Living in the Seventies

Living in the Seventies was the debut album released by Melbourne band Skyhooks in October 1974 on the Mushroom Records label. Initially charting in Melbourne only in 1974, by early 1975 the rest of the nation began to catch on. It spent 16 weeks at the top of the Australian album charts from late February 1975, and became the highest-selling album by an Australian act in Australia up until that time, with sales of 240,000.

The album was produced by former Daddy Cool lead singer Ross Wilson.

Two singles were lifted from the album: "Living in the 70s"/"You're a Broken Gin Bottle, Baby" and "Horror Movie"/"Carlton (Lygon Street Blues)", the latter spending 2 weeks at the top of the Australian singles chart in 1975. Six tracks from the album were banned on commercial radio in Australia. However in defiance of this, the ABC's new youth station in Sydney, 2JJ, played the track "You Just Like Me 'Cos I'm Good in Bed" as their first ever song when they began broadcasting in 1975.

"Broken Gin Bottle", the B-side of the original "Living in the Seventies" single, was included as track 11 on the CD release.

[edit] Track listing

"Living in the 70s" - 3:42
"Whatever Happened to the Revolution?" - 4:08
"Balwyn Calling" - 3:44
"Horror Movie" - 3:47
"You Just Like Me 'Cos I'm Good in Bed" - 3:44
"Saturday Night" (Bonus limited edition CD track not on Australian original vinyl LP or original CD)
"Carlton (Lygon Street Blues)" - 5:18
"Toorak Cowboy" - 3:45
"Smut" - 5:19 (with Red Symons as lead vocalist)
"Hey, What's the Matter?" - 2:47
"Motorcycle Bitch" - 3:56
"Broken Gin Bottle" - 4:12 (Bonus CD track not on original vinyl LP or limited edition CD)
"Why Don'tcha All Get F***ed" (Live) - 4:14 (Bonus limited edition CD track not on Australian original vinyl LP or original CD; track was censored as "Why Don't You All Get")