Crank (Hoodoo Gurus album)

Crank

Studio album by Hoodoo Gurus

Released

March 1994

Genre

Rock

Length

37:23

Hoodoo Gurus chronology

Electric Soup / Gorilla Biscuit
(1992)

Crank
(1994)

Blue Cave
(1996)

Singles from Crank

"The Right Time"
Released: November 1993
"You Open my Eyes"
Released: February 1994
"Less than a Feeling"
Released: May 1994
"Nobody"
Released: June 1994

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Crank is Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' sixth studio album,^[2] released in early March 1994. The album was produced by Ed Stasium (Ramones, Living Colour, The Smithereens),^[2] who had mixed Hoodoo Gurus previous studio album, Kinky in 1991. It was the band's first release on Zoo Records.

The first single from the album, "The Right Time", released in November 1993, reached No. 41 on the ARIA Singles Chart^[3] with the second single, "You Open My Eyes", released in February 1994, reaching No. 43^[4] and the third single, "Less Than a Feeling", released May 1994, peaking at No. 6.^[5]

EMI re-released the album on 6 February 2005^[6] 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.^[7]

Track listing

All tracks written by Dave Faulkner, except where noted^[8].

No.	Title	Length
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)	3:40
6.	"Fading Slow" (Shepherd)	4:18
7.	"Gospel Train"	2:58
8.	"Less Than a Feeling"	3:34
9.	"You Open My Eyes" (Shepherd)	3:17
10.	"Hypocrite Blues"	3:02
11.	"I See You"	1:59
12.	"Judgement Day" (Faulkner, Shepherd)	3:12
13.	"The Mountain"	4:38

2005 re-release
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Road Hog" (Shepherd)	2:31
15.	"Wait for the Sun"	3:18
16.	"End of the Line"	4:03
17.	"Television Addict" (James Baker, Faulkner)	2:47
18.	"Something I Forgot to Say""	2:55
19.	"Deform a Circle" (Shepherd)	5:32
20.	"Wimp" (Javier Escovedo)	3:00
21.	"I Heard Her Call My Name" (Lou Reed)	2:42
22.	"Turn up Your Radio ('95)" (Jim Keays, Doug Ford)	3:31

Personnel

Credited to:^[2]^[9]

Hoodoo Gurus

Dave Faulkner – guitar, keyboards, vocals
Rick Grossman – bass
Mark Kingsmill – drums, rataplan
Brad Shepherd – guitar, vocals

Additional musicians

Vicki Peterson (The Bangles) – background vocals (tracks 9 & 10)
Wendy Wild – background vocals (track 13)
Steven MacDonald – role of The Disciple (lead vocals) (one verse of track 10)

Additional credits

Cover – Paul McNeill
Editors – Dave Collins, Pat Sullivan (assistant)
Engineer – Paul Hamingson
Mastering – Greg Calbi
Mixer (assistant) – John Aguto
Producer – Ed Stasium
Photo (band) – Andrej Ligur
Photography – Adrienna Overall
Recorder (assistant) – Matt Westfield

References

↑ Allmusic review
1 2 3 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.
↑ "Australian Singles Chart "The Right Time"". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
↑ "Australian Singles Chart "You Open My Eyes"". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
↑ "Australian Singles Chart "Less Than a Feeling"". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
↑ EMI Records
↑ Holmgren, Magnus. "The Masters Apprentices". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
↑ "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on 2007-12-05. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
↑ "Discogs entry on Crank". Retrieved 2008-01-19.

Hoodoo Gurus
Dave Faulkner Brad Shepherd Richard Grossman Nik Rieth James Baker Roddy Radalj Kimble Rendall Clyde Bramley Mark Kingsmill
Studio albums	Stoneage Romeos Mars Needs Guitars! Blow Your Cool! Magnum Cum Louder Kinky Crank Blue Cave Mach Schau Purity of Essence
Compilations	Electric Soup Gorilla Biscuit Electric Chair Armchair Gurus Bite the Bullet Ampology Gold Watch: 20 Golden Greats
EPs	Hoodoo Voodoo Gravy Train
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" "Crackin' Up" "I Hope You're Happy" "What's in It for Me"
DVD/Videos	Electric Soup More Electric Soup Electric Soup – The Complete Video Collection Tunnel Vision
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