Crank (Hoodoo Gurus album)

Crank
Studio album by Hoodoo Gurus
Released September 13, 1994
Genre Rock
Length 37:23
Label Zoo Entertainment
Producer Ed Stasium
Hoodoo Gurus chronology

Electric Soup / Gorilla Biscuit
(1992)		 Crank
(1994)		 Blue Cave
(1996)
Singles from Crank
  1. "The Right Time"
    Released: November, 1993
  2. "You Open my Eyes"
    Released: February, 1994
  3. "Less than a Feeling"
    Released: May, 1994
  4. "Nobody"
    Released: June, 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]

Crank was iconic[2][3] Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' sixth studio album.[4] The album was produced by Ed Stasium (Ramones, Living Colour, Smithereens),[4] who had mixed Hoodoo Gurus previous 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[5] with "You Open My Eyes" (February 1994, #43)[6] and "Less Than a Feeling" (May 1994, #26)[7] also charting.

EMI re-released the album on 6 February 2005[8] 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.[9]

Track listing

All tracks written by Dave Faulkner unless otherwise indicated.[10]

Original release

  1. "The Right Time" — 3:54
  2. "Crossed Wires" — 3:06
  3. "Quo Vadis" — 4:08
  4. "Nobody" — 4:24
  5. "Form a Circle" (Brad Shepherd)[10] — 3:40
  6. "Fading Slow" (Shepherd)[10] - 4:18
  7. "Gospel Train" — 2:58
  8. "Less than a Feeling" - 3:34
  9. "You Open my Eyes" (Shepherd)[10] — 3:17
  10. "Hypocrite Blues" — 3:02
  11. "I See You" — 1:59
  12. "Judgement Day" (Faulkner, Shepherd)[10] — 3:12
  13. "The Mountain" — 4:38

2005 re-release

Songwriters same as above, with additional tracks by Faulkner unless otherwise indicated.[10]

  1. "The Right Time" — 3:54
  2. "Crossed Wires" — 3:06
  3. "Quo Vadis" — 4:08
  4. "Nobody" — 4:24
  5. "Form a Circle" — 3:40
  6. "Fading Slow" — 4:18
  7. "Gospel Train" — 2:58
  8. "Less than a Feeling" — 3:34
  9. "You Open my Eyes" — 3:17
  10. "Hypocrite Blues" — 3:02
  11. "I See You" — 1:59
  12. "Judgement Day" — 3:12
  13. "The Mountain" — 4:38
  14. "Road Hog" (Shepherd)[10]
  15. "Wait for the Sun"
  16. "End of the Line"
  17. "Television Addict" (James Baker, Faulkner)[10]
  18. "Something I Forgot to Say"
  19. "Deform a Circle" (Shepherd)[10]
  20. "Wimp" (Javier Escovedo)[10]
  21. "I Heard Her Call My Name" (Lou Reed)[10]
  22. "Turn up Your Radio ('95)" (Jim Keays, Doug Ford)

Personnel

Credited to:[4][11]

Hoodoo Gurus

Additional musicians

Additional credits

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "ARIA Awards 2007: About Hall of Fame". ARIA Awards. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
  3. ↑ Pope, Mark (2007-05-07). "ARIA presents the 2007 ARIA Hall of Fame" ((PDF)). Retrieved 2008-01-22.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Holmgren, Magnus; Georgieff, Didier; Hartung, Stephan. "Hoodoo Gurus". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Australian Singles Chart "The Right Time"". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  6. ↑ "Australian Singles Chart "You Open My Eyes"". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  7. ↑ "Australian Singles Chart "Less Than a Feeling"". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  8. ↑ EMI Records
  9. ↑ "The Masters Apprentices". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2014. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.9 10.10 "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  11. ↑ "Discogs entry on Crank". Retrieved 2008-01-19.