Self-Titled Summer | Savage Garden (1997, Australia)

Our next spotlight on a Fedi-recommended self-titled album is on number 1078 on The List, submitted by gavin57. This is the debut album from the "chic-a-cherry cola" flavoured pop duo, whose sudden and rather huge success unfortunately cut their time together as a band rather short. Give it a spin for a brief nostalgic return to simpler times...

Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2025/09/12/self-titled-summer-savage-garden-1997-australia/. Btw, this is the 200th album from The List that we've covered on the blog! Wtf!

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: https://album.link/ca/i/1670838847

Happy listening!

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Self-Titled Summer | Savage Garden (1997, Australia)

Our next Self-Titled Summer spotlight (and the 200th album we’ve spot…lit!) is on number 1078 on The List, submitted by @gavin57. Here’s a quick rundown:

• Point of origin(s): The roots of this Brisbane duo were established in a cover band called Red Edge, formed in 1992 and consisting of two sets of brothers – Daniel and Oliver Jones, and Jamie and Scott Sullivan. In 1993, Darren Hayes joined Red Edge as the vocalist, and one year later left the group with Daniel Jones to play their own music, first calling themselves Crush then, briefly, Bliss. The name they settled on was taken from a line in Anne Rice’s novel The Vampire Lestat. Beginning in 1995, the duo started work on this, their debut album, gaining a ton of attention before it was even released due to their debut hit single, “I Want You”.
• Tasting notes: 80s UK pop that worships at the feet of stars such as Michael Jackson, Prince, George Michael, and Madonna; like a chic-a-cherry cola; simpler times (but also hidden heartbreaking turmoil)
• Standout tracks: For the breathtaking rap – “All Around You”. For the bop – “A Thousand Words”. For nostalgia and the story behind it – “I Want You” – the story being that it was about a beautiful dream Hayes had about being in love with a boy and then mourning him upon waking, not knowing if he’d experience such a feeling IRL (Hayes didn’t come out for a couple more years). Insert :ablobcatcry: emoji.
• Where are they now?: Savage Garden physically separated during the writing of their next album and had to FedEx each other tapes between Australia and the US to complete Affirmation (1999). In 2001, Hayes started working on his first solo album (Spin, released 2002), Jones launched his own music label (Meridien Muzik), and then, at the end of the year, the two officially announced Savage Garden’s break up. Hayes continues to work as a solo artist (his latest album being the 2022 Homosexual) and released a memoir, Unlovable, last year. Jones has since left the music industry.
• Websites: Wikipedia

Happy listening!

• Songlink: Savage Garden – Savage Garden
• Discogs: Savage Garden – Savage Garden

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http://aeschtunes.com/2025/02/13/song-of-the-moment-darren-hayes-crush-1980-me/

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