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Clunk
Three horizontal panels with the upper and lower quarters as a split photo of a plant with purple flowers. The group's name is written in lower case, white at the top right. In the lower portion, at right, is the title is in all capitals, white with grey bordering. The middle half shows a woman in upper body shot, she holds her arms out wide, fingers splayed and smiling broadly. She wears light blue pinafore/overalls on top of a bright, multi-coloured, horizontally striped shirt. Her jewellery includes seven rings, three necklaces and a set of earrings. She has on sunglasses. The background of this section is sky blue.
EP by
Frente!
Released16 March 1992 (1992-03-16)
StudioPlatinum, Melbourne
Length10:51
Label
ProducerDaniel Denholm
Frente! chronology
Whirled
(1991) 		Clunk
(1992) 		Marvin the Album
(1992)

Clunk is the second extended play (EP) by Australian alternative rock group Frente!. The five-track EP, produced by Daniel Denholm, was released in March 1992 via the White Label imprint of Mushroom Records. It peaked at No. 3 on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart. Its lead track, "Ordinary Angels", won Breakthrough Artist – Single at ARIA Music Awards of 1993.[1] That track also appeared on their debut album, Marvin the Album, in November and was released as a single in Europe and North America in 1993.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Simon Austin unless otherwise noted[2]

Australian CD and cassette EP[3][4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ordinary Angels"Austin, Angie Hart2:37
2."Book Song" 2:39
3."Seamless"Mark Picton2:59
4."Paper, Bullets and Walls" 2:02
5."Nadi"Hart0:34

Personnel

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Frente!

  • Simon Austin – lead guitar, vocals
  • Angie Hart – lead vocals, cover art concept
  • Tim O'Connor – bass guitar
  • Mark Picton – drums, recorder

Production work

  • Producer – Daniel Denholm, recorded at Platinum Studios, Melbourne
  • Engineer – Rob Rowlands

Art work

  • Art design – Louise Beach
  • Photography – [band shot]: Sam Karanikos, [front cover pattern shot]: Louise Beach

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[7] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Winners by Year 1993". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  2. ^ "'Ordinary Angels' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association. Retrieved 31 August 2018. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' and/or 'Performer:'
  3. ^ Clunk (Australian CD single liner notes). Frente!. White Label Records, Mushroom Records. 1992. D11125.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ Clunk (Australian cassette single sleeve). Frente!. White Label Records, Mushroom Records. 1992. C11125.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ "Frente! – Clunk (EP)". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Frente! – Clunk (EP)". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  7. ^ a b "1992 ARIA Singles Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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