Madison Avenue - The Polyester Embassy (2000)
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Madison Avenue was an Australian dance music and pop duo. Madison Avenue is best known for the song "Don't Call Me Baby" which peaked at number two on the Australian singles charts in 1999. Before joining Madison Avenue, Cheyne Coates was working as a choreographer and singer in Melbourne. Coates met producer and writer Andy Van Dorsselaer (aka: Andy Van) in a dance club. Van was the founder of the Vicious Vinyl record label and had remix credits for Tina Arena and CDB. Van Dorsselaer had won an ARIA award for his production work on "Coma" by Pendulum. The duo started working together mainly as writers and producers in 1998. Madison Avenue recorded their first single "Fly" featuring Kellie Wolfgram as the vocalist. However, Coates sang on the group's breakthrough single "Don't Call Me Baby" as Van Dorssela preferred her version even though the song was initially used as the guide track for Wolfgram. "Don't Call Me Baby" proved to be a breakthrough record for Madison Avenue, peaking at number two on the Australian charts in 1999. It sold 200,000 singles in Australia. The single was released internationally in 2000. In the UK, the single topped the singles charts selling 400,000 copies in that country and the song was a hit throughout Europe. By this stage, Coates was widely established as the public face of the band, although Madison Avenue was originally intended to be a collective dance group like C&C Music Factory or Soul II Soul. The album The Polyester Embassy was released in 2000 and reached the #4 of the Australian album charts. It spawned three other singles as well as "Don't Call Me Baby", namely: * "Who the Hell Are You?" a number one hit in Australia; * "Everything You Need" ;and * "Reminiscing" a cover version of the 1978 hit written by Graeham Goble for the Little River Band Madison Avenue won the Best Dance Artist award at the International Dance Awards in 2001 in Miami. Madison Avenue broke up in 2003. As of 2004 Coates was pursuing a solo career. Madison Avenue created some controversy at the 14th Annual Aria Awards when Cheyne acted strangely during her live performance. Halfway through the set, Cheyne beckoned to a backstage crew member to bring her out a glass of water, and then sashayed around on stage with it during parts of the performance, occasionally drinking from the glass. Her off-key singing and bizarre behaviour led many critics to believe that Cheyne was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Since the notorious performance, Madison Avenue's visibility in Australia declined significantly effectively signalling the end of the band's career. 1. "This Is Your Introduction" – 2:18 2. "Who the Hell Are You" (Original Mix - Edit) – 3:35 3. "Don't Call Me Baby" (Original Mix - Edit)" – 3:47 4. "Do You Like What You See (Album Mix)" – 3:47 5. "Edible French Chic" – 1:51 6. "Everything You Need" (Original Mix - Edit)" – 3:42 7. "She" – 1:38 8. "It's Alright" (Album Mix) – 5:12 9. "It's Very Alright" – 1:43 10. "What Can I Do" (Album Mix) - 6:12 11. "Fly (Album Mix)" – 5:08 12. "'78 (Album Mix)" – 4:39 13. "Don't Call Me Baby" (The Dronez Old School Mix) – 5:52 14. "Everything You Need" (Mobin Master 12" Remix) - 7:07 15. "Who the Hell Are You" (John Course & Andy Van Remix) – 7:22