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Kinky(Hoodoo Gurus album)

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Kinky
Studio albumby
Released9 April 1991
Recorded1990
StudioTrafalgar Studio
GenreRock
Length37:23
LabelRCA
ProducerHoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Guruschronology
Magnum Cum Louder
(1989)
Kinky
(1991)
Electric Soup
(1992)
SinglesfromKinky
  1. "Miss Freelove '69"
    Released: February 1991
  2. "1000 Miles Away"
    Released: May 1991
  3. "A Place in the Sun"
    Released: August 1991
  4. "Castles in the Air"
    Released: December 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Kinkyis the fifth studio album by AustralianrockgroupHoodoo Gurus.[2]It was released on 9 April 1991 byRCA Recordsand peaked at number 4 on the Australian charts and number 172 on the AmericanBillboardcharts.[3]

EMIre-released the album on 7 February 2005[4]with four additional tracks, a fold out poster and liner notes by Dave Gray (Rocket Science).

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written byDave Faulkner,except where noted[5]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Head In the Sand"Faulkner,Richard Grossman2:49
2."A Place In the Sun"3:47
3."Castles In the Air"4:08
4."Something's Coming"Faulkner,Brad Shepherd3:12
5."Miss Freelove '69"4:15
6."1000 Miles Away"4:33
7."Desiree"Shepherd2:34
8."I Don't Mind"3:40
9."Brainscan"Faulkner, Shepherd3:18
10."Too Much Fun"Faulkner, Shepherd3:14
11."Dressed in Black"Shepherd2:44
2005 re-release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Stomp The Tumbarumba"Johnny Devlin,Joy Inman3:02
13."I Think You Know"3:32
14."The Doctor Is In"6:05
15."Little Drummer Boy(Up the Kyber) "Harry Simeone,Henry Onorati,Katherine Davis2:21

Personnel[edit]

Album is credited to:[2] Hoodoo Gurus members

Additional musicians

  • Vicki Peterson- Backing vocals (track 6)
  • Rob Younger- Vocals (track 9)
  • Stephanie Faulkner - Backing vocals (track 2)
  • Sunil DeSilva - Additional Percussion (track 3)

Additional credits

  • Engineer — Alan Thorne
  • Assistant Engineers — David, Mackie, Robert Hodgson
  • Mastering — Greg Calbi
  • Mixers — Ed Stasium, Paul Hamingson
  • Assistant Mixer — Kyle Bess
  • Producer — Hoodoo Gurus

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 13
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[7] 28
United States (Billboard 200)[8] 172

Year end charts[edit]

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Australian (ARIA Charts)[9] 64

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[10] Platinum 70,000^

^Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

  1. ^Allmusic review
  2. ^abHolmgren, Magnus; Georgieff, Didier; Hartung, Stephan."Hoodoo Gurus".Passagen.se.Australian Rock Database(Magnus Holmgren). Archived fromthe originalon 22 October 2013.Retrieved25 March2014.
  3. ^"Billboard Artist Chart History - Hoodoo Gurus".Billboard Magazine.Retrieved11 February2008.
  4. ^EMI Records
  5. ^"Australasian Performing Right Association".APRA.Archived fromthe originalon 5 December 2007.Retrieved2 December2007.
  6. ^"Australiancharts.com – Kinky – Stoneage Romeos".Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  7. ^"Charts.nz – Kinky – Stoneage Romeos".Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  8. ^"BillboardArtist Chart History – Hoodoo Gurus ".Billboard Magazine.Archived fromthe originalon 4 July 2013.Retrieved6 March2016.
  9. ^Ryan, Gavin (2011).Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010(PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 131.
  10. ^McMartin, Michael."Hoodoo Gurus"(Press release). The Harbour Agency. Archived fromthe original(DOC)on 8 March 2016.Retrieved31 March2016.