Five Star Laundry

Five Star Laundry
Five Star Laundry
Studio album by Motor Ace
Released	5 March 2001
Genre	Alternative rock, post-grunge
Length	53:08
Label	Sputnik
Producer	Craig Harnath
Motor Ace chronology
Singles from Five Star Laundry
	"American Shoes"; Released: 2000; "Death Defy"; Released: 2000; "Hey Driver"; Released: 2001;

Five Star Laundry is the debut studio album by Australian post-grunge band, Motor Ace, which was released on 5 March 2001. It peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart.^[1] It exposed Motor Ace to the Australian public, especially by listeners of national youth radio station, Triple J.

Singles

The album provided three singles, "American Shoes" (June 2000), "Death Defy" (November 2000) and "Hey Driver" (February 2001).

On the Triple J Hottest 100, 2000 both "American Shoes" (No. 65) and "Death Defy" (No. 98) were listed.^[2] "Hey Driver" appeared in the 2001 listing at No. 53.^[3]

Track listing

"Hey Driver" – 4:56
"Death Defy" – 4:19
"Five Star Laundry" – 4:04
"Lorenzo" – 3:51
"Budge" – 4:47
"American Shoes" – 4:10
"Siamese" – 4:56
"Chairman of the Board" – 4:02
"Freefall" – 4:49
"Enemies" – 3:22
"Criminal Past" – 3:19
"Money and Sympathy" – 6:33

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[4]	4

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[5]	Gold	35,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Matt Balfe - bass, backing vocals
Damian Costin - drums, percussion
Dave Ong - guitars, piano
Patrick (‘Patch’) Robertson - guitar, lead vocal

References

^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Motor Ace". Australia Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
^ "2000 | history | triple j hottest 100". Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
^ "2001 | history | triple j hottest 100". Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
^ "Australiancharts.com – Motor Ace – Five Star Laundry". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2002 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

External links

Five Star Laundry at AllMusic

[AUS_Charts-1] Hung, Steffen. "Discography Motor Ace". Australia Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 July 2018.

[JJJ_Hot2000-2] "2000 | history | triple j hottest 100". Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2018.

[JJJ_Hot2001-3] "2001 | history | triple j hottest 100". Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2018.

[ARIA-4] "Australiancharts.com – Motor Ace – Five Star Laundry". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

[AustraliaMotor_AceFive_Star_LaundryalbumCertRef-5] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2002 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

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