Savage Garden - Affirmation

Label:

Roadshow Music, Warner Music (Australia)

Catalog#:

101232-2, 101232-2

Format:

CD, Album, Enhanced

Country:

Australia

Released:

1999

Genre:

Electronic, Rock

Style:

Soft Rock, Pop Rock, Synth-pop

Tracklist

1	Affirmation	4:56	X
2	Hold Me	4:50	X
	Engineer [Assistant] - Ethan Schofer
3	I Knew I Loved You	4:10	X
	Keyboards [Additional], Synthesizer [Additional], Drum Programming - Greg Bieck
4	The Best Thing	4:19	X
5	Crash And Burn	4:41	X
	Electric Guitar - Daniel Jones , Michael Thompson Engineer [Assistant] - Luis Quine , Mark Gregory
6	Chained To You	4:08	X
	Electric Guitar - Daniel Jones Electric Guitar, Guitar [Baritone] - Michael Thompson Engineer [Assistant] - Ethan Schofer , Luis Quine
7	The Animal Song	4:39	X
	Engineer - David Gleeson Mixed By - Chris Lord-Alge Programmed By [Macintosh, Digital] - Adam Rossi , Dan Shea
8	The Lover After Me	4:50	X
	Drums - Steve Smith (5) Engineer [Assistant] - Ryan Hewitt Engineer [Drums] - David Gleeson
9	Two Beds And A Coffee Machine	3:27	X
	Arranged By [Strings], Conductor - Jeremy Lubbock Cello - Ernest Ehrhardt* , Larry Corbett , Miguel Martinez (2) Engineer [Strings] - David Frazer Engineer [Vocals, Piano] - David Gleeson Piano - Walter Afanasieff Viola - Marilyn Baker , Michael Zinovyev* Violin - Anatoly Rosinsky , Armen Garabedian , Robert Sanov* , Brian Leonard , Mari Tsumura , Rebecca Bunnell
10	You Can Still Be Free	4:28	X
	Drums - Steve Smith (5) Engineer [Assistant] - Ethan Schofer Engineer [Drums] - David Gleeson Keyboards [Additional], Synthesizer [Additional], Drum Programming - Greg Bieck
11	Gunning Down Romance	5:34	X
	Drums - Steve Smith (5) Electric Guitar - Daniel Jones Engineer [Drums] - Jay Healy Keyboards [Additional], Synthesizer [Additional], Drum Programming - Greg Bieck
12	I Don't Know You Anymore	3:50	X
	Piano - Walter Afanasieff Recorded By - David Frazer
13	The Animal Song (Hex Hector Club Mix)	9:55
	Producer - Hex Hector Programmed By, Engineer - Mac Quayle Remix - Hex Hector

Credits

Acoustic Guitar - Dean Parks (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8)
Arranged By, Arranged By [Vocals], Keyboards, Synthesizer, Drum Programming - Walter Afanasieff
Arranged By, Arranged By [Vocals], Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Written-by - Darren Hayes
Arranged By, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Drum Programming, Written-By - Daniel Jones
Bass - Nathan East (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 8 to 11)
Co-producer - Daniel Jones , Darren Hayes
Electric Guitar - Michael Landau (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 8, 10, 11)
Engineer - Kent Matcke (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 to 11)
Engineer [Assistant] - Brian Vibberts (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 8, 10) , Dave Ashton (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8) , Pete Krawiec (tracks: 1 to 12) , Tony Rambo (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 8 to 11)
Engineer [Guitar] - David Frazer (tracks: 1 to 11) , David Reitzas (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8)
Engineer [Vocals] - Jay Healy (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11)
Mastered By - Vlado Meller
Mixed By - Dave Way (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 to 12)
Producer - Walter Afanasieff
Programmed By [Macintosh, Digital] - Greg Bieck (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 to 10, 12)

Notes

Recorded and mixed at Wallyworld Studios and Sony Music Studios, New York.
Additional recording at Andora Studios and The Record Plant, Hollywood, CA.
Mastered at Sony Music Studios, New York.
Bonus CD Rom with video clips, photos and weblinks.

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Rated 5/5

Review by enfortro Jul 18, 2008

This is by far the better out of the 2 albums they produced. The first album was too old in style and carried on the 80's sound too much, it was a great album, but "Affirmation" proved that these guys can make music based on a song writer's point of view. Instead of just going for radio pop, Darren wrote from his experiences from the breakdown of his marriage, and living halfway across the globe, to losing loved ones.

Musically it is mature compared to the first album, and Darren's life experiences is reason. Amazingly this album was produced while Darren lived in America and Daniel stayed back in Australia. Some would say that type of plan would end up disasteress, but in fact it made the album better.

Try it, but it!