Gift was the fourth all-new studio album to be released by the British band Curve

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Following two years of legal wrangles between the group and their then record company, Universal Records

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, the online success of Curve's self-released album Open Day at the Hate Fest

Open Day at the Hate Fest

Open Day at the Hate Fest is an album-length, internet-released compilation of music recorded by Curve since their reformation in 1996.Open Day at the Hate Fest was produced during a time that saw Curve embroiled in legal battles with Universal Records over the company's decision to shelve Gift,...

convinced Universal - who had been threatening to shelve the album completely - to market it in the United States

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 in 2001 under the Hip-O Records

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 brand. The UK version was released a year later by FatLip Recordings

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 in collaboration with Artful Records. A year after that, the album was released in Australia by Hoop Culture Records.

Of the songs on the record, "Hell Above Water" has gained the highest public profile as a result of its use in trailers for both the 2002 film Spider-Man

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, the 2008 film Iron Man

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, the 2004 film Mindhunters

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, an episode for the popular crime drama CSI

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 (Episode 207, "Caged"), and featured in a scene in the 2008 film Lakeview Terrace

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. It is also featured in the PlayStation 3

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 game MotorStorm

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Track listing

1. "Hell Above The Water" - 4:04
2. "Gift" - 4:26
3. "Want More Need Less" - 4:35
4. "Perish" - 5:16
5. "Hung Up" - 5:55
6. "Chainmail" - 5:11
7. "Fly With The High" - 3:33
8. "My Tiled White Floor" - 5:16
9. "Polaroid" - 4:00
10. "Bleeding Heart" - 4:07