Shape (album)

1996 studio album by Frente!

Shape

Studio album by

Frente!

Released| July 15, 1996
Recorded| 1995
Genre| Alternative rock
Length| 48:22
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)

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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 ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [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.

## Critical reception

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

## Track listing

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

Shape track listingNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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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

Japanese edition bonus tracksNo.| Title| Length

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14.| "Bill's O Bubblin"|
15.| "Dub on My Hands"|

## Weekly charts

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Chart (1996)  | Peak
position

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Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] | 35

## Personnel

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* Angie Hart \- lead vocals
* Simon Austin \- guitar and backing vocals
* Bill McDonald - bass guitar
* Alastair Barden - drums

## References

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1. ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 13 July 1996 - via Google Books.
2. ^ "Shape - Frente! | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" - via www.allmusic.com.
3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3\. MUZE. p. 607.
4. ^ Joyce, Mike (12 July 1996). "FRENTE'S SONGS FINALLY TAKE SHAPE'" - via www.washingtonpost.com.
5. ^ "Reviews & Previews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 27 July 1996 - via Google Books.
6. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Frente! – Shape". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

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Frente!

* Simon Austin
* Angie Hart
* Tim O'Connor
* Mark Picton
* Alastair Barden
* Bill McDonald
* Frasier Brindley
* Jesse Tobias
* Peter Luscombe

Albums|

* Marvin the Album
* Shape
* Live at Fez, New York 2004

Extended plays|

* Whirled
* Clunk
* Labour of Love
* Lonely

Singles|

* "Accidently Kelly Street"
* "No Time"
* "Ordinary Angels"
* "Bizarre Love Triangle"

Related articles|

* Pop! featuring Angie Hart
* "Tingly"

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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