Purity of Essence (Hoodoo Gurus album)
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Track listing
Release history
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Charts
| Year | Chart | Title | Peak position |
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| 2010 | Australian Albums Chart 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... |
Purity of Essence | 16 |
Personnel
Credited to:Hoodoo Gurus members
- Dave FaulknerDave Faulkner (musician)Dave Faulkner is an Australian rock musician who also performed as Dave Flick. Faulkner is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist; he has performed with several bands, but is best known as a member of Hoodoo Gurus...
– lead vocals, guitar - Rick GrossmanRichard Grossman (musician)Richard Grossman is an Australian rock musician who has played bass guitar for two iconic bands Divinyls and Hoodoo Gurus. Hoodoo Gurus iconic status on the Australian rock scene was acknowledged when they were inducted into the 2007 ARIA Hall of Fame. For Grossman, this was his second Hall of Fame...
– bass - Mark Kingsmill – drums
- Brad ShepherdBrad ShepherdBrad Shepherd is an Australian rock musician. Shepherd is a guitarist, singer-songwriter and harmonica player; he has performed with several bands, especially the Hoodoo Gurus...
– guitar, vocals
Additional musicians
- Andy Bickers – saxophone (tracks 4, 10)
- Erina Clark – backing vocals (tracks 5, 10)
- Ian CooperIan Cooper (violinist)Ian Cooper is an Australian Violinist. He was commissioned to compose the "Tin Symphony" for the opening ceremony of the Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney and is proficient in many musical styles including Classical, Gypsy, Jazz, Irish & Country music...
– viola (track 8) - Garrett Costigan – pedal steel guitar (tracks 11, 16)
- Anthony Kable – trombone (tracks 4, 10)
- Adrian Keating – violin (track 8)
- Stewart Kirwan – trumpet (tracks 4, 10)
- Sophie Serafino – violin (track 8)
- Prinnie Stevens – backing vocals (tracks 5, 10)
Production details
- Engineer – Tim Whitten
- Engineer assistants – Jason Lea
- Mastering – Greg Calbi at Sterling Sonic, New York
- Mastering (additional) - Don Bartley (track 1) at Benchmark Mastering, Sydney
- Mixers – Ed StasiumEd StasiumEd Stasium is an American record producer and engineer who has worked on albums by The Ramones, Talking Heads, The Smithereens and Living Colour.- History :Stasium first surfaced in 1970 fronting the band Brandywine, appearing on their sole LP Aged....
at Kozytone Studio, Durango, ColoradoDurango, ColoradoThe City of Durango is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of La Plata County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau said that the city population was 16,887 in 2010 census.-History:... - Producers – Hoodoo Gurus, Charles FisherCharles Fisher (producer)Charles Fisher is an Australian record producer. Often referred to as the song doctor. He is widely known as the producer of Savage Garden's eponymous album which yielded 10 ARIAs in 1997. "I Want You", a single from the aforementioned album also won a Channel V award in India...
- Artwork - DK Sony
- Design and layout – Doug Bartlett
- Artists – David Bowers, Nick Morris
- Photography – Tony Mott
- Recording studio – Electric Avenue Studios, Camperdown, NSWCamperdown, New South WalesCamperdown is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Camperdown is located 4 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the Inner West region...
- Additional recording – The Dream Academy (Newport, VicNewport, VictoriaNewport is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hobsons Bay. At the 2006 Census, Newport had a population of 11,244.-History:...
), Studios 301 (Alexandria, NSWAlexandria, New South WalesAlexandria is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Alexandria is located 4 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney...
), The Vault (Balmain, NSWBalmain, New South WalesBalmain is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Balmain is located slightly west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Leichhardt....
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- Additional recording – The Dream Academy (Newport, Vic