Guide to Better Living

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Guide to Better Living
Guide to Better Living cover
Studio album by Grinspoon
Released July 20, 1998 (Aus)
March 9, 1999 (USA)
Recorded February, 1997
Genre Alternative Metal
Nu Metal
Grunge
Length 60:11
Label Universal Records
Producer Phillip McKellar
Professional reviews
Grinspoon chronology
Licker Bottle Cozy
(1996)		 Guide to Better Living
(1998)		 Pushing Buttons
(1998)

Guide to Better Living is the debut album by Australian rock group Grinspoon. It was released in 1998 and includes the hit "Champion". This song was used on "Gran Turismo 3", although in an edited version, omitting the profanity during the coda.

The album was named after a Sunbeam booklet of white goods from the 1960's, while the logo on the album looks like the Sunbeam logo. Grinspoon insisted on recording their album locally in Byron Bay rather than heading for a big city studio. The album reached #12 on the ARIA charts and spent 26 weeks on the national charts. The album later went on to achieve double platinum status and generated a number of hit singles, including DC x 3, Repeat, and Don't Go Away.

The album does not have a Parental Advisory sticker in the United States, although the songs "Sickfest", "DC x 3" "Railrider", "Repeat", "NBT", "Champion", and "Truk" all have profanities on them.

The American version, which omits "Just Ace", "Balding Matters" and "Don't Go Away" due to their soft style, was a commercial failure, despite airplay of "Post Enebriated Anxiety", although the song "Champion", via Gran Turismo 3, introduced Grinspoon to the public. Currently, this is the only complete album listing on WindowsMedia.com, along with Licker Bottle Cozy.

The album, in Australia, was released with 5 bonus tracks containing a full live performance at Grudgefest, a music festival hosted by the artists on Grudge Records, the former label of Grinspoon.

Videos were made for "Just Ace", "Post Enebriated Anxiety", and "Repeat". The latter two were released as promotional items in America with a live album.

[edit] Track listing Australian Release 1998

  1. "Pressure Tested 1984" (Jamieson/Hansen)
  2. "Boundary" (Jamieson/Hansen)
  3. "DC X 3" (Jamieson/Davern)
  4. "Sickfest" (Jamieson/Davern)
  5. "Railrider" (Jamieson/Hansen)
  6. "Scalped" (Jamieson)
  7. "Pedestrian" (Jamieson/Hansen)
  8. "Just Ace" (Jamieson)
  9. "Post Enebriated Anxiety" (Jamieson/Davern)
  10. "Repeat" (Jamieson)
  11. "NBT" (Jamieson/Hansen)
  12. "Don't Go Away" (Jamieson/Davern/Hansen)
  13. "Balding Matters" (Jamieson/Hansen)
  14. "Bad Funk Stripe" (Jamieson)
  15. "Champion" (Jamieson/Hansen)
  16. "Truk" (Jamieson/Davern)
  17. "More Than You Are (live)" (Jamieson)
  18. "Freezer (live)" (Jamieson)
  19. "Post Enebriated Anxiety (live)" (Jamieson/Davern)
  20. "NBT (live)" (Jamieson/Hansen)
  21. "Just Ace (live)" (Jamieson)
  22. "Protest (Hidden Track)" (Jamieson)

[edit] Track listing American Release 1999

  1. "Post Enebriated Anxiety"
  2. "Black Friday"
  3. "DCX3"
  4. "More Than You Are"
  5. "Railrider"
  6. "Pressure Tested"
  7. "Repeat"
  8. "Champion-*"
  9. "Pedestrian"
  10. "NBT"
  11. "Bad Funk Stripe"
  12. "Scalped"
  13. "Boundary"
  14. "Truk"
  15. "Sickfest"