Breed Obsession
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{{Use Australian English|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Breed Obsession
| type = studio
| artist = Gyroscope
| cover = Gyroscope - Breed Obsession.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=y|2008|3|8}}
| recorded = 2007
| studio = Elevator, Liverpool
| genre = Alternative rock
| length = {{Duration|m=42|s=59}}
| label = Warner Music Australia
| producer = Dave Eringa
| prev_title = Are You Involved?
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = Cohesion
| next_year = 2010
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Breed Obsession
| type = studio
| single1 = Snakeskin
| single1date = 27 October 2007
| single2 = 1981
| single2date = 12 February 2008
| single3 = Australia
| single3date = 12 July 2008
| single4 = These Days
| single4date = 1 November 2008
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Access All Areas
| rev1score = (favourable)[http://www.accessallareas.net.au/data/EkEVpuplZpMeurBraE.php Access All Areas review] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727054434/http://www.accessallareas.net.au/data/EkEVpuplZpMeurBraE.php |date=27 July 2008 }}
| rev2 = AllMusic
| rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1344860|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
| rev3 = Faster Louder.com
| rev4 = Kill Your Stereo
| rev4score = 75/100[http://www.killyourstereo.com/reviews/148/gyroscope-breed-obsession/ Kill Your Stereo review]
}}
Breed Obsession is the third studio album by Australian rock band Gyroscope, produced by Dave Eringa and released through Warner Music on 8 March 2008.
The album was recorded, mixed and produced in the United Kingdom. It was the second time Gyroscope had headed overseas to record, after working in Los Angeles on their previous album Are You Involved?, in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaustralia.org/apps/MA?function=showDetail¤tBibRecord=000017002523&itemSeq=3&total=484&returnFunction=searchResults&scope=scope&simpleTerm=aria&reuseSearch=true&sessionId=reuseSearch01C44F5B26CA8A0D45D0F5CCDFDABF951219510916706|title=Are You Involved?|publisher=Music Australia|accessdate=12 November 2008}}
Breed Obsession debuted at number one on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart, making it the band's most commercially successful album.{{cite web |url=http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=Gyroscope&cat=a |title=ARIA Albums Chart search for: Gyroscope |publisher=Australian-charts.com |accessdate=23 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205182537/http://www.australian-charts.com/search.asp?search=Gyroscope&cat=a |archivedate=5 February 2009}} The album received further accolades when it was certified gold by ARIA in August 2008.{{cite web|url=http://elevenmagazine.com.au/2008/08/12/gyroscope-scores-gold-on-eve-of-tour/ |title=Gyroscope scores gold on eve of tour |publisher=Eleven magazine |date=12 August 2008 |last=Kachor |first=Kate |accessdate=15 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090920133040/http://elevenmagazine.com.au/2008/08/12/gyroscope-scores-gold-on-eve-of-tour/ |archivedate=20 September 2009}}
Recording
The album was recorded at Elevator Studios in Liverpool with Dave Eringa (Idlewild, Manic Street Preachers), and mixed at Livingstone in London, United Kingdom. Zoran Trivic in an interview explaining why they recorded so far away from the home town of Perth:
"We didn't really decide to travel afar purposely. We loved Dave Eringa's work [producer on Breed Obsession] for his previous records with Idlewild. His sounds are broad and varied and raw but still precise. He lives in London so we had to travel to work with him. And he was a godsend to tell you the truth. A great experience."{{cite web|url=http://www.ozmusicscene.com/q-a-with-gyroscopes-zoran-trivic/ |title=Q&A with Gyroscope's Zoran Trivic |publisher=Ozmusicscene.com |date=26 February 2008 |accessdate=20 March 2008 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917002723/http://www.ozmusicscene.com/q-a-with-gyroscopes-zoran-trivic/ |archivedate=17 September 2008}}
Singles
The first single from the album, "Snakeskin", was released on 27 October 2007, debuting at No. 30 on the ARIA singles chart,{{cite web |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gyroscope&titel=Snakeskin&cat=s |title=Australian ARIA Singles Chart |publisher=ARIA |accessdate=16 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321092654/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gyroscope&titel=Snakeskin&cat=s |archivedate=21 March 2008}} was number-one most voted on JTV, number-one most requested song on Triple J's Super Request and was ranked No. 16 on Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2007. The "Snakeskin" video was shot in Wiltshire, near Stonehenge, south of London. The video sees the band playing in the middle of a 200-metre crop circle that was made specifically for the video, in the same farm where the Led Zeppelin crop circle was made that featured on the cover of the Remasters compilation album.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsunhit.com.au/product/snakeskin_1598820_157875.html |title=Snakeskin |work=Herald Sun|accessdate=20 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024105259/http://www.heraldsunhit.com.au/product/snakeskin_1598820_157875.html |archivedate=24 October 2007}}
"Snakeskin" was featured in all Network 10 promotions for the 2008 AFL season.{{cite web |url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/12623/Gyroscope-Breeding-Obsession.htm |title=Gyroscope: Breeding Obsession |publisher=FasterLouder.com |date=13 March 2008 |accessdate=20 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315051419/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/12623/Gyroscope-Breeding-Obsession.htm |archive-date=15 March 2008 |url-status=dead}} The song also won two WAMi Awards for 'Best Single' and 'Best Video'.
On 12 February 2008 the band released the second single from the album, "1981",{{cite web |url=http://www.warnermusic.com.au/product,w_prod,5144258072AU |title=Gyroscope : 1981 |publisher=Warner Music Australia |accessdate=15 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724171434/http://www.warnermusic.com.au/product%2Cw_prod%2C5144258072AU |archivedate=24 July 2008}} which peaked at No. 67 on the ARIA singles chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.dca.wa.gov.au/news/whats_on/music |title=Gyroscope crashes in at #1 |publisher=The Department of Culture and the Arts (Western Australian Government) |accessdate=26 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724044157/http://www.dca.wa.gov.au/news/whats_on/music |archivedate=24 July 2008}}
The song "Australia" was released as the third single in July 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.warnermusic.com.au/product,w_prod,5144288052AU |title=Gyroscope : Australia |publisher=Warner Music Australia |accessdate=15 October 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804032120/http://www.warnermusic.com.au/product%2Cw_prod%2C5144288052AU |archivedate=4 August 2008 |url-status=dead}} It reached No. 50 on the physical singles chart and No. 99 on the ARIA singles chart.{{cite web |url=http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=22825 |title=Australian chartifacts |publisher=ARIA |date=14 July 2008 |accessdate=15 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803185622/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=22825 |archivedate=3 August 2008}} The song was heralded as a potential hit and unofficial anthem, with Mushroom Records chief Michael Parisi saying "This is a new anthem. Massive, massive, massive."{{cite web |url=http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23340748-5012990,00.html |title=Gyroscope's new song "Australia" full of pride |publisher=Sunday Times |last=Te Koha |first=Nui |date=8 March 2008 |accessdate=20 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325005845/http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0%2C21598%2C23340748-5012990%2C00.html |archivedate=25 March 2008}} The song pays tribute to indigenous people, first settlers, Diggers and recent reconciliation efforts. Songwriter Daniel Sanders stating:
"I wanted to express it for my own sake. So I could rejoice in what I love about this country. Each to their own, but this is simply one Australian talking to another about how blessed we are. It's not patriotic or waving flags. It's a song to be enjoyed with a beer. Cheers, Australia. Tip of the cap."
Track listing
All songs written by Daniel Sanders, Rob Nassif, Brad Campbell, Zoran Trivic.{{cite web|url=http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch&switchDet=Y |title=Australasian Performing Right Association |publisher=APRA |accessdate=28 November 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505235657/http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch&switchDet=Y |archivedate=5 May 2008}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Breed Obsession track listing
| title1 = Snakeskin
| length1 = 4:10
| title2 = All in on One
| length2 = 3:25
| title3 = These Days
| length3 = 4:02
| title4 = Australia
| length4 = 3:49
| title5 = O.K.
| length5 = 3:54
| title6 = Weapon. Enemy. Friend.
| length6 = 3:36
| title7 = Polyphons and Multidors
| length7 = 2:44
| title8 = The River Between
| length8 = 3:32
| title9 = Her Design
| length9 = 3:26
| title10 = 1981
| length10 = 3:38
| title11 = Silver Heart
| length11 = 3:00
| title12 = Time
| length12 = 3:50
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = iTunes bonus tracks
| title13 = 5am
| note13 = demo
| length13 = 4:20
| title14 = Body Aches
| note14 = demo
| length14 = 2:37
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Warner Music website bonus track
| title13 = Left Field
| length13 = 3:05
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = JB Hi-Fi DVD exclusive
| title1 = Making of the album
| length1 =
| title2 = Making of "Snakeskin" & "1981" videos
| length2 =
| title3 = 7 mini documentaries of the band in the lead up to recording the album
| length3 =
| title4 = Snakeskin
| note4 = music video
| length4 = 4:18
| title5 = 1981
| note5 = music video
| length5 = 3:38
}}
Personnel
Gyroscope
- Daniel Sanders – vocals, guitar
- Zoran Trivic – guitar, Sequencer, piano sample on "Snakeskin"
- Brad Campbell – bass guitar
- Rob Nassif – drums, electronic drums on "1981"
Recording details
- Dave Eringa – producer
Chart performance
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= Weekly charts =
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|+Weekly chart performance for Breed Obsession ! scope="col"| Chart (2008) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Australia|1|artist=Gyroscope|album=Breed Obsession|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 August 2020}} |
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= Year-end charts =
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|+Year-end chart performance for Breed Obsession ! scope="col"| Chart (2008) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2008/albums-chart|title=ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 2008|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=14 August 2020}}
| 90 |
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Release history
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|+Release history and formats for Breed Obsession ! scope="col"| Country ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Catalogue # |
| scope="row"| Australia
| 8 March 2008 | Warner | CD, MP3, DVD | #5144248852 |
|---|
References
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External links
- [http://www.jbhifimusic.com.au/artistinterviews.aspx?artist=757 JBHiFi interview]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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