Tin Planet

Infobox Album | Name = Tin Planet
Type = Album
Artist = Space


Released = March 9, 1998
Recorded = 1997
Genre = Britpop
Length = 49:36
Label = Gut Records
Producer = Jeremy Wheatley, Space
Reviews =
* Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4ko7gjvr16i9]
* "NME" rating|8|10 [http://www.spacetheband.com/reviews/releases/1998-nme-tin-planet/ link]
Last album = "Spiders"
(1996)
This album = "Tin Planet"
(1998)
Next album = "Suburban Rock 'N' Roll"
(2004)
Misc = Singles
Name =Tin Planet
Type =studio
Single 1 =Avenging Angels
Single 1 date =December 29th 1997
Single 2 =The Ballad of Tom Jones
Single 2 date =February 23rd 1998
Single 3 =Begin Again
Single 3 date =June 6th 1998
Single 4 =The Bad Days EP
Single 4 date =November 23rd 1998

"Tin Planet" is the second album from Liverpool-based Britpop group Space. It was released on March 9, 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.

Track listing

# "Begin Again" (Scott/Space) – 3:11
# "Avenging Angels" (Scott/Space) – 2:59
# "The Ballad of Tom Jones" (Scott/Space) – 4:11
# "1 O'Clock" (Murphy/Palmer/Griffiths/Scott/Space) – 4:05
# "Be There" (Scott/Griffiths/Space) – 2:49
# "The Man" (Griffiths/Space) – 3:53
# "A Little Biddy Help from Elvis" (Scott/Griffiths/Space) – 3:28
# "The Unluckiest Man in the World" (Scott/Space) – 3:25
# "Piggies" (Murphy/Palmer/Griffiths/Space) – 3:15
# "Bad Days" (Scott/Space) – 3:24
# "There's No You" (Scott/Space) – 3:46
# "Disco Dolly" (Scott/Griffiths/Space) – 3:52
# "Four second silence"
# "Fran in Japan" (Griffiths/Space) – 7:13
*"Lead vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12: Tommy Scott"
*"Lead vocals on tracks 4 and 9: Jamie Murphy"
*"Tracks 6 and 14 are instrumentals"

Bonus tracks (2+CD edition)

* "Stress Transmissions"
* "Stress Transmissions" (5 O'Clock Shadow Mix)

External links

* [http://www.spacetheband.com/discography/albums/tin-planet/ "Tin Planet" on SpaceTheBand.com]