Five Star Laundry

Five Star Laundry is the debut studio album by Australian post-grunge band, Motor Ace, which was released on 5 March 2001. It peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart.[1] It exposed Motor Ace to the Australian public, especially by listeners of national youth radio station, Triple J.

Five Star Laundry
Studio album by Motor Ace
Released	5 March 2001
Genre	Alternative rock post-grunge
Length	53:08
Label	Sputnik
Producer	Craig Harnath
Motor Ace chronology
Five Star Laundry (2001) Shoot This (2002)

Singles

The album provided three singles, "American Shoes" (June 2000), "Death Defy" (November 2000) – used as the theme song for the Australian TV drama series, The Secret Life of Us – and "Hey Driver" (February 2001).

On the Triple J Hottest 100, 2000 both "American Shoes" (No. 65) and "Death Defy" (No. 98) were listed.[2] "Hey Driver" appeared in the 2001 listing at No. 53.[3]

Track listing

1. "Hey Driver" – 4:56
2. "Death Defy" – 4:19
3. "Five Star Laundry" – 4:04
4. "Lorenzo" – 3:51
5. "Budge" – 4:47
6. "American Shoes" – 4:10
7. "Siamese" – 4:56
8. "Chairman of the Board" – 4:02
9. "Freefall" – 4:49
10. "Enemies" – 3:22
11. "Criminal Past" – 3:19
12. "Money and Sympathy" – 6:33

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
scope="row"	Australian Albums (ARIA)[4]	4

Personnel

• Matt Balfe - bass, backing vocals
• Damian Costin - drums, percussion
• Dave Ong - guitars, piano
• Patrick (‘Patch’) Robertson - guitar, lead vocal

References

1. Hung, Steffen. "Discography Motor Ace". Australia Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
2. "2000 | history | triple j hottest 100". Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
3. "2001 | history | triple j hottest 100". Triple J (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
4. "Australiancharts.com – Motor Ace – Five Star Laundry". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

External links

• Five Star Laundry at AllMusic