Fantastic Planet (2LP)

The vinyl package features two 140g regular weight black vinyl discs at Record Industry in paper sleeves in a Stoughton gatefold jacket.

Failure was handed near-universal critical praise for their songwriting and sparse, yet cinematic musical arrangements. Their music certainly owed something to song-driven, moody artists like Nirvana and Stone Temple Pilots, but Failure also had many melodic and thematic qualities that were unique and compelling.

Fantastic Planet was both grounded in a heavy breed of pure pop and ambitious experimentalism -- the combination of which defies description just as it exudes an instant familiarity. It all amounted to a rare and sweet form of rock artistry.

When the band went out to tour in support of the new record, Troy Van Leeuwen joined up as second guitarist to help recreate the discs more sophisticated arrangements. The first single from this 1996 masterpiece, "Stuck on You," became a minor alt-radio and MTV hit. It seemed that the public had picked up on the enthusiasm that so many critics and musicians shared.

TRACKS

Full Length Vinyl 1

Side A
01 Saturday Saviour
02 Sergeant Politeness
03 Segue 1
04 Smoking Umbrellas
Side B
01 Pillowhead
02 Blank
03 Segue 2
04 Dirty Blue Balloons
05 Solaris

Full Length Vinyl 2

Side A
01 Pitiful
02 Leo
03 Segue 3
04 The Nurse Who Loved Me
05 Another Space Song
Side B
01 Stuck On You
02 Heliotropic
03 Daylight