Tin Planet

Tin Planet
Studio album by Space
Released 9 March 1998
Recorded 1997
Genre Britpop
Length 49:36
Label Gut Records
Producer Jeremy Wheatley, Space
Space chronology

Spiders
(1996)		 Tin Planet
(1998)		 Suburban Rock 'n' Roll
(2004)
Singles from Tin Planet
  1. "Avenging Angels"
    Released: 29 December 1997
  2. "The Ballad of Tom Jones"
    Released: 23 February 1998
  3. "Begin Again"
    Released: 6 June 1998
  4. "The Bad Days EP"
    Released: 23 November 1998
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Tin Planet is the second album from Liverpool-based Britpop group Space. It was released on 9 March 1998 and peaked at #3 in the UK charts, two places higher than their debut album Spiders.

The songs "Avenging Angels", "The Ballad of Tom Jones" (a duet with Catatonia's Cerys Matthews), "Begin Again" and "Bad Days" were released as singles, all hitting top 40. It is notably more polished, heavy on synths and pop-orientated than Spiders.

Earlier limited editions of Tin Planet came with a special metallic tin packaging, presumably to fit with the 'metal' theme of the sleeve artwork. The album is presented as a airfix-style hobby kit containing parts needed to build a robot out of scrap metal. Constructed by Liverpool based artist and musician Mike Badger, a founding member of The La's, the completed robot features on the back of the sleeve and is currently exhibited at the Museum of Liverpool.

Track listing

  1. "Begin Again" (Scott/Space) – 3:11
  2. "Avenging Angels" (Scott/Space) – 2:59
  3. "The Ballad of Tom Jones" featuring Cerys Matthews (Scott/Space) – 4:11
  4. "1 O'Clock" (Murphy/Palmer/Griffiths/Scott/Space) – 4:05
  5. "Be There" (Scott/Griffiths/Space) – 2:49
  6. "The Man" (Griffiths/Space) – 3:53
  7. "A Liddle Biddy Help from Elvis" (Scott/Griffiths/Space) – 3:28
  8. "The Unluckiest Man in the World" (Scott/Space) – 3:25
  9. "Piggies" (Murphy/Palmer/Griffiths/Space) – 3:15
  10. "Bad Days" (Scott/Space) – 3:24
  11. "There's No You" (Scott/Space) – 3:46
  12. "Disco Dolly" (Scott/Griffiths/Space) – 3:52
  13. (4 Seconds Silence)
  14. "Fran in Japan" (Griffiths/Space) – 7:13

Bonus tracks (2+CD edition)

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