Crank (Hoodoo Gurus album)
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Crank was iconic Australia
n rock
group Hoodoo Gurus
' sixth studio album. The album was produced by Ed Stasium
(Ramones
, Living Colour
, Smithereens
), who had mixed Hoodoo Gurus last studio album, Kinky
in 1991. It was the band's first release on Zoo Records. The single "The Right Time" (November 1993) reached #41 on the ARIA
Singles Chart with "You Open My Eyes" (February 1994, #43) and "Less Than a Feeling" (May 1994, #26) also charting.
EMI
re-released the album on 6 February 2005 with an additional nine bonus tracks, a fold out poster and liner notes by Andy Strachan
(The Living End
). One of the bonus tracks is "Television Addict
" which was originally performed by Perth
punk
band The Victims in 1977 with Gurus' Dave Faulkner
known as Dave Flick. "Turn Up Your Radio" originally by Australian band The Masters Apprentices
was released in 1995 as a single credited to The Masters Apprentices with Hoodoo Gurus.
unless otherwise indicated.
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...
' sixth studio album. The album was produced by Ed Stasium
Ed Stasium
Ed 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....
(Ramones
Ramones
The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...
, Living Colour
Living Colour
Living Colour is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 1984. Stylistically, the band's music is a creative fusion influenced by free jazz, funk, neo-psychedelia, hard rock, and heavy metal...
, Smithereens
Smithereens
Smithereens may refer to:* Smithereens , a 1982 film by Susan Seidelman* The Smithereens, a rock band from New Jersey* Smithereens a book by Shaun Micallef* Natives of Smithers, a town in Canada...
), who had mixed Hoodoo Gurus last studio album, 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...
in 1991. It was the band's first release on Zoo Records. The single "The Right Time" (November 1993) reached #41 on the 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...
Singles Chart with "You Open My Eyes" (February 1994, #43) and "Less Than a Feeling" (May 1994, #26) also charting.
EMI
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...
re-released the album on 6 February 2005 with an additional nine bonus tracks, a fold out poster and liner notes by Andy Strachan
Andy Strachan
Andrew Douglas Strachan is the drummer of Australian rock band; The Living End.-Biography:Andy started drumming at the age of 12, and is self-taught.He graduated year 12 at Aberfoyle Park High School in Adelaide and went on to study Natural Therapies for 3 years...
(The Living End
The Living End
The Living End are an Australian rock band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 1994. The current lineup consists of Chris Cheney , Scott Owen and Andy Strachan...
). One of the bonus tracks is "Television Addict
Television Addict
"Television Addict" was the A-side of the debut single by The Victims, an early punk rock band from Perth, Western Australia. The song is a mainstay of compilations of Australian punk from the 1970s, and has been recorded by the Hoodoo Gurus, You Am I, The Hellacopters and Teengenerate.It was...
" which was originally performed by Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band The Victims in 1977 with Gurus' Dave Faulkner
Dave 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...
known as Dave Flick. "Turn Up Your Radio" originally by Australian band The Masters Apprentices
The Masters Apprentices
The Masters Apprentices were an Australian rock band fronted by mainstay Jim Keays on lead vocals, which formed in 1965 in Adelaide, South Australia, relocated to Melbourne in February 1967 and attempted to break into the United Kingdom market from 1970, before disbanding in 1972...
was released in 1995 as a single credited to The Masters Apprentices with Hoodoo Gurus.
Track listing
All tracks written by 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...
unless otherwise indicated.
Original release
- "The Right Time" — 3:54
- "Crossed Wires" — 3:06
- "Quo Vadis" — 4:08
- "Nobody" — 4:24
- "Form a Circle" (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...
) — 3:40 - "Fading Slow" (Shepherd) - 4:18
- "Gospel Train" — 2:58
- "Less than a Feeling" - 3:34
- "You Open my Eyes" (Shepherd) — 3:17
- "Hypocrite Blues" — 3:02
- "I See You" — 1:59
- "Judgement Day" (Faulkner, Shepherd) — 3:12
- "The Mountain" — 4:38
2005 re-release
Songwriters same as above, with additional tracks by Faulkner unless otherwise indicated.- "The Right Time" — 3:54
- "Crossed Wires" — 3:06
- "Quo Vadis" — 4:08
- "Nobody" — 4:24
- "Form a Circle" — 3:40
- "Fading Slow" — 4:18
- "Gospel Train" — 2:58
- "Less than a Feeling" — 3:34
- "You Open my Eyes" — 3:17
- "Hypocrite Blues" — 3:02
- "I See You" — 1:59
- "Judgement Day" — 3:12
- "The Mountain" — 4:38
- "Road Hog" (Shepherd)
- "Wait for the Sun"
- "End of the Line"
- "Television AddictTelevision Addict"Television Addict" was the A-side of the debut single by The Victims, an early punk rock band from Perth, Western Australia. The song is a mainstay of compilations of Australian punk from the 1970s, and has been recorded by the Hoodoo Gurus, You Am I, The Hellacopters and Teengenerate.It was...
" (James BakerJames Baker (musician)James Baker is a rock musician from Perth, Western Australia. He has drummed with, and was instrumental in the founding of several influential Australian bands including The Scientists, Le Hoodoo Gurus, Beasts of Bourbon, and The Dubrovniks.-Early days:Baker has named Ronnie Bond of The Troggs as...
, Faulkner) - "Something I Forgot to Say"
- "Deform a Circle" (Shepherd)
- "Wimp" (Javier Escovedo)
- "I Heard Her Call My Name" (Lou ReedLou ReedLewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
) - "Turn up Your Radio ('95)" (Jim KeaysJim KeaysJames "Jim" Keays is an Australian musician who fronted rock band The Masters Apprentices as singer-songwriter, guitarist and harmonica-player during 1965–1972, and subsequently had a solo career including leading Jim Keays' Southern Cross...
, Doug FordDoug Ford (musician)Doug Ford is an Australian rock guitarist and songwriter since the 1960s. During 1968–1972, Ford was the lead guitarist in the Australian pop-rock band The Masters Apprentices and established a successful writing partnership with the group's lead singer Jim Keays.-Biography:Ford was born in Casino,...
)
Hoodoo Gurus
- 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...
— guitar, keyboards, vocals - 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, rataplan
- 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
- Vicki PetersonVicki PetersonVicki Peterson is an American rock musician ....
(The BanglesThe BanglesThe Bangles are an American all-female band that originated in the early 1980s, scoring several hit singles during the decade.-Formation and early years :...
) — background vocals (tracks 9 & 10) - Wendy WildWendy WildWendy Wild, born Wendy Andreiev was an American singer, musician, and artist who in the 1980s was a well known presence in New York's downtown music and performance scenes.-Career:...
— background vocals (track 13) - Steven MacDonald — role of The Disciple (lead vocals) (one verse of track 10)
Additional credits
- Cover — Paul McNeill
- Editors — Dave Collins, Pat Sullivan (assistant)
- Engineer — Paul Hamingson
- Mastering — Greg Calbi
- Mixer (assistant) — John Aguto
- Producer — 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....
- Photo (band) — Andrej Ligur
- Photography — Adrienna Overall
- Recorder (assistant) — Matt Westfield