Flight Paths

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 The Paradise Motel
Released	4 June 1998
Studio	Sing Sing Studios, Seneca Studios and Big Sur, Melbourne, Victoria
Genre	Acoustic, orchestral
Length	50:03
Label	Infectious Mushroom
Producer	Victor Van Vugt
The Paradise Motel chronology
Still Life (1996) Flight Paths (1998) Reworkings (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

Flight Paths track listing

No.	Title	Length
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

• 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

Chart performance for Flight Paths

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4]	83