Shape (album)

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Shape
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 15, 1996
Recorded1995
Genre Alternative rock
Length48:22
Label Mammoth / Atlantic [1]
Producer Cameron McVey, Ted Niceley, David M. Allen, Frente!
Frente! chronology
Lonely (EP)
(1994)
Shape
(1996)
Live at Fez, New York 2004
(2014)
Singles from Album
  1. "Sit on My Hands"
    Released: 1996
  2. "Horrible"
    Released: 1996
  3. "What's Come Over Me"
    Released: 1996
  4. "Goodbye Goodguy"
    Released: 1997
  5. "Jungle"
    Released: 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Shape is the second studio album from Australian band Frente!, released in July 1996. [4] 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.

Contents

Critical reception

Billboard wrote that the band "breaks new creative ground without straying too far from its quirky style." [5]

Track listing

All songs written by Angie Hart and Simon Austin, except where noted.

  1. "Sit on My Hands" (Hart) - 4:00
  2. "Horrible" - 1:52
  3. "Goodbye Goodguy" (Austin, Hart, Bill McDonald) - 2:51
  4. "Burning Girl" - 2:36
  5. "Clue" - 2:24
  6. "Harm" - 3:54
  7. "Air" (Austin, Hart, McDonald) - 4:23
  8. "Jungle" (Austin, Hart, McDonald, Alastair Barden) - 3:06
  9. "So Mad" (Hart) - 2:28
  10. "Safe from You" - 4:21
  11. "The Destroyer" - 2:33
  12. "What's Come Over Me" (Hart) - 4:52
  13. "Calmly" - 8:59
  14. "Bill's O Bubblin" (Japan only bonus track)
  15. "Dub on My Hands" (Japan only bonus track)

Weekly charts

Chart (1996)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 35

Personnel

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