Friends in Danger explained

Friends in Danger
Type:	Album
Artist:	Magic Dirt
Cover:	Friends in Danger.jpg
Released:	September 1996
Recorded:	Sydney, Australia
Genre:	Alternative rock
Length:	45:44
Label:	Warner Bros. Au Go Go Records
Producer:	Magic Dirt, Paul McKercher
Prev Title:	Magic Dirt
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	Young & Full of the Devil
Next Year:	1998

Friends In Danger is the debut studio album by Australian rock band, Magic Dirt. It was released in September 1996 and peaked at number 25 on the ARIA Charts.

Reception

Australian rock music historian Ian McFarlane said "[it] matched the band's fearless experimentation with a dark, unhinged sound that went from moments of eerie near-silence to full-tilt guitar noise"^[1]

The album was described by Mushroom Music as "A dark, brooding and heavy as all hell slab of sludge/slacker rock."^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Magic Dirt.

1. "Friends in Danger" - 4:45
2. "Heavy Business" - 2:13
3. "Pristine Christine" - 4:42
4. "Bodysnatcher" - 8:20
5. "Dylan's Lullaby" - 2:30
6. "Sparrow" - 3:23
7. "Shovel" - 4:22
8. "Fear" - 3:29
9. "Befriended Fallen Angel" - 5:08
10. "I Was Cruel" - 6:55

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label	Catalogue
Australia	September 1996		Au Go Go	ANDA206CD
USA	1996		Warner Bros.	946276-1 / 946276-2
Australia	9 July 2021		Remote Control Records / Emergency Music	EMERGENCY009CD

Notes and References

1. Web site: Magic Dirt. https://web.archive.org/web/20040813100922/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=455. dead. 13 August 2004. whammo. 13 August 2004. 29 January 2020.
2. Web site: Magic Dirt (roster). Mushroom Music. 29 January 2020.
3. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart. Australian Recording Industry Association. 19 July 2021. 16 July 2021.