Paging Mr. Strike is the second studio album by the Australian alternative rock band Machine Gun Fellatio. The album was released on 26 August 2002 on Festival Mushroom Records.[2] The album debuted at No.6 on the Australian Album Chart in September 2002 and spent a total of 27 weeks in the top 50.[3] The album was certified platinum.[4]
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| Released | 26 August 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 1 May 2002 | |||
| Studio | Tiger Studios | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, electronica | |||
| Length | 54:47 | |||
| Label | Sputnik Records (Mushroom Records) | |||
| Producer | Ross Johnston, Glen Dormand, Matt Ford, Warrick Leggo | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| 2nd Page for Mr. Strike | ||||
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| Released | 7 March 2003 | |||
| Label | Festival Records | |||
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It was re-issued on 7 March 2003 under the title 2nd Page for Mr. Strike, which included an extra disc with eight new tracks.[5] It was also released in the UK in 2003 by Doublethink Recordings, with a new track order and several tracks replaced by ones from the band's debut album, Bring It On!, which was never released internationally.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "All of Them Ladies" | Maree Bonner, Glenn Dormand, Matt Ford, Warrick Leggo | 4:33 |
| 2. | "Pussy Town" | Ford, Leggo | 2:59 |
| 3. | "Take It Slow" | Dormand, Ford | 3:49 |
| 4. | "Rollercoaster" | Dormand, Ford, Leggo | 3:33 |
| 5. | "Line of Silver" | Dormand, Ford | 3:24 |
| 6. | "Wot U Got" | Ford, Leggo | 2:29 |
| 7. | "Amorous" | Dormand, Ford, Leggo | 3:44 |
| 8. | "My Ex-Girlfriend's Boyfriend" | Ford | 3:02 |
| 9. | "Mouth" | Ford, Ross Johnston, Leggo | 3:15 |
| 10. | "The Mirrorball's Starting to Rock MK II" | Chris Arkley-Smith, Dormand, Leggo | 4:10 |
| 11. | "Full Moon" | Dormand, Ford, Johnston | 3:53 |
| 12. | "The Girl of My Dreams Is Giving Me Nightmares" | Ford, Leggo | 3:31 |
| 13. | "Chase the Dragon" | Hooper, Perkins, Salmon | 4:07 |
| 14. | "(Let Me Be Your) Dirty Fucking Whore" | Christa Hughes | 1:36 |
| 15. | "Just B'coz" | Glenn Abbott, Ford, Leggo | 6:42 |
| 16. | "Bonus material" | ||
| Total length: | 54:47 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Take It Slow" (Skidder mix) | 5:10 |
| 2. | "Pussytown" (Puretone's Beaver Fever mix) | 3:15 |
| 3. | "Sick with the Taste (Of Truckers Come)" (The Pink Blues mix) | 7:00 |
| 4. | "I Kissed a Girl" | 2:49 |
| 5. | "Gulf Kont" | 3:07 |
| 6. | "Dirty Old Man, Part 2" | 2:27 |
| 7. | "Big Ears" | 3:57 |
| 8. | "Take It Slow" (7am Recovery mix) | 8:38 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "All by Myself" | 3:39 |
| 2. | "Girl of My Dreams" | 3:32 |
| 3. | "Muthafukka on a Motorcycle" | 2:30 |
| 4. | "Not Afraid of Romance" | 3:11 |
| 5. | "Rollercoaster" | 3:37 |
| 6. | "Unsent Letter" | 3:56 |
Charts
editWeekly charts
edit| Chart (2002–2003) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] | 6 |
Year end charts
edit| Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[7] | 80 |
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
| Australia (ARIA)[7] | 93 |
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[8] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ MacGregor, Jody. Paging Mr. Strike at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ^ "Archived Australasian Releases". ARIA. August 2002. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ "Machine Gun Fellatio - Paging Mr Strike". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2003 Albums". ARIA. 2003. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ Paging Mr. Strike (disc 2) at MusicBrainz
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – Machine Gun Fellatio – Paging Mr. Strike". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 173.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2003 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
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