Fantastic Planet (Failure album)

For the album by DIN, see Fantastic Planet (DIN album).
Fantastic Planet
Studio album by
Failure
ReleasedAugust 13, 1996
Recorded1994–1995
StudioF.P.S. Studios, Los Angeles
Madhatter Studios, Silverlake
Genre
Length67:51
Label
ProducerFailure
Failure chronology
Magnified
(1994) 		Fantastic Planet
(1996) 		Golden
(2004)
Singles from Fantastic Planet
  1. "Stuck on You"
    Released: 1996
  2. "Pitiful"
    Released: 1996
  3. "Saturday Savior"
    Released: 1996

Fantastic Planet is the third studio album by American alternative rock band Failure, released on August 13, 1996, by Slash Records and Warner Bros. Records. It was the last album released on Slash Records prior to its acquisition by London Recordings in 1996.[7]

The album was produced by Failure themselves in a process that took longer than their previous two albums, with one song being recorded and produced soon after being written, and repeating this process. Space rock themes are present in the lyrics, as well as various indirect references to drug addiction, drug-related experiences, and prostitution. The album is cyclical, in that the chiming sound effect which ends the final track "Daylight" begins the opening track "Saturday Saviour", and was the beginning of a system of numerically designated segues in Failure's studio work, which would continue on later albums.[8]

Despite receiving critical acclaim, the album failed to make an appearance on the Billboard 200 chart, but did produce a charting single with "Stuck on You", which reached No. 23 on Billboard 's Alternative Songs Chart.[9] Seven of the album's songs were also included on Failure's Essentials, a best-of collection from 2006. Fantastic Planet would be Failure's last studio album for nineteen years until the release of The Heart Is a Monster (2015).

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  4. ^ Hadusek, Jon (April 3, 2019). "Live Review: Failure and Swervedriver invoke heavy tones, romantic moods at Brooklyn's Warsaw (3/29)". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  5. ^ Martins, Jorge (2023-12-25). "Top 10 Post-Grunge Albums From the '90s That Actually Stood the Test of Time". Ultimate Guitar. Archived from the original on 2023-12-26. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  6. ^ Kreps, Daniel (December 16, 2019). "Failure Celebrate First Three Albums With Live Residencies, Box Set". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  7. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2003-02-22.
  8. ^ Taylor, Chris (May 21, 2018). "Failure – "In The Future"". ReadJunk. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  9. ^ "Failure Album & Song Chart History - Alternative Airplay". Billboard.