''Spencer Tracy'' is the self-titled debut album by
Spencer Tracy
Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility. One of the major stars of Classical Hollywood cinema, Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the ...
, released 11 August 2003.
The album was recorded at Revolver Studio with producer
Ben Glatzer
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(
Ammonia
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,
The Sleepy Jackson
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,
Cartman
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). The album debuted at #9 on the
Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) top 20 album charts in September 2003.
It was selected as
Triple J
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's "album of the week" (8 August to 15 August 2003).
Richard Kingsmill
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wrote in The Music Network: "I championed Spencer Tracy a little bit around here because I was so surprised by it. I underestimated the band and didn’t think they could come up with a whole album of good guitar pop but they did. I thought it was a good strong positive record. It wasn’t just three singles and then really average material. I thought I can’t really fault this, there’s at least six or seven songs that are going to sound great on the radio."
Track listing
All tracks written by Lee Jones unless otherwise noted.
APRA database
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website (search each song title)
# " Disco King" - 4:02
# "Ocean
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" - 4:01
# "Capsize" - 3:46
# "Sum Attention" - 3:35
# "Long Gone" (Oliver Jones, H Bell) - 4:25
# "Tonight" - 5:41
# "September" - 4:27
# "Yesterday" (Chris Jones) - 4:31
# "Supergirl" - 3:18
# "Changes" - 4:17
# "Stupid" - 2:46
# "Sixteen" - 4:38
Personnel
Spencer Tracy
* Lee Jones - Guitars, Vocals & Piano,
* John Rabjones - Guitars & Vocals,
* Kim Jones - Bass Guitar
* Shaun Sibbes - Drums & Vocals
References
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2003 debut albums
Spencer Tracy (band) albums