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.

Five Star Laundry
Studio album by
Released5 March 2001
GenreAlternative rock, post-grunge
Length53:08
LabelSputnik
ProducerCraig Harnath
Motor Ace chronology
Five Star Laundry
(2001)
Shoot This
(2002)

Singles edit

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 edit

  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

Charts edit

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

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[5] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Motor Ace". Australia Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  2. ^ "2000 | history | triple j hottest 100". Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  3. ^ "2001 | history | triple j hottest 100". Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Motor Ace – Five Star Laundry". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  5. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2002 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

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