Breakfast at Fatboys is the debut album by Australian hip hop

Australian hip hop

Australian hip hop music began in the early 1980s; originally it was primarily influenced by hip hop music and culture imported via radio and television from the United States of America. However, since the 1990s, a distinctive local style has developed. Australian hip hop is an underground music...

 group Butterfingers

Butterfingers

Butterfingers were an Australian hip hop group from Ipswich, Queensland. Most of their releases are on their own label, Valley Trash Records.-History:...

, released on 3 May, 2004 on the group's own Valley Trash label and distributed by MGM

MGM Distribution

MGM Distribution is the largest independent distributor of Australian music and music related merchandise and was established in April 1998 by Sebastian Chase....

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The album reached #61 on the ARIA album charts, #15 on the ARIA Australian Release charts and #2 on the AIR (Australian Independt Record Labels Association) Charts

AIR Charts

The AIR Charts are the official sales charts for Australian independent music released by Australian owned, independent record labels. Presented by AIR, the Australian Independent Record Labels Association, the charts are calculated according to official sales figures provided by the ARIA Charts,...

  where it remained in the top twenty of the AIR charts for over a year following its release. Triple J

Triple J

triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

 named it 'Album of the Week' upon its release and added the new single, "Yo Mama" to high rotation at the station. The album was also nominated for the Best Independent Release ARIA Award

ARIA Music Awards

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Track listing

All songs written by Eddie Jacobson, except where noted

1. "Hook Up" (Eddie Jacobson, Damien Green, N. Grace) – 3:55
2. "Mandarines" – 3:57
3. "Everytime
   Everytime (Butterfingers song)
   Everytime is the first single released by Australian band Butterfingers. The song is an Australian hip hop song, and features the distinctive Australian accent throughout the raps in the song. The song received airplay on Triple J and the video aired on rage...
   
   " (Jacobson, Dave Crane) – 4:23
4. "Yo Mama" (Jacobson, Crane) – 3:20
5. "Girl from Gore" – 2:21
6. "Is It Just Me" (Jacobson, Crane) – 3:37
7. "Hurt Me So Bad" – 5:14
8. "Sorry" – 2:54
9. "Piss on Ya" (featuring Monsta Mama) – 5:37
10. "Smell You on Me" (Jacobson, Crane) – 2:17
11. "Snatch and Grab" – 3:52
12. "I Love Work" – 4:13
13. "Speak Your Mind" – 3:42

Butterfingers

• 'Evil' Eddie Jacobson — vocals, guitar, samples, kazoo
  Kazoo
  The kazoo is a wind instrument which adds a "buzzing" timbral quality to a player's voice when the player vocalizes into it. The kazoo is a type of mirliton, which is a membranophone, a device which modifies the sound of a person's voice by way of a vibrating membrane."Kazoo" was the name given by...
  
  
• Damien Green — drums, vocals
• Olly Thomas — percussion, samples, vocals, kazoo
• Dave Crane — bass, vocals

Additional musicians

• Nick 1 — vocals ("Hook Up")
• Monsta Mama — vocals ("Piss on Ya")
• Crystal — horns ("Snatch and Grab" and "I Love Work")
• Selfy — horns ("Snatch and Grab" and "I Love Work")
• Lorraine — cello ("Hurt Me So Bad")
• Elysia Elation — vocals ("I Love Work")
• Matt Murphy — keyboards ("Hook Up")
• Tom Thum — vocals ("Mandarines")
• Deady Stigmata — vocals ("Yo Mama")

Production

• Magoo — Producer, Engineer, Mixer
• Damien Green — Engineer, Mixer
• Jack the Bear — Mastering