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| Released | April 8, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1993 | |||
| Studio | Metropolis Audio, Sing Sing Studios | |||
| Genre | Pop, rock, Pop rock | |||
| Label | EMI Music Group | |||
| Producer | Brian Canham | |||
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Chocolate Starfish is the debut studio album by Australian rock music group, Chocolate Starfish, The album was released in April 1994 and peaked at number 2 on the ARIA Charts. The album spawned five singles and was certified Platinum.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Four Letter Word" | Chocolate Starfish | 4:22 |
| 2. | "All Over Me" | Adam Thompson, Glen Haffenden , Zoran Romich | 4:15 |
| 3. | "Ten Feet Tall" | Chocolate Starfish | 4:15 |
| 4. | "In Me" | Chocolate Starfish | 2:56 |
| 5. | "Mountain" | Chocolate Starfish | 4:57 |
| 6. | "Big" | Chocolate Starfish | 4:46 |
| 7. | "You're So Vain" | Carly Simon | 4:09 |
| 8. | "Kiss My Fire" | Chocolate Starfish | 3:10 |
| 9. | "Sign of Victory" | Thompson, David Campbell, Romich | 4:35 |
| 10. | "Head" | Thompson, Romich | 4:05 |
| 11. | "Sway Up" | Chocolate Starfish | 3:18 |
| 12. | "Into the Fire" (Includes hidden track Sway Up (Acoustic)) | Thompson, Campbell | 18:19 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ten Feet Tall" | Chocolate Starfish | 4:26 |
| 2. | "Big" | Chocolate Starfish | 4:24 |
| 3. | "Four Letter Word" | Chocolate Starfish | 4:20 |
| 4. | "God" | 3:17 | |
| 5. | "Mountain" | Chocolate Starfish | 5:59 |
| 6. | "Head" | Thompson, Romich | 6:35 |
| 7. | "All Over Me" | Thompson, Haffenden, Romich | 8:30 |
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA) [1] | 2 |
| Chart (1994) | Rank |
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| Australian Albums Chart [2] | 34 |
| Australian Artist Albums Chart | 6 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA) [3] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Region | Date | Format | Edition(s) | Label | Catalogue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | April 1994 |
| EMI Music Group | 8293542 | ||
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