Spin is the first solo album released by former Savage Garden vocalist Darren Hayes. The album was produced by Walter Afanasieff and mixed by Chris Lord-Alge. It was released in Australia in March 2002 and reached the rest of the world later that year.
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, oversaw the production of the majority of the album, with help from co-producers Greg Bieck, Rick Nowels and Robert Conley. Afanasieff produced five of the twelve tracks on the original release: "Insatiable", "Heart Attack", "Dirty", "Good Enough" and the title track, "Spin"; Bieck produced "Strange Relationship" and "I Miss You"; Nowels produced "Creepin' Up on You", "I Can't Ever Get Enough of You", "Like It or Not" and "What You Like"; and Conley solely produced the track "Crush (1980 Me)". Afanasieff also produced the Australian-release bonus track, "The Heart Wants What It Wants", and the UK collector's edition bonus tracks, "I Wish U Heaven" and "Can't Help Falling in Love". As of 2006,[update] the album sold 118,000 units in the United States.[3]
"Insatiable" became the album's lead single in January 2002, becoming a hit in several places across the globe. Some consider this to be Hayes' signature song, as it is his highest-selling single of all time. The single came backed with new B-sides "Falling at Your Feet" and "Ride", plus mixes of the track from Calderone, Pablo La Rosa, Specificus, DP and the Metro Boys.
"Strange Relationship" became the album's second single in June 2002, but it was not a hit like its predecessor. The single came backed with the new B-side "So Bad", remixes by DP and Specificus, the Metro Boys remix and Capital Radio Session of "Insatiable". It included a cover of the Marvin Gaye song "Sexual Healing", Hayes' second cover of a song by the artist, having participated in the 2001 Artists Against AIDS Worldwide recording of the song.
"I Miss You" became the album's third single in November 2002. It was not released in Australia until February 2003. The single includes the new B-sides "In Your Eyes" (a cover of the Peter Gabriel track featured on the UK and European versions) and "Where You Want to Be", plus a remix by Dallas Austin, the instrumental version, an acoustic version of "Insatiable", the F3 remix of "Strange Relationship", and the "Crush on Holiday" remix of "Crush" (1980 Me). The Dallas Austin remix became the main airplay and video version in Australia.
"Crush (1980 Me)" became the album's fourth and final single in April 2003. However, it was released in September 2002 in Australia, prior to the release of "I Miss You" in that country. The single includes the new B-side "Right Dead Back on It", remixes by Mayday Biscuit Disco and "Crush on Holiday", the instrumental version, plus an Acoustic version of "Insatiable", the F3 remix of "Strange Relationship", and the Dallas Austin mix of "I Miss You". The "Crush on Holiday" mix is a mash-up with Madonna's 1983 single "Holiday". This version became the main airplay and video version in Australia.
During the Spin recording sessions, a number of tracks were left over, included as B-sides or completely unreleased. Although certain tracks were marketed as demo recordings, all appear to be the complete, final studio recordings. A total of fifteen tracks, excluding remixes, are listed.
Demo recordings:
"Falling at Your Feet" – Available as a B-side to "Insatiable" in both the UK and Australia.
"Ride" – Available as a B-side to "Insatiable" in both the UK and Australia.
"So Bad" – Available as a B-side to "Strange Relationship" in both the UK and Australia.
"Where You Want to Be" – Available as a B-side to "I Miss You" in both the UK and Australia, also included as one of three tracks unlocked on Hayes' official website using the enhanced content on the initial release of Spin.
"Right Dead Back on It" – Available as a B-side to "Crush (1980 Me)" in Australia only. After 15,000 copies of the single were pressed, the track was removed for unknown copyright reasons, and new copies were pressed without it.
Covers:
"Sexual Healing" – Available as B-side to "Strange Relationship" in the UK only, cover of the Marvin Gaye original. The song was recorded as part of a Capital Radio Session, which also featured a demo recording of "Insatiable".
"In Your Eyes" – Available as a B-side to "I Miss You" in the UK only, cover of the Peter Gabriel original. The song was recorded for intention of use on Spin, however, it was cut when Hayes claimed he wanted "all original material".
"I Wish U Heaven" – Available as a bonus track on the UK collector's edition of Spin, cover of the Prince original. The recording only lasts 2:14, and only includes up to the second chorus of the song.
"Can't Help Falling in Love" – Available as a bonus track on the UK collector's edition of Spin, cover of the Elvis Presley original. The recording only lasts 2:22, and only includes up to the second chorus of the song.
Bonus tracks:
"When You Say You Love Me" – Available as one of three tracks unlocked on Hayes' official website using the enhanced content on the initial release of Spin. The song was later covered by Australian band Human Nature for their album Walk the Tightrope, and Clay Aiken for his album Measure of a Man. Hayes also recorded a collaborative version of the song with Human Nature for their greatest hits album "A Symphony of Hits".
"Lift Me Up" – Available as one of three tracks unlocked on Hayes' official website using the enhanced content on the initial release of Spin. The song was later covered by the Backstreet Boys, due for inclusion on their fifth studio album, Never Gone, and also considered for release on the follow-up album Unbreakable. However, their version remains unreleased. Hayes later recorded a collaborative version of the song with Olivia Newton-John for her duets album (2).
"The Heart Wants What It Wants" – Included as a bonus track on the standard edition of Spin exclusively in Australia and Japan. The track was never released in the United Kingdom, despite being listed by some retailers as the B-side to "Crush (1980 Me)" before its commercial release. The track also appears on the Australian tour edition of Spin.
Unreleased tracks:
"Breath" – Leaked to the internet in 2004. "Breath" is the only unreleased track which has never been altered or changed and then commercially released. It was intended as the lead single from the collector's edition of Spin, but was scrapped for unknown reasons.
"Believe" – Leaked to the internet in 2004. "Believe" is a solo version of the song "Do You Believe", which Hayes recorded as a duet with Specificus for their EP "Specificus" in 2002. The solo version features a slight lyrical and a completely different musical arrangement.
"Ocean" – Leaked to the internet in 2004. "Ocean" was later re-worked and released as the digital B-side to Hayes' 2007 single "On the Verge of Something Wonderful". Only minor differences exist between the two versions.
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Spin is the first solo album released by former Savage Garden vocalist Darren Hayes The album was produced by Walter Afanasieff and mixed by Chris Lord Alge It was released in Australia in March 2002 and reached the rest of the world later that year SpinStudio album by Darren HayesReleased18 March 2002Recorded2001GenrePopLength62 11LabelColumbiaProducerWalter AfanasieffDarren Hayes chronologySpin 2002 The Tension and the Spark 2004 Singles from Spin Insatiable Released 14 January 2002 Strange Relationship Released 27 June 2002 I Miss You Released 4 November 2002 Crush 1980 Me Released 7 April 2003Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 The Tribune 2 Contents 1 Background 2 Singles 3 Track listing 4 Other tracks 5 Charts 5 1 Weekly charts 5 2 Year end charts 6 Certifications and sales 7 ReferencesBackground editHayes 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 oversaw the production of the majority of the album with help from co producers Greg Bieck Rick Nowels and Robert Conley Afanasieff produced five of the twelve tracks on the original release Insatiable Heart Attack Dirty Good Enough and the title track Spin Bieck produced Strange Relationship and I Miss You Nowels produced Creepin Up on You I Can t Ever Get Enough of You Like It or Not and What You Like and Conley solely produced the track Crush 1980 Me Afanasieff also produced the Australian release bonus track The Heart Wants What It Wants and the UK collector s edition bonus tracks I Wish U Heaven and Can t Help Falling in Love As of 2006 update the album sold 118 000 units in the United States 3 Singles editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed August 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Insatiable became the album s lead single in January 2002 becoming a hit in several places across the globe Some consider this to be Hayes signature song as it is his highest selling single of all time The single came backed with new B sides Falling at Your Feet and Ride plus mixes of the track from Calderone Pablo La Rosa Specificus DP and the Metro Boys Strange Relationship became the album s second single in June 2002 but it was not a hit like its predecessor The single came backed with the new B side So Bad remixes by DP and Specificus the Metro Boys remix and Capital Radio Session of Insatiable It included a cover of the Marvin Gaye song Sexual Healing Hayes second cover of a song by the artist having participated in the 2001 Artists Against AIDS Worldwide recording of the song I Miss You became the album s third single in November 2002 It was not released in Australia until February 2003 The single includes the new B sides In Your Eyes a cover of the Peter Gabriel track featured on the UK and European versions and Where You Want to Be plus a remix by Dallas Austin the instrumental version an acoustic version of Insatiable the F3 remix of Strange Relationship and the Crush on Holiday remix of Crush 1980 Me The Dallas Austin remix became the main airplay and video version in Australia Crush 1980 Me became the album s fourth and final single in April 2003 However it was released in September 2002 in Australia prior to the release of I Miss You in that country The single includes the new B side Right Dead Back on It remixes by Mayday Biscuit Disco and Crush on Holiday the instrumental version plus an Acoustic version of Insatiable the F3 remix of Strange Relationship and the Dallas Austin mix of I Miss You The Crush on Holiday mix is a mash up with Madonna s 1983 single Holiday This version became the main airplay and video version in Australia Track listing editSpin track listingNo TitleWriter s ProducerLength1 Strange Relationship Darren HayesGreg BieckGreg Bieck5 022 Insatiable HayesWalter AfanasieffWalter Afanasieff5 103 Heart Attack HayesAfanasieffAfanasieff5 044 I Miss You HayesBieckBieck5 305 Creepin Up on You HayesRick NowelsRick Nowels4 536 Dirty HayesAfanasieffAfanasieff4 457 Crush 1980 Me HayesRobert ConleyRobert Conley4 008 Good Enough HayesAfanasieffAfanasieff6 119 I Can t Ever Get Enough of You HayesNowelsNowels5 1610 Like It or Not HayesNowelsNowels6 2011 What You Like HayesNowelsNowels5 3812 Spin HayesAfanasieffAfanasieff4 22 UK debut edition enhanced content 4 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length13 Where You Want to Be original demo recording HayesNowelsNowels6 2414 When You Say You Love Me HayesHayes4 3715 Lift Me Up HayesNowelsCharles FisherNowels3 59 Australia and Japan bonus track 4 No TitleWriter s ProducerLength13 The Heart Wants What It Wants HayesAfanasieffAfanasieff4 57 Asia bonus track 4 No TitleWriter s ProducerLength13 Insatiable Pablo Club Mix HayesAfanasieffAfanasieff7 23 Australian tour edition bonus disc and Japanese Too Close for Comfort Tour EP 4 No TitleWriter s ProducerLength1 Dirty live from Taipei HayesAfanasieffAfanasieff3 592 Insatiable live from Taipei HayesAfanasieffAfanasieff5 223 Strange Relationship live from Taipei HayesBieckBieck3 474 I Miss You live from Taipei HayesBieckBieck4 485 Good Enough live from Taipei HayesAfanasieffAfanasieff7 15 UK collector s edition bonus disc 4 No TitleWriter s ProducerLength1 I Wish U Heaven PrinceAfanasieff2 122 Can t Help Falling in Love Hugo PerettiLuigi CreatoreGeorge David WeissAfanasieff2 163 Dirty live from Taipei HayesAfanasieffAfanasieff3 594 Insatiable live from Taipei HayesAfanasieffAfanasieff5 225 Strange Relationship live from Taipei HayesBieckBieck3 476 I Miss You live from Taipei HayesBieckBieck4 487 Good Enough live from Taipei HayesAfanasieffAfanasieff7 15 Asian bonus enhanced content 4 No TitleLength8 I Miss You video 3 40Other tracks editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed August 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message During the Spin recording sessions a number of tracks were left over included as B sides or completely unreleased Although certain tracks were marketed as demo recordings all appear to be the complete final studio recordings A total of fifteen tracks excluding remixes are listed Demo recordings Falling at Your Feet Available as a B side to Insatiable in both the UK and Australia Ride Available as a B side to Insatiable in both the UK and Australia So Bad Available as a B side to Strange Relationship in both the UK and Australia Where You Want to Be Available as a B side to I Miss You in both the UK and Australia also included as one of three tracks unlocked on Hayes official website using the enhanced content on the initial release of Spin Right Dead Back on It Available as a B side to Crush 1980 Me in Australia only After 15 000 copies of the single were pressed the track was removed for unknown copyright reasons and new copies were pressed without it Covers Sexual Healing Available as B side to Strange Relationship in the UK only cover of the Marvin Gaye original The song was recorded as part of a Capital Radio Session which also featured a demo recording of Insatiable In Your Eyes Available as a B side to I Miss You in the UK only cover of the Peter Gabriel original The song was recorded for intention of use on Spin however it was cut when Hayes claimed he wanted all original material I Wish U Heaven Available as a bonus track on the UK collector s edition of Spin cover of the Prince original The recording only lasts 2 14 and only includes up to the second chorus of the song Can t Help Falling in Love Available as a bonus track on the UK collector s edition of Spin cover of the Elvis Presley original The recording only lasts 2 22 and only includes up to the second chorus of the song Bonus tracks When You Say You Love Me Available as one of three tracks unlocked on Hayes official website using the enhanced content on the initial release of Spin The song was later covered by Australian band Human Nature for their album Walk the Tightrope and Clay Aiken for his album Measure of a Man Hayes also recorded a collaborative version of the song with Human Nature for their greatest hits album A Symphony of Hits Lift Me Up Available as one of three tracks unlocked on Hayes official website using the enhanced content on the initial release of Spin The song was later covered by the Backstreet Boys due for inclusion on their fifth studio album Never Gone and also considered for release on the follow up album Unbreakable However their version remains unreleased Hayes later recorded a collaborative version of the song with Olivia Newton John for her duets album 2 The Heart Wants What It Wants Included as a bonus track on the standard edition of Spin exclusively in Australia and Japan The track was never released in the United Kingdom despite being listed by some retailers as the B side to Crush 1980 Me before its commercial release The track also appears on the Australian tour edition of Spin Unreleased tracks Breath Leaked to the internet in 2004 Breath is the only unreleased track which has never been altered or changed and then commercially released It was intended as the lead single from the collector s edition of Spin but was scrapped for unknown reasons Believe Leaked to the internet in 2004 Believe is a solo version of the song Do You Believe which Hayes recorded as a duet with Specificus for their EP Specificus in 2002 The solo version features a slight lyrical and a completely different musical arrangement Ocean Leaked to the internet in 2004 Ocean was later re worked and released as the digital B side to Hayes 2007 single On the Verge of Something Wonderful Only minor differences exist between the two versions Charts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for Spin Chart 2002 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 5 3Danish Albums Hitlisten 6 8Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 7 10German Albums Offizielle Top 100 8 47Irish Albums IRMA 9 47New Zealand Albums RMNZ 10 22Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 11 7Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 12 30UK Albums OCC 13 2US Billboard 200 14 35 Year end charts edit Year end chart performance for Spin Chart 2002 PositionAustralian Albums ARIA 15 54Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 16 60UK Albums OCC 17 46Certifications and sales editCertifications and sales for Spin Region Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 18 Platinum 70 000 Sweden GLF 19 Gold 30 000 United Kingdom BPI 20 Platinum 300 000 United States 118 000 3 Shipments figures based on certification alone References edit William Ruhlmann Allmusic Review Darren Hayes Spin AllMusic Retrieved 2 July 2014 The Tribune Review Darren Hayes Spin The Tribune 4 May 2002 Retrieved 2 July 2014 a b Answers to readers questions about Savage Garden s Darren Hayes Danity Kane and City High Billboard 17 August 2006 Retrieved 2 July 2014 a b c d e f Spin Versions nnm Retrieved 2 July 2014 Australiancharts com Darren Hayes Spin Hung Medien Retrieved 16 July 2016 Danishcharts dk Darren Hayes Spin Hung Medien Retrieved 16 July 2016 Darren Hayes Spin in Finnish Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland Retrieved 16 July 2016 Offiziellecharts de Darren Hayes Spin in German GfK Entertainment Charts Retrieved 26 July 2021 Irish charts com Discography Darren Hayes Hung Medien Retrieved 26 July 2021 Charts nz Darren Hayes Spin Hung Medien Retrieved 16 July 2016 Swedishcharts com Darren Hayes Spin Hung Medien Retrieved 16 July 2016 Swisscharts com Darren Hayes Spin Hung Medien Retrieved 16 July 2016 Official Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved 26 July 2021 Darren Hayes Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved 16 July 2016 2002 ARIA ALBUMS CHART ARIA Retrieved 6 October 2018 Arslista Album Ar 2002 in Swedish Sverigetopplistan Retrieved 31 January 2021 End of Year Album Chart Top 100 2002 Official Charts Company Retrieved 31 January 2021 ARIA Charts Accreditations 2002 Albums PDF Australian Recording Industry Association Retrieved 3 July 2014 Guld och Platinacertifikat Ar 2002 PDF in Swedish IFPI Sweden Archived from the original PDF on 17 May 2011 Retrieved 3 July 2014 British album certifications Darren Hayes Spin British Phonographic Industry Retrieved 3 July 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Spin Darren Hayes album amp oldid 1172298804, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
