Traction (album)

Traction
Studio album by
Supergroove
Released1994
Genre
Length48:12
LabelRCA
Supergroove chronology
Traction
(1994) 		Tractor (EP)
(1995)

Traction is the first album by New Zealand rock band Supergroove. It was released in 1994 by RCA Records[1], debuting at number one on the New Zealand albums chart and quickly reached platinum status there.[2] Before the band could record their second album, Che Fu was fired from the band.[1] Supergroove would end up releasing their second and final album, Backspacer, without Fu. To date, the album has achieved the requirements for platinum status five times over.[3]

Awards

The album won Best Album at the 1995 New Zealand Music Awards.[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Joe (Fisher) Lonie and Karl Steven except "You Gotta Know (Remix)" by Lonie, Steven, and Che Fu.

Traction track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Scorpio Girls"4:06
2."Your White Shirt"3:46
3."You Gotta Know (Remix)"3:36
4."Bugs & Critters"5:20
5."Next Time"3:39
6."Don't Look Down"4:57
7."Sitting Inside My Head"3:29
8."Can't Get Enough"3:19
9."For Whatever Reason"5:04
10."You Freak Me"4:19
11."Only the Rain"6:34
Total length:48:12

Charts

Chart performance for Traction
Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 46
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[4] 1

References

  1. ^ "Che Fu fired up and ready to Supergroove". Stuff. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Supergroove | NZ Music Hall of Fame". Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Supergroove – Traction". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Charts.nz – Supergroove – Traction". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  1. ^ Traction on allmusicguide
  2. a b Amplifier article on Supergroove