Grand Slam (Spiderbait album)

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Grand Slam
Spiderbait - Grand Slam.jpg
Studio album by
Released12 April 1999
Recorded1998
Studio
  • Q
  • 301
Genre
Length45:23
Label Polydor
Producer Phil McKellar
Spiderbait chronology
Live in Canada and Australia!!
(1997)
Grand Slam
(1999)
The Flight of Wally Funk
(2001)
Singles from Grand Slam
  1. "Shazam!"
    Released: 1 March 1999
  2. "Stevie"
    Released: May 1999
  3. "Plastic"
    Released: September 1999
  4. "Glokenpop"
    Released: January 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Airfavourable [1]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
CLUASfavourable [3]

Grand Slam is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band Spiderbait. The album marked a significant change in sound for the band, with many of the songs being heavily produced pop sung by bassist Janet English. The remainder of the album is a mix of alternative rock (sung, as on previous albums, by drummer Kram) and electronica.

Contents

The song "Glokenpop" (also spelt "Glockenpop") is featured in the 2009 video game LittleBigPlanet for PlayStation Portable. [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Cracker"3:06
2."Glokenpop"3:19
3."Shazam!"2:03
4."Dinnertime"2:11
5."Plastic"2:31
6."Bessy's Last Journey"3:17
7."Daisy May"1:58
8."White Trash Superstar"3:27
9."Buster"2:13
10."By the Time I Get to Howlong"1:59
11."Stevie"3:00
12."Jellybean Drifter"2:45
13."King of the Northern"2:12
14."Tallygaroopna"1:13
15."Ultralite"4:01
16."Lickety Split"2:45
17."Lost in Adelaide"3:22

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] 10

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [6] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

CountryRelease dateFormatLabelCatalogue
AustraliaApril 1999CD Polydor 547349-2
AustraliaAugust 2019LP Grudge 7745085

References

  1. Ivan Corsa. "Music Reviews". Air. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  2. David Colon. Grand Slam at AllMusic. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  3. Ian Stalvies (2000). "Spiderbait's 'Grand Slam'". cluas.com. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  4. "Glokenpop Videos". NME . Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  5. "Australiancharts.com – Spiderbait – Grand Slam". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  6. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 7 October 2019.