Album · Grinspoon
Guide to Better Living by Grinspoon
Guide to Better Living is an album by Grinspoon, released in 1997. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Just Ace”, on 2 lists with a best position of #18.
Guide to Better Living, the debut from Lismore's Grinspoon, came out on Grudge Records on 16 September 1997, a couple of years after the four-piece won Triple J's Unearthed competition with "Sickfest". Phil Jamieson sings and plays guitar, Pat Davern handles the other guitar, Joe Hansen plays bass and Kristian Hopes drums, and with Phil McKellar producing, they make a thick, sweaty racket: sludgy post-grunge riffs, metal muscle and a bratty, sing-along streak that keeps it from getting too dour.
It was a slow-burning hit, reaching No. 11 on the ARIA Albums Chart, staying on the national charts for 36 weeks and eventually going platinum, and it threw off five singles, "Just Ace" among them. It earned an ARIA nod for Breakthrough Artist in 1998, a trimmed and reshuffled version was put out for North America in 1999, and a 2017 reissue took it all the way to No. 8.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Guide to Better Living on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just Ace | 2 | #18 | – | 1998 | |
| 2 | Dcx3 | 1 | #34 | – | 1997 | |
| 3 | Repeat | 1 | #63 | – | 1997 | |
| 4 | Don't Go Away | 1 | #79 | – | 1998 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.