Flight Paths is the second album by Australian rock band The Paradise Motel, their first album released after relocating from Melbourne to London.

Flight Paths
Studio album by
Released4 June 1998
StudioSing Sing Studios, Seneca Studios and Big Sur, Melbourne, Victoria
GenreAcoustic, orchestral
Length50:03
Label
ProducerVictor Van Vugt
The Paradise Motel chronology
Still Life
(1996)
Flight Paths
(1998)
Reworkings
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Juice(favourable)[2]
Rolling Stone(favourable)[3]

Singles from the album included "Aeroplanes", "Derwent River Star" and "Drive", a cover of the Cars' hit, and the band's most popular song. Their version was featured on the soundtrack to the 2001 Richard Lowenstein film He Died with a Felafel in His Hand.

Flight Paths was followed by the album Reworkings featuring remixes of tracks from Flight Paths and the band's previous album Still Life by artists including Lee Ranaldo, Echoboy and Mark Eitzel.

Track listing

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Flight Paths track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Aeroplanes"4:53
2."Heavy Weather"4:04
3."Derwent River Star"3:02
4."Other Things"2:54
5."Four Degrees"3:14
6."Dead Beats"4:43
7."Daniel"6:48
8."Drive"4:29
9."Cities"4:59
10."Caravans"2:56
11."Hollywood Landmines"4:11
12."Find Nineteen"3:57

Personnel

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  • Mérida Sussex – vocals
  • Matt Bailey – bass
  • Matt Aulich – guitars
  • BJ Austin – organ, pedal steel
  • Tim O'Shannassy – drums
  • Charles Bickford – guitar, organ, percussion

Lyrics were written by Charles Bickford, string arrangements were composed by Matt Aulich, except 'Drive', written by Ric Ocasek.

Charts

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Chart performance for Flight Paths
Chart (1998) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 83

References

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  1. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Flight Paths - The Paradise Motel; AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Juice". Juice. July 1998.
  3. ^ "Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. July 1998.
  4. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 212.