Rapture is the third studio album by Australian pop band, The Mavis's, which was released in March 2003 by their record label, Festival Mushroom Records.[2][3] It was produced by Kalju Tonuma, who had also worked on their previous two studio albums.[4] The album's lead single, "Coming Home" (July 2000),[5] peaked at No. 72 on the ARIA Singles Chart. The second single, "Happiness", was released in February 2001, which reached the top 100 on the ARIA Singles Chart and No. 9 on the related ARIA Alternative Singles Chart.[6][7]
The album had been delayed from its originally proposed release date of 2 July 2001 due to problems between the band and the label.[8][9] According to Matt Atlee of Australian Music Scrapbook website it was an "amicable split",[8] however, Christie Eliezer of Music & Media Business News reported that "Despite what both sides say, the Mavis's split from Festival Mushroom Records and the canning of the July-due Rapture album was far from amicable."[9] In July to August 2001, the group toured Australia and performed tracks from the album,[9] before disbanding in December.[8]
Five months prior to the studio album's appearance, Festival Mushroom Records issued a compilation album, Throwing Little Stones... The Best of (20 October 2002), which included tracks from Rapture.[10] At subsequent reunion concerts by The Mavis's, they have played material from all three of their studio albums.[11][12]
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^"The ARIA Report"(PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 12 March 2001. p. 2. Archived from the original(PDF) on 20 February 2002. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
^"The ARIA Report"(PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 26 March 2001. p. 13. Archived from the original(PDF) on 20 February 2002. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
^ abcAtlee, Matt (24 June 2001). "Music News". Australian Music Scrapbook. Archived from the original on 5 March 2002. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
^"The ARIA Report"(PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 20 October 2002. p. 20. Archived from the original(PDF) on 6 November 2002. Retrieved 13 July 2015.