| Living in the 70's | ||||
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| Studio album by Skyhooks | ||||
| Released | 28 October 1974 | |||
| Recorded | June 1974 | |||
| Genre | Pop/Rock | |||
| Label | Mushroom Records | |||
| Producer | Ross Wilson | |||
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| Allmusic | [1] |
Living in the 70's 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. In October 2010, it was listed at No. 9 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[2]
The album was produced by former Daddy Cool lead singer Ross Wilson.
Two singles were lifted from the album: "Living in the 70's"/"You're a Broken Gin Bottle, Baby" and "Horror Movie"/"Carlton (Lygon Street Limbo)", 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 January 1975.
"Broken Gin Bottle", the B-side of the original "Living in the 70's" single, was included as track 11 on the 2004 CD remaster.
In 2011 the album featured at number 75 on the Triple J Hottest 100 Albums of All Time.[3] In the same year, the title track was added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Sounds of Australia registry.[4]
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All tracks by Greg Macainsh, except where noted. Red Symons provides lead vocals on "Smut".
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1975 | Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart | 1 |
| Preceded by Elton John's Greatest Hits by Elton John |
Australian Kent Music Report number-one album 24 February - 15 June 1975 |
Succeeded by Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John |
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