Spin (album)

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Spin
Spin cover
Studio album by Darren Hayes
Released March 18, 2001 (Australia)

April 1, 2002 (UK)
Recorded 2001
Genre Pop
Length 62:00
Label Columbia
Producer(s) Walter Afanasieff
Professional reviews
  • All Music Guide 2.5/5 stars link
Darren Hayes chronology
(See Savage Garden) Spin
(2002)		 The Tension and the Spark
(2004)


Alternate covers
Australian Tour Edition release
Australian Tour Edition release
Special Edition release
Special Edition release

Spin is the first solo album from the ex-Savage Garden member, Darren Hayes. The album was mixed by Chris Lord-Alge and produced by Walter Afanasieff. It was first released in Australia in 2001 and reached the rest of the world in 2002.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Strange Relationship" – 5:02
  2. "Insatiable" – 5:10
  3. "Heart Attack" – 5:04
  4. "I Miss You" – 5:30
  5. "Creepin' Up On You" – 4:53
  6. "Dirty" – 4:45
  7. "Crush (1980 Me)" – 4:00
  8. "Good Enough" – 6:11
  9. "I Can't Ever Get Enough Of You" – 5:16
  10. "Like It Or Not" – 6:20
  11. "What You Like" – 5:38
  12. "Spin" – 4:23

[edit] Australian Tour Edition

The "Australian Tour Edition" includes all the tracks from the initial Spin release as well as "The Heart Wants What It Wants". "The Heart Wants What It Wants" is a bonus track, on the first CD. The live tracks appear on the second CD.

[edit] Disc one

  1. "Strange Relationship" – 5:02
  2. "Insatiable" – 5:10
  3. "Heart Attack" – 5:04
  4. "I Miss You" – 5:30
  5. "Creepin' Up On You" – 4:53
  6. "Dirty" – 4:45
  7. "Crush (1980 Me)" – 4:00
  8. "Good Enough" – 6:11
  9. "I Can't Ever Get Enough Of You" – 5:16
  10. "Like It Or Not" – 6:20
  11. "What You Like" – 5:38
  12. "Spin" – 4:23
  13. "The Heart Wants What It Wants" – 4:59

[edit] Disc two

  1. "Dirty" [Acoustic Version - Live From Taipei] – 3:59
  2. "Insatiable" [Acoustic Version - Live From Taipei] – 5:22
  3. "Strange Relationship" [Acoustic Version - Live From Taipei] – 4:02
  4. "I Miss You" [Acoustic Version - Live From Taipei] – 4:57
  5. "Good Enough" [Acoustic Version - Live From Taipei] – 7:15

[edit] Repackaged and Special Editions

In these two versions there are 2 CDs. One which contains the tracks as mentioned in Track listing and the other with live and cover songs. The second CD contains covers of "I Wish U Heaven" (Prince) and "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Elvis Presley). There are also 5 live tracks which were recorded in Taipei.

[edit] Disc one

  1. "Strange Relationship" – 5:02
  2. "Insatiable" – 5:10
  3. "Heart Attack" – 5:04
  4. "I Miss You" – 5:30
  5. "Creepin' Up On You" – 4:53
  6. "Dirty" – 4:45
  7. "Crush (1980 Me)" – 4:00
  8. "Good Enough" – 6:11
  9. "I Can't Ever Get Enough Of You" – 5:16
  10. "Like It Or Not" – 6:20
  11. "What You Like" – 5:38
  12. "Spin" – 4:23

[edit] Disc two

  1. I Wish U Heaven – 2:12
  2. "Can't Help Falling In Love – 2:16
  3. "Dirty" [Acoustic Version - Live From Taipei] – 3:59
  4. "Insatiable" [Acoustic Version - Live From Taipei] – 5:22
  5. "Strange Relationship" [Acoustic Version - Live From Taipei] – 4:02
  6. "I Miss You" [Acoustic Version - Live From Taipei] – 4:57
  7. "Good Enough" [Acoustic Version - Live From Taipei] – 7:15

[edit] Music

Darren Hayes, continuing the trend from his years as Savage Garden's frontman, addresses romance on almost every track on the album. Walter Afanasieff, who had already worked on Savage Garden's Affirmation, produced the majority of the tracks on the album. Other producers include Greg Bieck, Rick Nowels and Robert Conley. Walter Afanasieff produces five of the twelve tracks on the original releases ("Insatiable", "Heart Attack", "Dirty", "Good Enough" and the title track "Spin"). Bieck produces "Strange Relationship" and "I Miss You". Nowels produces "Creepin' Up On You", "I Can't Ever Get Enough Of You", "Like It Or Not" and "What You Like". Conley produces "Crush (1980 Me)", one of the singles that were released.

[edit] Out takes

Tracks from the Spin sessions can be found on the singles released. Examples of these are "Falling At Your Feet" and "Ride" of the single Insatiable, "Right Dead Back On It" (with Elisa Fiorillo) on the "Crush (1980 Me)" single, "In Your Eyes" (cover of a Peter Gabriel song) and "Where You Want To Be" on the I Miss You single and "Sexual Healing" (cover of a Marvin Gaye song) and "So Bad" on the Strange Relationship single.

"When You Say You Love Me" was originally written by Darren Hayes but was later performed by and included on Human Nature's album Walk The Tightrope. It was also later covered by Clay Aiken for his Measure of a Man album.

The song "Lift Me Up" also appeared on Olivia Newton-John's album, (2). Other songs are "Breath", "Ocean", "Who Would Have Thought" and "Believe". There were also three hidden tracks that the Enhanced-CD version unlocked that appeared on his website.

[edit] External links

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