The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake

The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake
Studio album by Spiderbait
Released	25 September 1995 (1995-09-25)
Recorded	September 1994 – March 1995[1]
Studio	Birdland Studios, Melbourne ABC Studios, Sydney Rockinghorse Studios, Byron Bay[1]
Genre	Punk rock alternative rock noise pop grunge
Length	37:22
Label	Polydor/Universal
Producer	Spiderbait[1]
Spiderbait chronology
Run (1994) The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake (1995) Ivy and the Big Apples (1996)
Singles from The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake
"Jesus / Home" Released: 1994 "Monty" Released: September 1995 "I Gotta Know" Released: December 1995 "Sam Gribbles" Released: April 1996

The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake is the second studio album by Australian rock band Spiderbait, released in 1995. It peaked at No. 14 on the ARIA Albums Charts.^[2]

The album was named after the real unfinished Spanish galleon built in Spiderbait's hometown, Finley, New South Wales, which was a "failed civic beautification project".^[3][4]

The Unfinished Spanish Galleon Of Finley Lake did well for the band, picking up two ARIA nominations and drawing industry attention.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]

Emma MacDonald of The Canberra Times opined, in October 1995, that "the music is inventive and quite melodic but, be warned, what seems like a nice musical jaunt at first can turn into a thrashing, speaker-blowing experience without the slightest warning."^[4] Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane felt it "found the band adding a jazzier touch (as on the title track) to the usually frantic, distortion-fuelled thrash-pop style."^[3] Jonathan Lewis of AllMusic wrote that it "consisted of short (most songs are under three minutes) blasts of punk-pop," adding that "[w]ith their buzzing guitars and the strange vocals of lead singer Kram, Spiderbait were a kind of hybrid of the rawer moments of the Pixies and the Muffs, but less melodic than either of those two."^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Gotta Know"	2:03
2.	"Sam Gribbles"	2:28
3.	"Monty"	2:34
4.	"Who Are the Freemasons?"	3:21
5.	"Riot"	3:18
6.	"Spanish Galleon"	2:58
7.	"Jesus"	1:51
8.	"Chuck Picola"	1:22
9.	"Yeah O Yeah"	1:09
10.	"Ooga Booga"	2:58
11.	"Goal"	2:32
12.	"Detective" (The song "Detective" ends at 3:20. After 5 minutes of silence (3:20 – 8:20) begins an untitled hidden track: it's a section, where instructional audio on table playing is accompanied by a MIDI track reminiscent of a Casio keyboard tune.)	10:48

Charts

Chart (1995/96)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6]	14

Release history

Country	Release date	Format	Label	Catalogue
Australia	25 September 1995	CD, Cassette	Polydor	529155-2

References

1. The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake (CD liner notes). Spiderbait. Polydor. 1995. 529 155-2.
2. Hung, Steffen. "Discography Spiderbait". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
3. McFarlane, 'Spiderbait' entry. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
4. MacDonald, Emma (2 October 1995). "Home Entertainment: Titles Justify CD Purchase". The Canberra Times. Vol. 71, no. 22, 082. p. 34. Retrieved 27 May 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
5. Lewis, Jonathan. "The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake – Spiderbait". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
6. "Australiancharts.com – Spiderbait – The Unfinished Spanish Galleon of Finley Lake". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 February 2019.