Breakfast at Fatboys

Breakfast at Fatboys
Studio album by
Butterfingers
Released3 May 2004
RecordedAirlock, PSI F1, Black Box Studios
2004
Length49:17
LabelValley Trash
ProducerMagoo
Butterfingers chronology
Breakfast at Fatboys
(2004) 		The Deeper You Dig...
(2006)
Singles from Breakfast at Fatboys
  1. "Everytime"
    Released: 2003
  2. "I Love Work"
    Released: 2003

Breakfast at Fatboys is the debut album by Australian rap rock group Butterfingers, released on 3 May 2004 on the group's own Valley Trash label and distributed by MGM.[1]

The album reached #61 on the ARIA album charts,[2] #15 on the ARIA Australian Release charts[3] and #2 on the AIR (Australian Independent Record Labels Association) Charts[3] where it remained in the top twenty of the AIR charts for over a year following its release.[4] Triple J named it 'Album of the Week' upon its release and added the new single, "Yo Mama" to high rotation at the station.[5] The album was also nominated for the Best Independent Release ARIA Award.[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Eddie Jacobson, except where noted[7]

  1. "Hook Up" (Eddie Jacobson, Damien Green, N. Grace) – 3:55
  2. "Mandarines" – 3:57
  3. "Everytime" (Jacobson, Dave Crane) – 4:23
  4. "Yo Mama" (Jacobson, Crane) – 3:20
  5. "Girl from Gore" – 2:21
  6. "Is It Just Me" (Jacobson, Crane) – 3:37
  7. "Hurt Me So Bad" – 5:14
  8. "Sorry" – 2:54
  9. "Piss on Ya" (featuring Monsta Mama) – 5:37
  10. "Smell You on Me" (Jacobson, Crane) – 2:17
  11. "Snatch and Grab" – 3:52
  12. "I Love Work" – 4:13
  13. "Speak Your Mind" – 3:42

Personnel

Butterfingers

  • 'Evil' Eddie Jacobson — vocals, guitar, samples, kazoo
  • Damien Green — drums, vocals
  • Olly Thomas — percussion, samples, vocals, kazoo
  • Dave Crane — bass, vocals

Additional musicians

  • Nick 1 — vocals ("Hook Up")
  • Monsta Mama — vocals ("Piss on Ya")
  • Crystal — horns ("Snatch and Grab" and "I Love Work")
  • Selfy — horns ("Snatch and Grab" and "I Love Work")
  • Lorraine — cello ("Hurt Me So Bad")
  • Elysia Elation — vocals ("I Love Work")
  • Matt Murphy — keyboards ("Hook Up")
  • Tom Thum — vocals ("Mandarines")
  • Deady Stigmata — vocals ("Yo Mama")

Production

  • Magoo — Producer, Engineer, Mixer
  • Damien Green — Engineer, Mixer
  • Jack the Bear — Mastering

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[8] 61

References

  1. ^ ARIA releases (May 2004) Archived September 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ ARIA Chart Archived 2007-08-28 at the Wayback Machine, 21 June 2004.
  3. ^ a b "Brisvegas rock outfit, Butterfingers, signs with Festival Mushroom!". Access All Areas.net.au. 15 March 2005. Retrieved 11 December 2008. [dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Artist Profile: Butterfingers". Warner Music Australia. Archived from the original on 8 August 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
  5. ^ "rage guest programmer profile - Butterfingers". Archived from the original on 7 August 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
  6. ^ Butterfingers Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine at the ARIA Music Awards website
  7. ^ APRA database Archived July 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine at the Australasian Performing Right Association website (search each song title)
  8. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 46.