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Marvin the Album by Frente!
Marvin the Album is an album by Frente!, released in 1994. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 27 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Bizarre Love Triangle”, on 27 lists with a best position of #54.
Marvin the Album, the debut from Australian folk-pop outfit Frente!, first appeared at home in November 1992 and reached the rest of the world in April 1994. Recorded in 1992 at Platinum Studios in Melbourne and fronted by Angie Hart, with Simon Austin on guitar, it was a gentle, acoustic, slightly wonky thing in a season when most guitar bands were busy being loud and grungy.
Hart's small, wide-eyed voice is the whole draw, and the band keep everything light and unfussy around her. "Accidently Kelly Street" (the misspelling stayed) and "Ordinary Angels" had already been hits at home, and it reached number 5 on the ARIA albums chart. For the international release they tacked on "Lonely" and their hushed, strummed cover of New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle", which is the version rock radio discovered.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Marvin the Album on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bizarre Love Triangle | 27 | #54 | – | 1994–2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.