Good Vibrations (Party Animals album)
| Good Vibrations | ||||
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| Released | 1996 | |||
| Recorded | GABB-A-RAMA, The Attic With Static, Studio Le Roy | |||
| Genre | Gabber, happy hardcore | |||
| Length | 71:07 | |||
| Label | Mokum Records | |||
| Producer | Flamman & Abraxas | |||
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Good Vibrations is the debut album of the Party Animals and was released in 1996.[1]
The Party Animals made their introduction on the video for the single "I Wanna Be A Hippy" by Technohead. The clip featured three gabbers and a hippie. The producers Flamman & Abraxas discovered the four.[2] Flamman & Abraxas remixed the single and because one of the original producers, Lee Newman, died shortly after "I Wanna Be A Hippy" became a hit,[3] they decided to continue with the singers as a new group. Flamman & Abraxas saw a potential for opening the mainly underground scene of gabber with this group by making the sound more pop oriented and thus introducing the new genre to a mainstream audience.
The album mainly consists of cover versions of existing songs set in a fast gabber beat. The remade songs were not only pop songs, but included songs like Sarin which is based on heavy metal and Hakkefest which is based on "Steuermann, lass die Wacht!" from Wagner's Flying Dutchman with 200 bpm drums set underneath. The album turned out to be very successful in The Netherlands with their first singles peaking at number one which makes them the first Dutch act to do so [4] The album was certified Gold [5] and peaked at number 3 in the Dutch album charts.[6]
Track listing[edit]
| # | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Aquarius" | 3:12 |
| 2. | "Hou Op!" | 4:43 |
| 3. | "Hajo, Hajo" | 0:58 |
| 4. | "Hava Naquila (Tekno Mafia Mix)" | 3:06 |
| 5. | "Vaag" | 4:24 |
| 6. | "Have You Ever Been Mellow" | 3:06 |
| 7. | "Wapperdewap" | 1:36 |
| 8. | "Used & Abused (Amnesia Mix)" | 5:20 |
| 9. | "Bureau Vis" | 0:25 |
| 10. | "Buddha Shop" | 3:28 |
| 11. | "Not So Good Vibrations" | 0:39 |
| 12. | "Sarin" | 5:06 |
| 13. | "Die Nazi Scum (Album Mix)" | 4:53 |
| 14. | "Hava Naquila (Radio Mix)" | 3:46 |
| 15. | "The Rhythm" | 4:39 |
| 16. | "Hakkefest" | 4:54 |
| 17. | "Have You Ever Been Mellow (Tekno Mafia Mix)" | 3:53 |
| 18. | "Mellow Mellow (130 MG Mix)" | 7:42 |
| 19. | "Opzij, Opzij" | 3:22 |
| 20. | "On the Left Side" | 1:41 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Party Animals - Good Vibrations Releases on Discogs".
- ^ Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, 500 Nr. 1 Hits uit de Top 40, page 325, 9023009444 (Book in Dutch)
- ^ "GTO/Technohead/etc. history". Archived from the original on 2006-11-10. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
- ^ Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, 500 Nr. 1 Hits uit de Top 40, page 330, 9023009444 (Book in Dutch)
- ^ NVPI.nl Archived 2009-09-10 at the Wayback Machine Dutch certification database Accessed November 4, 2006
- ^ PopInstituut.nl Archived 2005-03-13 at the Wayback Machine Discography Party Animals. Accessed November 26, 2006
