9 = So Mad | writer9 = Hart | length9 = 2:28 | title10 = Safe from You | length10 = 4:21 | title11 = The Destroyer | length11 = 2:33 | title12 = What's Come Over Me | writer12 = Hart | length12 = 4:52 | title13 = Calmly | length13 = 8:59
| headline = Japanese edition bonus tracks | title14 = Bill's O Bubblin | title15 = Dub on My Hands
Weekly charts
::data[format=table] | Chart (1996) | Peak position | Australia|35|artist=Frente!|album=Shape|accessdate=12 April 2016}} | |---|---|---| ::
Personnel
- Angie Hart - lead vocals
- Simon Austin - guitar and backing vocals
- Bill McDonald - bass guitar
- Alastair Barden - drums
References
References
- (July 13, 1996). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc..
- "Shape - Frente! | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic".
- (2006). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". MUZE.
- Joyce, Mike. (July 12, 1996). "FRENTE'S SONGS FINALLY TAKE SHAPE'".
- (July 27, 1996). "Reviews & Previews". Nielsen Business Media, Inc..
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