Five Star Laundry Explained

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

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

Personnel

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

References

1. Web site: Discography Motor Ace . Hung . Steffen . Australia Charts Portal . Hung Medien . 11 July 2018 .
2. Web site: 2000 | history | triple j hottest 100 . Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)) . 2008 . 11 July 2018 .
3. Web site: 2001 | history | triple j hottest 100 . Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)) . 2008 . 11 July 2018 .