Eleventh Avenue (album)

Eleventh Avenue is Ammonia's second and final studio album. It was released in Australia in May 1998.

Eleventh Avenue
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1998
GenreGrunge
Length53:06
LabelMurmur MATTCD069
ProducerDave Fridmann
Ammonia chronology
Mint 400
(1995)
Eleventh Avenue
(1998)
Singles from Eleventh Avenue
  1. "Satin Only"
    Released: October 1996
  2. "You're Not the Only One Who Feels This Way"
    Released: August 1997
  3. "Monochrome"
    Released: February 1998
  4. "Keep on My Side"
    Released: 1998

It was a very different album to their previous effort, Mint 400, moving away from grunge-inspired guitar rock to include harmonies, samples and psychedelic keyboards.

The album was recorded and produced by Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev), a choice made by the band in part due to the lack of control the band had over the first album. Two songs ("You're Not the Only One..." and "Monochrome") received extensive airplay on Triple J; however, the album failed to chart as well as its predecessor, only reaching #20 on the National Album charts.[1] Eleventh Avenue turned out to be the band's last album. It went out of print in March 2002.

Track listing

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All lyrics written by Allan Balmont, Simon Hensworth and Dave Johnstone.[2]

  1. "Eleventh Avenue" - 4:12
  2. "You're Not the Only One Who Feels This Way" - 3:54
  3. "Keep on My Side" - 3:26
  4. "Monochrome" - 2:07
  5. "Killswitch" - 4:26
  6. "Baby Blue" - 3:09
  7. "Wishing Chair" - 3:11
  8. "Keeping My Hands Tied" - 3:32
  9. "4711" - 4:02
  10. "Yeah Doin' It" - 3:14
  11. "Afterglow" - 3:35
  12. "Pipedream" / "Satin Only" (hidden track) - 14:26

Charts

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Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 20

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalogue
Australia May 1998 Murmur CD MATTCD069

Personnel

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  • Allan Balmont - drums
  • Simon Hensworth - bass
  • Dave Johnstone - guitar, vocals

References

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  1. ^ "Ammonia - Eleventh Avenue". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
  2. ^ APRA database Archived May 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine at the Australasian Performing Right Association website (search each song title)
  3. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 14.