Tingles

Tingles is an extended play (EP) by Australian indie pop band Ratcat, released on 1 October 1990.[1] It went on to peak at No.1 in Australia and finished 1991 as the second best-selling single of the year, behind "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams.[2] It was also the highest-selling single in Australia by an Australian artist in 1991.

This article is about the 1990 record. For the plural, see Tingle (disambiguation).
Tingles
EP by
Ratcat
Released1 October 1990 (1990-10-01)[1]
Genre
Length13:12
LabelrooArt
ProducerNick Mainsbridge
Ratcat chronology
This Nightmare
(1989)		 Tingles
(1990)		 Blind Love
(1991)

The EP was promoted by the song "That Ain't Bad".

Reception

Tingles was given 4.5 out of 5 in a review by All Music.[3]

Steve Gardner from NKVD Records said "I'm really surprised they could chart with a guitar sound this gnarly; the songs are obvious radio pop stuff, but songs made for radio don't have guitars mixed as loud as the vocals and they certainly don't have the distortion set to 10." adding "All of the first side is excellent, and "Skin" from the second side is equally good. "Away from This World" sounds cool on first listen as the music is married with the soundtrack from the Challenger space shuttle explosion, but it doesn't hold up to repeated play and "My Bloody Valentine" is a throwaway experiment that fizzled out. Still, a pleasant surprise and show of potential for good things still to come."[4]

In The Sell-In, Craig Mathieson said, "Day had written "That Aint Bad" in a simple attempt to mix noisy guitars and the words 'I love you' together in a song. He though it was funny, coming from the thrash-punk scene. The result was undeniably catchy."[5]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."That Ain't Bad"Simon Day4:04
2."Tingles"Day3:26
3."Don't Go in the Water"Day, Amr Zaid, Andrew Polin3:47
4."Getting Away (From This World)"Day5:19
5."Skin"Day3:20
6."My Bloody Valentine"Day3:22

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[7] Platinum 70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history
Region Date Format(s) Label
Australia 1 October 1990[1] CD single rooArt
United Kingdom 15 July 1991 Mini Album rooArt

See also

List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1990s

References
  1. "New Release Summary – Product Available from: 01/10/90 > Singles (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 38)". Imgur.com. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Singles 1991". Australia Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  3. "Ratcat - Tingles". allmusic.com. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  4. "Album and Single Reviews". Ratcat Reviews. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  5. Mathieson, Craig (2000). The Sell-in: How the Music Business Seduced Alternative Rock. Allen & Unwin. p. 51. ISBN 1-86508-412-3.
  6. "Australian-charts.com – RatCat – Tingles EP". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  7. "1991 Singles Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
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