The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake
| The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake | ||||
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| Released | 25 September 1995 | |||
| Recorded | September 1994 – March 1995[1] | |||
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| Length | 37:22 | |||
| Label | Polydor/Universal | |||
| Producer | Spiderbait[1] | |||
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| Singles from The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake | ||||
The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake is the second studio album by Australian rock band Spiderbait, released in 1995. It peaked at No. 14 on the ARIA Albums Charts.[5]
The album was named after the real unfinished Spanish galleon built in Spiderbait's hometown, Finley, New South Wales, which was a "failed civic beautification project".[6][7]
The Unfinished Spanish Galleon Of Finley Lake did well for the band, picking up two ARIA nominations and drawing industry attention.
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [8] |
Emma MacDonald of The Canberra Times opined, in October 1995, that "the music is inventive and quite melodic but, be warned, what seems like a nice musical jaunt at first can turn into a thrashing, speaker-blowing experience without the slightest warning."[7] Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane felt it "found the band adding a jazzier touch (as on the title track) to the usually frantic, distortion-fuelled thrash-pop style."[6] Jonathan Lewis of AllMusic wrote that it "consisted of short (most songs are under three minutes) blasts of punk-pop," adding that "[w]ith their buzzing guitars and the strange vocals of lead singer Kram, Spiderbait were a kind of hybrid of the rawer moments of the Pixies and the Muffs, but less melodic than either of those two."[8]
Track listing
All songs are written by Spiderbait (Kram, Janet English and Damian Whitty)[1]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Gotta Know" | 2:03 |
| 2. | "Sam Gribbles" | 2:28 |
| 3. | "Monty" | 2:34 |
| 4. | "Who Are the Freemasons?" | 3:21 |
| 5. | "Riot" | 3:18 |
| 6. | "Spanish Galleon" | 2:58 |
| 7. | "Jesus" | 1:51 |
| 8. | "Chuck Picola" | 1:22 |
| 9. | "Yeah O Yeah" | 1:09 |
| 10. | "Ooga Booga" | 2:58 |
| 11. | "Goal" | 2:32 |
| 12. | "Detective" | 10:48 |
- "Detective" ends at 3:20. After 5 minutes of silence (3:20 – 8:20) begins an untitled hidden track: it's a section, where instructional audio on table playing is accompanied by a MIDI track reminiscent of a Casio keyboard tune.
Charts
| Chart (1995/96) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] | 14 |
Release history
| Country | Release date | Format | Label | Catalogue | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 25 September 1995 | CD | Polydor | 529 155-2 | [10] |
| Cassette | 529 155-4 | ||||
| Worldwide | 4 December 2020 | Digital download | Universal | N/a | [11] |
| Australia | 24 October 2025 | LP | 7801242 | [12] |
References
- 1 2 3 4 The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake (CD liner notes). Spiderbait. Polydor. 1995. 529 155-2.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ↑ "New Release Summary – Product Available From : 07/11/94: Singles". The ARIA Report. No. 247. 6 November 1994. p. 21.
- ↑ "New Releases – Product Available From : 28/08/95: Singles". The ARIA Report. No. 289. 27 August 1995. p. 21.
- ↑ "New Releases – Product Available From : 11/12/95: Singles". The ARIA Report. No. 304. 10 December 1995. p. 20.
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Spiderbait". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- 1 2 McFarlane, 'Spiderbait' entry. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- 1 2 MacDonald, Emma (2 October 1995). "Home Entertainment: Titles Justify CD Purchase". The Canberra Times. Vol. 71, no. 22, 082. p. 34. Retrieved 27 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- 1 2 Lewis, Jonathan. "The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake – Spiderbait". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Spiderbait – The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ↑ "New Releases – Product Available From : 25/09/95: Albums". The ARIA Report. No. 293. 24 September 1995. p. 20.
- ↑ "The Unfinished Spanish Galleon Of Finley Lake／Spiderbait｜音楽ダウンロード・音楽配信サイト mora ～WALKMAN®公式ミュージックストア～". mora. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "The Unfinished Spanish Galleon Of Finley Lake (30th Anniversary Powder Blue Vinyl) - JB Hi-Fi". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 7 June 2026.