Spin (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Spin
Type = Album
Artist = Darren Hayes


Released = March 18 2002 (Australia)
April 1 2002 (UK)
Recorded = 2001
Genre = Pop
Length = 67:27
Label = Columbia
Producer = Walter Afanasieff
Reviews = * All Music Guide Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kbddylo3xpcb link]
Last album =
This album = "Spin"
2002
Next album = "The Tension and the Spark"
2004
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption =
Background = lightsteelblue


Lower caption = UK Platinum 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 released in Australia in March 2002 and reached the rest of the world later that year.

Track listing

#"Strange Relationship" – 5:02
#"Insatiable" – 5:10
#"Heart Attack" – 5:04
#"I Miss You" – 5:30
#"Creepin' up on You" – 4:53
#"Dirty" – 4:45
#"Crush (1980 Me)" – 4:00
#"Good Enough" – 6:11
#"I Can't Ever Get Enough of You" – 5:16
#"Like It or Not" – 6:20
#"What You Like" – 5:38
#"Spin" – 4:23
#"The Heart Wants What It Wants" – 4:57 (Australian bonus track)

Australian Tour Edition

The "Australian Tour Edition" includes the standard CD and a bonus CD of live music, freqeuntly subtitled "Too Close For Comfort"

Disc one

#"Strange Relationship" – 5:02
#"Insatiable" – 5:10
#"Heart Attack" – 5:04
#"I Miss You" – 5:30
#"Creepin' up on You" – 4:53
#"Dirty" – 4:45
#"Crush (1980 Me)" – 4:00
#"Good Enough" – 6:11
#"I Can't Ever Get Enough of You" – 5:16
#"Like It or Not" – 6:20
#"What You Like" – 5:38
#"Spin" – 4:23
#"The Heart Wants What It Wants" – 4:57

Disc two

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

UK Platinum Edition

This versions consists of the standard UK release and a bonus CD of live music and cover songs.

Disc one

#"Strange Relationship" – 5:02
#"Insatiable" – 5:10
#"Heart Attack" – 5:04
#"I Miss You" – 5:30
#"Creepin' up on You" – 4:53
#"Dirty" – 4:45
#"Crush (1980 Me)" – 4:00
#"Good Enough" – 6:11
#"I Can't Ever Get Enough of You" – 5:16
#"Like It or Not" – 6:20
#"What You Like" – 5:38
#"Spin" – 4:23

Disc two

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

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)".

Related tracks and B-Sides

* "Falling At Your Feet" ("Insatiable" single)
* "Ride" ("Insatiable" single)
* "Sexual Healing" [cover of a Marvin Gaye song] ("Strange Relationship" single)
* "So Bad" ("Strange Relationship" single)
* "Right Dead Back On It" [ft. Elisa Fiorillo] ("Crush (1980 Me)") single)
* "In Your Eyes" [cover of a Peter Gabriel song] ("I Miss You" single)
* "Where You Want to Be" ("I Miss You" single)

There were also three hidden tracks that the software on the enhanced CD would unlock, these included:
* "When You Say You Love Me" - this 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.
* "Lift Me Up" - the song was subsequently re-recorded as a duet with Olivia Newton John for her album, "(2)".
* "Where You Want to Be" - this was later was used as a b-side on the "I Miss You" single.

Other songs believed to have been recorded include:
* "Breath"
* "Ocean"
* "Believe"

External links

* [http://www.darrenhayes.com Darren Hayes Official Site]