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The Savage Garden cover was designed by Aimée Macauley, photographed by Yelena Yemchuk, illustrated by Hieronymus Bosch, and art-directed by Aimée Macauley.
- Design
- Aimée Macauley
- Photography
- Yelena Yemchuk
- Illustration
- Hieronymus Bosch
- Art direction
- Aimée Macauley
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Savage Garden is the eponymous debut album released by Australian pop duo Savage Garden. It was released on 4 March 1997 in Australia. The album sold more than 18 million copies worldwide. According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane, the album "revealed the influence of 1980s UK pop on Hayes and Jones' songwriting. Tears for Fears melodies blended seamlessly with Eurythmics-like arrangements, while Cure-styled guitar provided the icing on the cake". The band had formed in June 1994, and included multi-instrumentalist and producer, Daniel Jones and vocalist, Darren Hayes. In 1995, they entered the studio to work on their debut album with producer, Charles Fisher (Air Supply, Moving Pictures, 1927). In March 1997, the duo's self-titled debut album, Savage Garden, entered the Australian charts at No. 1 and peaked there for a total of 19 weeks. The album was released internationally two weeks later. The album reached No. 3 on the US Billboard 200 and was certified gold by RIAA.
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In September, Savage Garden won a record ten ARIA Awards from 13 nominations for the album and associated singles. As of 2005, Savage Garden had been certified diamond in Canada, 12× platinum in Australia, 7× platinum in the US, 2× platinum in New Zealand, Singapore, and in the UK. The album's track listing varies depending on territory. The original Australian version of the album includes the tracks "Mine" and "All Around Me", which were removed from the international track listing. "Mine" was removed due to concerns held by the record company over the line "crosses and crucifixes". The international version adds the track "Promises", as in international markets, it was only originally released on the cassette format of "I Want You", whereas in Australia, it was already available on CD as the B-side to "Truly Madly Deeply". The Japanese version of the album uses the international track listing, however, includes "Mine" as a bonus track on the end of the album. In support of the group's Asian tour in 1998, a special double-album package was released in the region. The first disc features the international version of the album, and the second disc includes B-sides, remixes and rare tracks. An arrangement of "A Thousand Words" was later used as introductory music in Microsoft's Windows XP.
In brief
- Is Savage Garden good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Savage Garden 4.5/5 from 1 rating.
- When was Savage Garden released?
- Savage Garden was released in 1997 on Columbia.
- How many tracks are on Savage Garden?
- Savage Garden has 19 tracks, with a runtime of 82 minutes.
- What genre is Savage Garden?
- Savage Garden is catalogued under Pop, Pop Rock, Rock.
- What BPM is Savage Garden?
- Savage Garden runs at a median tempo of 108 BPM across its tracks, most often in A minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Savage Garden?
- Listeners of Savage Garden also rate Automatic for the People by R.E.M., Left of the Middle by Natalie Imbruglia, Jagged Little Pill Acoustic by Alanis Morissette.
Savage Garden at a glance
- Label
- Columbia Records
- Produced by
- Charles Fisher
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