Electric Soup (album)
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Electric Soup a.k.a. Electric Soup: The Singles Collection is the first compilation album by iconic Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 group Hoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Gurus are an Australian rock band, formed in Sydney in 1981, by the mainstay Dave Faulkner and later joined by Richard Grossman , Mark Kingsmill , and Brad Shepherd...

 and contained all their Australian singles to date (September, 1992). It was also released as a 2CD set with Gorilla Biscuit
Gorilla Biscuit
Gorilla Biscuit aka Gorilla Biscuit: B Sides and Rarities is a compilation album by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was also released as a 2CD set with Electric Soup...

 a collection of their b-sides and rarities. The album went triple platinum. At the ARIA Awards
ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association...

 Electric Soup was noted as BMG's
BMG
Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...

 biggest selling domestic album of the year. The 1993 ARIA Award
ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association...

 for 'Best Cover Art' was awarded to Paul McNeil & Richard All for Electric Soup / Gorilla Biscuit

The album was re-released by Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros...

 in 1999.

Track listing

  1. "What's My Scene?
    What's My Scene?
    "What's My Scene" is an Australian Top 3 single performed by iconic rock group Hoodoo Gurus and was written by their singer-songwriter Dave Faulkner. It was included on Gurus' third album Blow Your Cool! released by Elektra Records. The B-side, "Heart of Darkness" was also written by Faulkner...

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  2. "Bittersweet
    Bittersweet (Hoodoo Gurus song)
    "Bittersweet" was a single by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus which reached #10 on the Melbourne Record Charts. It was released on Big Time Records in June, 1985; and was written by Dave Faulkner....

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  3. "Come Anytime
    Come Anytime
    "Come Anytime" was a single by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus which reached #27 on the ARIA Singles Charts and #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks. It was released on RCA Records in June, 1989; and was written by Dave Faulkner. B side "Cajun Country" was also written by Faulkner."...

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  4. "My Girl
    My Girl (Hoodoo Gurus song)
    "My Girl" was the third single by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus and was released on Big Time Records and distributed by EMI in October, 1983; it peaked at #35 on the Australian charts. It was written by Dave Faulkner and was also on their first album Stoneage Romeos...

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  5. "1000 Miles Away
    1000 Miles Away
    "1000 Miles Away" was a single by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus which reached #37 on the ARIA Singles Charts. It was released on RCA Records in June, 1991 reaching #33 on the Australian singles chart; and was written by Dave Faulkner...

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  6. "I Want You Back
    I Want You Back (Hoodoo Gurus song)
    "I Want You Back" was the fourth single released by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus from their debut album Stoneage Romeos. It was released on Big Time Records in March, 1984 . "I Want You Back" was written by Dave Faulkner...

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  7. "Axegrinder"
  8. "The Generation Gap
    The Generation Gap (song)
    "The Generation Gap" was a single by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was released on RCA Records in 1988 as a single-only release. It was written by Charlie Craig, Betty Craig, Jim Hayner and was a cover of Jeannie C. Riley's 1970 country song. The B-side, "Jungle Bells" was written by Dave...

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  9. "Death Defying
    Death Defying
    "Death Defying" was a single by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was released on Big Time Records in February, 1986; and was written by Dave Faulkner. "Turkey Dinner" , was also written by Faulkner....

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  10. "A Place in the Sun"
  11. "Tojo
    Tojo (song)
    "Tojo" aka "Tojo Never Made it to Darwin" was the second single by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus and was released on Big Time Records and distributed by EMI in June, 1983. It was written by Dave Faulkner. It was also featured on their first album Stoneage Romeos...

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  12. "In the Middle of the Land
    In the Middle of the Land
    "In the Middle of the Land" was a single by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was released on Big Time Records in 1987; and was written by Dave Faulkner. "Hayride to Hell, part 2 ", the B-side, was also written by Faulkner....

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  13. "Good Times
    Good Times (Hoodoo Gurus song)
    "Good Times" was a single by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was released on EMI in August, 1987; and was written by Dave Faulkner. Backing vocals were supplied by touring mates The Bangles. Its B-side was: "Hell for Leather " and was also written by Faulkner."Brad was off...

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  14. "Castles in the Air"
  15. "Leilani
    Leilani (song)
    "Leilani" was the first single by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus when they were called Le Hoodoo Gurus and was released on Phantom Records in October 1982. It had been written by all four Gurus: James Baker, Dave Faulkner, Roddy Radalj and Kimble Rendall. Rendall left shortly before its...

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  16. "Poison Pen
    Poison Pen (song)
    "Poison Pen" was a single by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was released on Big Time Records in September, 1986; and was written by Dave Faulkner....

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  17. "Another World"
  18. "Like Wow - Wipeout!
    Like Wow - Wipeout!
    "Like Wow - Wipeout" is a song written by Dave Faulkner and recorded by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus for their album Mars Needs Guitars!. As a single, it was released on Big Time Records in October 1985 and reached #28 on the Melbourne Record Charts....

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  19. "Miss Freelove '69
    Miss Freelove '69
    "Miss Freelove '69" was a single by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus which reached #19 on the ARIA Singles Charts and #3 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks. It was released on RCA Records in February, 1991; and was written by Dave Faulkner...

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