Spartacus | ||||
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Studio album by The Farm | ||||
Released | 4 March 1991 (UK), 30 April 1991 (US) | |||
Genre | Dance-rock,Madchester, alternative dance | |||
Length | 45:23 | |||
Label | Sire, Produce | |||
Producer | Stan Cullimore, Paul Heaton, Suggs | |||
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Singles from Spartacus | ||||
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Spartacus is the 1991 debut album of Liverpool-based group The Farm, released in the spring of 1991 shortly after the height of Madchester. It reached number one in the UK album chart, staying there for a week. Spartacus was dedicated to the parents of former band member Andy McVann, who died in a car chase escaping from the police on 1 October 1986.
The album was critically acclaimed in the UK and the rest of the world especially Germany and the USA. Album of the Month in Select and Vox magazines album of the week in the NME and Sounds. The NME placed the album at number 32 in their list of the Top 50 Albums of 1991.