Pink Pills is the second studio album by Australian pop band The Mavis's. It was released in April 1998 by record label Mushroom.

Pink Pills
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1998
RecordedFebruary, March and May 1997
Sing Sing Studios
GenreAlternative rock, indie rock, pop
Length53:17
LabelMushroom
ProducerKalju Tonuma, The Mavis's
The Mavis's chronology
Venus Returning
(1996)
Pink Pills
(1998)
Throwing Little Stones
(2002)
Singles from Pink Pills
  1. "Naughty Boy"
    Released: August 1997[1]
  2. "Cry"
    Released: January 1998[1]
  3. "Lever"
    Released: June 1998[1]
  4. "Puberty Song"
    Released: November 1998[1]

Pink Pills was released in April 1998 by record label Mushroom. It reached number 12 on the Australian albums chart.[2] At the ARIA Music Awards of 1998, Pink Pills received ARIA Award nominations for Best Pop Release and Best Cover Art.[3]

Four singles were released from the album: "Naughty Boy", "Cry", "Lever" and "Puberty Song". At the 1999 ARIA Awards, "Puberty Song" earned Kalju Tonuma a nomination for Engineer of the Year.[3]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Snow White Line"4:26
2."Naughty Boy"3:13
3."Cry"4:13
4."Forcefield"3:26
5."Does It Matter?"4:02
6."Possession"3:40
7."Lever"3:21
8."Sorry"3:28
9."Melt"3:18
10."Fallout"4:10
11."Puberty Song"3:18
12."Long Time at Sea"12:42

Weekly charts

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Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 12

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "The Mavis's ARIA Chart History (singles), received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 14 July 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  2. ^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2.
  3. ^ a b "ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Australiancharts.com – The Mavis's – Pink Pills". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 June 2016.