...art is the third studio album from the Australian rock band Regurgitator, released in August 1999. The album was recorded in Byron Bay and was the final album with drummer Martin Lee. ...art peaked at number 2 on the ARIA Charts and was certified gold.
Track listing "Happiness (Rotting My Brain)" (Q. Yeomans) – 3:56 "Ghost" (B. Ely) – 3:40 "Freshmint!" (Q. Yeomans) – 3:55 "Strange Human Being" (Q. Yeomans) – 4:25 "I Wanna Be a Nudist" (B. Ely) – 2:02 "I Like Repetitive Music" (Q. Yeomans) – 2:40 "Art" (B. Ely) – 1:05 "Feels Alright!" (B. Ely) – 3:45 "I Love Tommy Mottola" (Q. Yeomans) – 4:10 "Are U Being Served?" (Q. Yeomans) – 5:00 "Obtusian" (M. Lee/B. Ely) – 3:08 "The Lonely Guy" (Q. Yeomans) – 4:10 "Virtual Life" (B. Ely) – 4:57 "Metal" (B. Ely, hidden track) – 1:22
Japanese bonus tracks
14. "Everybody Sleeps" (Sesame Street) – 2:13 15. "The Shark" (B. Ely) – 2:03 16. "Kill Your TV" (Q. Yeomans/B. Ely/M. Lee) – 2:14
Track information "Are U Being Served?" contains samples from the '70s UK BBC comedy Are You Being Served? theme song. Following the end of "Virtual Life", there are six minutes of silence before "Metal" plays; album pressings list Virtual Life as 12:19. On the Japanese release, following the end of "Kill Your TV", there are two minutes of silence before "Metal" plays; album pressings list "Kill Your TV" as 5:36. The album was released on vinyl in 2019, with the second track, "Ghost", removed from the tracklist at Ben Ely's insistence.Band manager Paul Curtis stated: "Ben wanted to remove GHOST but I thought it was a good inclusion and argued as such. It was personal and what the song meant to him. Some things run deeper than the obvious unfortunately." "I Wanna Be A Nudist" was moved into its position in the tracklist between "Happiness" and "Freshmint."
Charts Weekly charts Chart (1999)Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (1999)PositionAustralian Albums Chart83
Certifications
Release history Region Date Format Label Catalogue Australia August 1999 EastWest Records 3984290162 Australia October 2019 Valve Records RV158
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