Hoodoo Gurus discography
Encyclopedia
The discography
of Hoodoo Gurus
, an Australian rock
group, consists of eight studio album
s, thirty-two singles
, one extended play
, five compilation
albums and four video album/DVD
releases. Formed in January 1981, the band was originally known as Le Hoodoo Gurus for the release of their first single, "Leilani
" in October 1982.
Hoodoo Gurus' debut album, Stoneage Romeos
was released in March 1984 on Big Time Records
. When Stoneage Romeos was issued in America by A&M Records
it stayed at number 1 in the Alternative/College charts for seven weeks, becoming one of the most played albums for the year on the college network. Hoodoo Gurus' peak of popularity was in the mid-to-late 1980s with the albums Mars Needs Guitars!
, Blow Your Cool!
and Magnum Cum Louder
, all of which charted on the American Billboard 200
album charts. 1992 saw the release of Electric Soup
and Gorilla Biscuit
by BMG, winning the band's first Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
Award
, for 'Best Cover Art' in 1993, with both albums certified triple Platinum
.
The Hoodoo Gurus officially split in 1998, with Mushroom
releasing a live album, Bite the Bullet
following the band's farewell tour. The album was joined by a limited edition, triple CD version subtitled Director's Cut, which included the additional CDs, Doppelgänger (a collection of live-to-air Broadcasts from 1983–1996) and Bubble and Squeak (a collection of outtakes and oddities).
In November 2003 Hoodoo Gurus reformed to record a new album, Mach Schau
. From February 2005 EMI reissued expanded/remastered editions of all earlier Hoodoo Gurus studio albums and also released Tunnel Vision (2005), a two-DVD
set compiling every Gurus' video, live material and a retrospective documentary, "Be My Guru". In 2005
, at the ARIA Award
s Tunnel Vision was nominated for 'Best Music DVD', the band's fifth ARIA nomination.
ARIA
Certified Albums Awards (AUS) Gold 35,000; Platinum 70,000.
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Label: Evangeline Records, Acadia Records
2 CD collection of songs spanning their entire career
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ARIA
Certified Albums Awards (AUS) Gold 35,000; Platinum 70,000
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|align="center" rowspan="2"| 1983
|align="center"| "Tojo
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|align="center"| "My Girl
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|align="center"| 1984
|align="center"| "I Want You Back
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|align="center" rowspan="2"| 1985
|align="center"| "Bittersweet
"
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|align="center" rowspan=4|Mars Needs Guitars!
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|align="center"| "Like Wow - Wipeout!
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|align="center" rowspan="2"| 1986
|align="center"| "Death Defying
"
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|align="center"| "Poison Pen
"
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|align="center" rowspan="3"| 1987
|align="center"| "What's My Scene?
"
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|align="center" rowspan=3|Blow Your Cool!
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|align="center"| "Good Times
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|align="center"| "In the Middle of the Land
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|align="center"| 1988
|align="center"| "The Generation Gap
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|align="center" rowspan="3"| 1989
|align="center"| "Come Anytime
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|align="center" rowspan=3|Magnum Cum Louder
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|align="center"| "Axegrinder"
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|align="center"| "Another World"
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|align="center" rowspan="4"| 1991
|align="center"| "Miss Freelove '69
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|align="center" rowspan=4|Kinky
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|align="center"| "1000 Miles Away
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|align="center"| "A Place in the Sun"
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|align="center"| "Castles in the Air"
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|align="center"| 1993
|align="center"| "The Right Time
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|align="center" rowspan=4|Crank
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|align="center" rowspan="3"| 1994
|align="center"| "You Open My Eyes
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|align="center"| "Less Than a Feeling"
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|align="center"| "Nobody"
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|align="center"| 1995
|align="center"| "Turn Up Your Radio"
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with Masters Apprentices
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|align="center" rowspan="3"| 1996
|align="center"| "Big Deal"
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|align="center"| "If Only..."
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|align="center"| "Waking up Tired"
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|align="center" rowspan="2"| 1997
|align="center"| "Down on Me"
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|align="center"| "The Real Deal"
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|align="center" rowspan=1|Electric Chair
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|align="center"| 2003
|align="center"| "That's My Team
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|align="center" rowspan="2"| 2004
|align="center"| "Nothing's Changing My Life"
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|align="center" rowspan=2|Mach Schau
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|align="center"| "When You Get to California"
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|align="center"| 2009
|align="center"| "Crackin' Up"
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|align="center" rowspan=3|Purity Of Essence
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|align="center" rowspan=2| 2010
|align="center"| "I Hope You're Happy"
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|align="center"| "What's In It For Me?"
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Discography
Discography is the study and listing of the details concerning sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified musical genres...
of 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...
, an Australian 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, consists of eight studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
s, thirty-two singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
, one extended play
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, five compilation
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
albums and four video album/DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
releases. Formed in January 1981, the band was originally known as Le Hoodoo Gurus for the release of their first single, "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...
" in October 1982.
Hoodoo Gurus' debut album, Stoneage Romeos
Stoneage Romeos
Stoneage Romeos was iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' first album and saw them receive record sales to complement their already strong reputation for live performances. The album name is from a Three Stooges short film...
was released in March 1984 on Big Time Records
Big Time Records (label)
Big Time Records was an independent record label based in Sydney, Australia. The label was owned by Lance Reynolds and Fred Bestall, who managed Air Supply in their early days among others. From 1979 up until 1981 Big Time was distributed by Wizard Records, who were purchased by EMI Ltd...
. When Stoneage Romeos was issued in America by A&M Records
A&M Records
A&M Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group that operates under the mantle of its Interscope-Geffen-A&M division.-Beginnings:...
it stayed at number 1 in the Alternative/College charts for seven weeks, becoming one of the most played albums for the year on the college network. Hoodoo Gurus' peak of popularity was in the mid-to-late 1980s with the albums Mars Needs Guitars!
Mars Needs Guitars!
Mars Needs Guitars! was iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' second album. The title is a reference to the 1967 science fiction film, Mars Needs Women. Singles from the album were "Bittersweet" , "Like Wow – Wipeout" , "Death Defying" and "Poison Pen" . Mars Needs Guitars! reached No...
, Blow Your Cool!
Blow Your Cool!
Blow Your Cool! is iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' third album released in May 1987 and contains their hit single "What's My Scene?". The single reached #3 on the Australian Music Charts...
and Magnum Cum Louder
Magnum Cum Louder
Magnum Cum Louder was Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' fourth album, the first with their new label, RCA Records having been dropped by Elektra Records following disappointing sales in the United States. The album was released in Australia on 28 June 1989.The album reached No. 101 on the...
, all of which charted on the American Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
album charts. 1992 saw the release of Electric Soup
Electric Soup (album)
Electric Soup a.k.a. Electric Soup: The Singles Collection is the first compilation album by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus and contained all their Australian singles to date . It was also released as a 2CD set with Gorilla Biscuit a collection of their b-sides and rarities. The album...
and 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...
by BMG, winning the band's first Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
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' in 1993, with both albums certified triple Platinum
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
.
The Hoodoo Gurus officially split in 1998, with Mushroom
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...
releasing a live album, Bite the Bullet
Bite the Bullet (album)
Bite the Bullet is a compilation album by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus released in August, 1998 as a single CD sometimes called Bite the Bullet on the Mushroom label....
following the band's farewell tour. The album was joined by a limited edition, triple CD version subtitled Director's Cut, which included the additional CDs, Doppelgänger (a collection of live-to-air Broadcasts from 1983–1996) and Bubble and Squeak (a collection of outtakes and oddities).
In November 2003 Hoodoo Gurus reformed to record a new album, Mach Schau
Mach Schau (Hoodoo Gurus album)
Mach Schau is iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' eighth studio album. It was recorded eight years after their last studio album, Blue Cave, and released six years after the band had officially split in January 1998....
. From February 2005 EMI reissued expanded/remastered editions of all earlier Hoodoo Gurus studio albums and also released Tunnel Vision (2005), a two-DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
set compiling every Gurus' video, live material and a retrospective documentary, "Be My Guru". In 2005
ARIA Music Awards of 2005
The 19th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards were held on 23 October 2005 at the Sydney Superdome at the Sydney Olympic Park complex, thus continuing the previous year's innovation of televising the awards on Sunday evening...
, at the 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...
s Tunnel Vision was nominated for 'Best Music DVD', the band's fifth ARIA nomination.
Studio albums
Year | Title | Chart peak positions | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds) |
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AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
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1984 | Stoneage Romeos Stoneage Romeos Stoneage Romeos was iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' first album and saw them receive record sales to complement their already strong reputation for live performances. The album name is from a Three Stooges short film...
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29 | 209 | 1 | AUS Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... : Gold |
1985 | Mars Needs Guitars! Mars Needs Guitars! Mars Needs Guitars! was iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' second album. The title is a reference to the 1967 science fiction film, Mars Needs Women. Singles from the album were "Bittersweet" , "Like Wow – Wipeout" , "Death Defying" and "Poison Pen" . Mars Needs Guitars! reached No... |
5 | 140 | 1 | AUS: Platinum |
1987 | Blow Your Cool! Blow Your Cool! Blow Your Cool! is iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' third album released in May 1987 and contains their hit single "What's My Scene?". The single reached #3 on the Australian Music Charts... |
2 | 120 | 1 | AUS: Gold |
1989 | Magnum Cum Louder Magnum Cum Louder Magnum Cum Louder was Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' fourth album, the first with their new label, RCA Records having been dropped by Elektra Records following disappointing sales in the United States. The album was released in Australia on 28 June 1989.The album reached No. 101 on the... RCA Records RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label... PD 90362 |
13 | 101 | 1 | AUS: Platinum |
1991 | Kinky Kinky (Hoodoo Gurus album) Kinky was iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' fifth studio album, and was released on 9 April 1991 by RCA Records.The album reached No. 172 on the American Billboard charts in 1991, with the single "Miss Freelove '69" reaching No. 19 on the ARIA Singles Chart, No. 3 on the Billboard Modern... |
8 | 172 | 2 | AUS: Gold |
1994 | Crank Crank (Hoodoo Gurus album) Crank was iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' sixth studio album. The album was produced by Ed Stasium , who had mixed Hoodoo Gurus last studio album, Kinky in 1991. It was the band's first release on Zoo Records... |
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1996 | Blue Cave Blue Cave (Hoodoo Gurus album) Blue Cave or In Blue Cave was Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' seventh studio album. The album was nominated for 'Best Pop Release' at the 1996 ARIA Awards... |
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2004 | Mach Schau Mach Schau (Hoodoo Gurus album) Mach Schau is iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' eighth studio album. It was recorded eight years after their last studio album, Blue Cave, and released six years after the band had officially split in January 1998.... EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major... |
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2010 | Purity of Essence Purity of Essence (Hoodoo Gurus album) -Track listing:-Release history:-Charts:-Personnel:Credited to:Hoodoo Gurus members* Dave Faulkner – lead vocals, guitar* Rick Grossman – bass* Mark Kingsmill – drums* Brad Shepherd – guitar, vocalsAdditional musicians... |
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ARIA
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
Certified Albums Awards (AUS) Gold 35,000; Platinum 70,000.
Extended plays
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1997 | Hoodoo Voodoo Hoodoo Voodoo Hoodoo Voodoo is an EP by iconicAustralian rock group Hoodoo Gurus and was released by Mushroom Records on 27 March 1997. This EP includes several tracks from the band's seventh studio album Blue Cave including "Down on Me," "Son-Of-A-Gun" and "Mind the Spider". Also includes extended remixes of...
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Compilations
Year | Title | Chart peak positions AUS Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... |
Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds) |
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1992 | Electric Soup Electric Soup (album) Electric Soup a.k.a. Electric Soup: The Singles Collection is the first compilation album by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus and contained all their Australian singles to date . It was also released as a 2CD set with Gorilla Biscuit a collection of their b-sides and rarities. The album...
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3 | AUS Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... : 3× Platinum |
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... Electric Soup (album) Electric Soup a.k.a. Electric Soup: The Singles Collection is the first compilation album by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus and contained all their Australian singles to date . It was also released as a 2CD set with Gorilla Biscuit a collection of their b-sides and rarities. The album... |
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1998 | Electric Chair Electric Chair (album) Electric Chair is a compilation album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was originally released as a 2CD set with Armchair Gurus, the album features seventeen Hoodoo Gurus' rock/party tracks whilst Armchair Gurus contains seventeen ballads and slower songs... Armchair Gurus Armchair Gurus is the third compilation album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was originally released as a 2CD set to coincide with the band's 1997 farewell tour of Australia... |
33 | AUS: Gold |
Armchair Gurus Armchair Gurus Armchair Gurus is the third compilation album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was originally released as a 2CD set to coincide with the band's 1997 farewell tour of Australia... Electric Chair (album) Electric Chair is a compilation album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was originally released as a 2CD set with Armchair Gurus, the album features seventeen Hoodoo Gurus' rock/party tracks whilst Armchair Gurus contains seventeen ballads and slower songs... |
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ARIA
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
Certified Albums Awards (AUS) Gold 35,000; Platinum 70,000
Live albums
Year | Title | Chart peak positions AUS Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... |
Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds) |
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1998 | Bite the Bullet Bite the Bullet (album) Bite the Bullet is a compilation album by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus released in August, 1998 as a single CD sometimes called Bite the Bullet on the Mushroom label....
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Singles
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|align="center" rowspan="2"| 1983
|align="center"| "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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|align="center"| "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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|align="center"| 1984
|align="center"| "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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|align="center" rowspan="2"| 1985
|align="center"| "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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|align="center"| "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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|align="center" rowspan="2"| 1986
|align="center"| "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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|align="center"| "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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|align="center" rowspan="3"| 1987
|align="center"| "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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|align="center"| "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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|align="center"| "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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|align="center"| 1988
|align="center"| "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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|align="center" rowspan="3"| 1989
|align="center"| "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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|align="center" rowspan=3|Magnum Cum Louder
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|align="center"| "Axegrinder"
|align="center"| 60
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|align="center"| "Another World"
|align="center"| 85
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|align="center" rowspan="4"| 1991
|align="center"| "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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|align="center" rowspan=4|Kinky
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|align="center"| "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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|align="center"| "A Place in the Sun"
|align="center"| 99
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|align="center"| "Castles in the Air"
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|align="center"| 1993
|align="center"| "The Right Time
The Right Time (Hoodoo Gurus song)
"The Right Time" was a single by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus which reached #41 on the ARIA Singles Charts. It was released on RCA Records in November, 1993; and was written by Dave Faulkner. First B side "Road Hog" was written by Brad Shepherd and second B side "Wait for the Sun" by...
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|align="center"| 41
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|align="center" rowspan=4|Crank
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|align="center" rowspan="3"| 1994
|align="center"| "You Open My Eyes
You Open My Eyes
"You Open My Eyes" is a single by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus which reached #43 on the ARIA Singles Charts. It was released on BMG in February, 1994; and was written by Brad Shepherd. This was the first Hoodoo Gurus single that was not written or co-written by Dave Faulkner. The B...
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|align="center"| "Less Than a Feeling"
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|align="center"| "Nobody"
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|align="center"| 1995
|align="center"| "Turn Up Your Radio"
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|align="center" rowspan=1|non-album single
with Masters Apprentices
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|align="center" rowspan="3"| 1996
|align="center"| "Big Deal"
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|align="center" rowspan=4|Blue Cave
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|align="center"| "If Only..."
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|align="center"| "Waking up Tired"
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|align="center" rowspan="2"| 1997
|align="center"| "Down on Me"
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|align="center"| "The Real Deal"
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|align="center" rowspan=1|Electric Chair
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|align="center"| 2003
|align="center"| "That's My Team
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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|align="center" rowspan=1|non-album single
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|align="center" rowspan="2"| 2004
|align="center"| "Nothing's Changing My Life"
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|align="center" rowspan=2|Mach Schau
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|align="center"| "When You Get to California"
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|align="center"| 2009
|align="center"| "Crackin' Up"
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|align="center" rowspan=3|Purity Of Essence
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|align="center" rowspan=2| 2010
|align="center"| "I Hope You're Happy"
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|align="center"| "What's In It For Me?"
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Videos albums
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1992 | Electric Soup
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1996 | More Electric Soup
Blue Cave (Hoodoo Gurus album) Blue Cave or In Blue Cave was Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' seventh studio album. The album was nominated for 'Best Pop Release' at the 1996 ARIA Awards... - CD package |
1999 | Electric Soup The Complete Video Collection |
2005 | Tunnel Vision
EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major... (Australia) 7243 5 44540 9 7 DVD A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
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