Armchair Gurus

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Armchair Gurus
Armchair Gurus cover
Compilation album by Hoodoo Gurus
Released April 28, 1998
August 28, 2000
Genre Rock
Length 37:23
Label Mushroom
Shock Records
Producer Hoodoo Gurus
Professional reviews
Hoodoo Gurus chronology
Blue Cave
(1996)		 Armchair Gurus
(1997)		 Bite the Bullet
(1998)

Armchair Gurus is the third compilation album by iconic[1][2] Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was originally released as a 2CD set to coincide with the band's 1997 farewell tour of Australia (the 'Spit The Dummy' tour). It was also released separately with Electric Chair, the album features seventeen Hoodoo Gurus' ballads and slower songs whilst Electric Chair contains seventeen party tracks. The double set contains two tracks not previously found on Gurus’ albums and five totally new songs including the single "The Real Deal". The album went gold.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "I'm Doing Fine" - 3:31
  2. "My Girl" - 2:39
  3. "Death Defying" - 3:24
  4. "Come On" - 2:43
  5. "Shadow Me" - 3:39
  6. "1000 Miles Away" - 4:27
  7. "Fading Slow" - 4:16
  8. "Night Must Fall" - 4:07
  9. "Judgement Day" - 3:12
  10. "My Caravan" - 4:15
  11. "Nobody" - 4:23
  12. "Lover for a Friend" - 3:37
  13. "Waking Up Tired" - 2:54
  14. "Zanzibar" - 3:25
  15. "Show Some Emotion" - 2:58
  16. "I Was The One" - 4:10
  17. "Castles In The Air" - 4:06
v • d • e
Hoodoo Gurus
Dave Faulkner  · Mark Kingsmill  · Brad Shepherd  · Richard Grossman
Former members
Kimble Rendall  · Roddy Radalj  · James Baker  · Clyde Bramley
Studio Albums
Compilation Albums
Electric Soup  · Gorilla Biscuit  · Electric Chair  · Armchair Gurus  · Bite the Bullet  · Ampology
EPs
Singles
"Leilani"  · "Tojo"  · "My Girl"  · "I Want You Back"  · "Bittersweet"  · "Like Wow - Wipeout!"  · "Death Defying"  · "Poison Pen"  · "What's My Scene?"  · "Good Times"  · "In the Middle of the Land"  · "The Generation Gap"  · "Come Anytime"  · "Axegrinder"  · "Another World"  · "Miss Freelove '69"  · "1000 Miles Away"  · "A Place in the Sun"  · "Castles in the Air"  · "The Right Time"  · "You Open My Eyes"  · "Less Than a Feeling"  · "Nobody"  · "Turn Up Your Radio"  · "Big Deal"  · "If Only..."  · "Waking Up Tired"  · "Down on Me"  · "The Real Deal"  · "That's My Team"  · "Nothing's Changing My Life"  · "When You Get to California"
DVD/Videos
Electric Soup  · More Electric Soup  · Electric Soup – The Complete Video Collection  · Tunnel Vision
Related articles
Categories
Members  · Albums  · Songs


[edit] References

  1. ^ ARIA Awards 2007: About Hall of Fame. ARIA Awards. Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
  2. ^ Pope, Mark (2007-05-07). (PDF) "ARIA presents the 2007 ARIA Hall of Fame". Retrieved on 2008-01-22.