Schmack! Explained

Schmack!
Type:Album
Artist:Steriogram
Cover:Steriogram Schmack.jpg
Released:29 February 2004
Recorded:2003
Length:38:23
Label:Capitol
Producer:David Kahne
Prev Title:Sing the Night Away
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:This Is Not the Target Market
Next Year:2007

Schmack! is the debut studio album by New Zealand rock band Steriogram, released on 29 February 2004 by Capitol Records. The album was re-released as a tour edition in 2005. The song "Walkie Talkie Man" featured on an Apple iPod ad and a number of films and video games, and its video clip was nominated for a Grammy and four MTV music awards.

To date more than 250,000 copies of the album have been sold.

One song, "White Trash", had previously been released as a single in 2000. In addition to "Walkie Talkie Man", four others were released as singles: "Roadtrip", "Go", "Tsunami" and "On and On". "Walkie Talkie Man" debuted at #19 on the UK Singles Chart and reached #14 on the New Zealand chart. "Go" peaked at #28 in the New Zealand RIANZ Chart.[1] The promo release of "Go" had an instrumental of "Go" on the b-side, and the UK release had "Free".

Track listing

All songs written by Tyson Kennedy, Tim Youngson, Bradley Carter, Jacob Adams, Jared Wrenell)

2004 release

  1. "Roadtrip" - 2:59
  2. "Walkie Talkie Man" - 2:13
  3. "Schmack!" - 2:25
  4. "Was the Day" - 2:13
  5. "White Trash" - 3:44
  6. "In the City" - 2:41
  7. "Go" - 2:56
  8. "Fat and Proud" - 3:27
  9. "Tsunami" - 3:01
  10. "Wind It Up" - 3:14
  11. "Be Good to Me" - 2:59
  12. "On and On" - 3:59

Tour edition (2005) bonus tracks

  1. "Free"
  2. "White Trash (DLT Remix)"
  3. "Big Lady Lovin"
  4. "Back in Black"

Personnel

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Steriogram&titel=Go&cat=s Australian-charts.com
  2. Web site: Top Selling Albums of 2004. Recorded Music NZ. 22 August 2021.