Rapture (The Mavis's album)

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Rapture
The Mavis's - Rapture.jpg
Studio album by
The Mavis's
Released10 March 2003 (2003-03-10)
Recorded2000
Genre Power pop, pop
Length52:56
Label Festival Mushroom
Producer Kalju Tonuma
The Mavis's chronology
Throwing Little Stones
(2002)		Rapture
(2003)		Kids in the Basement: Volume One
(2011)
Singles from Rapture
  1. "Coming Home"
    Released: July 2000
  2. "Happiness"
    Released: February 2001

Rapture is the third studio album by Australian pop band, The Mavis's, which was released in March 2003 by their record label, Festival Mushroom Records. [1] [2] It was produced by Kalju Tonuma, who had also worked on their previous two studio albums. [3] The album's lead single, "Coming Home" (July 2000), [4] peaked at No. 72 on the ARIA Singles Chart. The second single, "Happiness", was released in February 2001, which reached the top 100 on the ARIA Singles Chart and No. 9 on the related ARIA Alternative Singles Chart. [5] [6]

Contents

The album had been delayed from its originally proposed release date of 2 July 2001 due to problems between the band and the label. [7] [8] According to Matt Atlee of Australian Music Scrapbook website it was an "amicable split", [7] however, Christie Eliezer of Music & Media Business News reported that "Despite what both sides say, the Mavis's split from Festival Mushroom Records and the canning of the July-due Rapture album was far from amicable." [8] In July to August 2001, the group toured Australia and performed tracks from the album, [8] before disbanding in December. [7]

Five months prior to the studio album's appearance, Festival Mushroom Records issued a compilation album, Throwing Little Stones... The Best of (20 October 2002), which included tracks from Rapture. [9] At subsequent reunion concerts by The Mavis's, they have played material from all three of their studio albums. [10] [11]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Burst into Space"Matthew James Thomas, Lamar J Lowder [12] 4:56
2."Wrong Side of Town"M Thomas, Simon Sean Nicholas David Austin4:09
3."Coming Home"M Thomas, Austin3:51
4."Only in My Head"Rebecca Louise Thomas, Nicholas John Daniel3:49
5."You Come Through"M Thomas3:46
6."Waking Up on the Run"M Thomas, Royce Alan M Doherty4:10
7."Happiness"Matthew Ford, M Thomas3:12
8."Keeping Low"M Thomas, Doherty, Austin3:44
9."Don't You Ever"M Thomas, Andrea Jane Vendy4:20
10."Let the Covers Down"R Thomas, Daniel4:29
11."Saving It Up for You"M Thomas, Doherty4:08
12."Distraction"M Thomas, Jane Marie Genevieve Wiedlin, Charlotte Irene Caffey 3:43
13."Drive"M Thomas4:35

Personnel

The Mavis's members
Recording credits

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