Kinky (Hoodoo Gurus album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Kinky
Type = Album
Artist = Hoodoo Gurus


Released = April 9, 1991
February 7, 2005
Recorded = Trafalgar Studio
Genre = Rock
Length = 37:23
Label = RCA/BMG
EMI
Producer = Hoodoo Gurus
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:difpxq85ldae]
Last album = "Magnum Cum Louder"
(1989)
This album = "Kinky"
(1991)
Next album = "Electric Soup / Gorilla Biscuit"
(1992)
Misc = Singles
Name = Kinky
Type = studio
single 1 = Miss Freelove '69
single 1 date = February, 1991
single 2 = 1000 Miles Away
single 2 date = June, 1991
single 3 = A Place in the Sun
single 3 date = August, 1991
single 4 = Castles in the Air
single 4 date = December, 1991

"Kinky" was iconiccite web |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/about-hall-of-fame.php |title=ARIA Awards 2007: About Hall of Fame |publisher=ARIA Awards |accessdate=2007-11-20 ] cite web |title="ARIA presents the 2007 ARIA Hall of Fame" |last=Pope |first=Mark |url=http://www.amcos.com.au/news/industry/news/070507_ARIA-HallofFame.pdf (PDF) |date=2007-05-07 |accessdate=2008-01-22 ] Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' fifth studio album, and was released April 9, 1991 by RCA Records.

The album reached No. 172 on the American Billboard charts in 1991, with the single "Miss Freelove '69" (February 1991) reaching No. 19 on the ARIA Singles Chart, [cite web |title=Australian Singles Chart "Miss Freelove '69" |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Hoodoo+Gurus&titel=Miss+Freelove+%2769&cat=s |publisher=australian-charts.com |accessdate=2007-12-02 ] No. 3 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in 1991. Other singles were "1000 Miles Away" (June 1991, No. 37 [cite web |title=Australian Singles Chart "1000 Miles Away" |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?key=277779&cat=s |publisher=australian-charts.com |accessdate=2007-12-02 ] ), "A Place in the Sun" (August 1991) and "Castles in the Air" (December 1991).

EMI re-released the album on February 7, 2005 [ [http://www.musichead.com.au/site/artistProduct.asp?actID=21123&catalogNo=8637532 EMI Records] ] with four additional tracks, a fold out poster and liner notes by Dave Gray (Rocket Science).

Track listing

All tracks written by Dave Faulkner unless otherwise indicated.cite web |title=Australasian Performing Right Association |publisher=APRA |accessdate=2007-12-02 |url=http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch ]

Original release

# "Head in the Sand" (Faulkner, Richard Grossman) — 2:49
# "Place in the Sun" — 3:47
# "Castles in the Air" — 4:08
# "Something's Coming" (Faulkner, Brad Shepherd) — 3:12
# "Miss Freelove '69" — 4:15
# "1000 Miles Away" — 4:33
# "Desiree" (Shepherd) — 2:34
# "I Don't Mind" — 3:40
# "Brainscan" (Faulkner, Shepherd) — 3:18
# "Too Much Fun" (Faulkner, Shepherd) — :14
# "Dressed in Black" (Shepherd) — 2:44

2005 re-release

Songwriters same as above, additional tracks by Faulkner unless otherwise indicated.
# "Head in the Sand" — 2:49
# "A Place in the Sun" — 3:47
# "Castles in the Air" — 4:08
# "Something's Coming" — 3:12
# "Miss Freelove '69" — 4:15
# "1000 Miles Away" — 4:33
# "Desiree" - 2:34
# "I Don't Mind" — 3:40
# "Brainscan" — 3:18
# "Too Much Fun" — 3:14
# "Dressed in Black" — 2:44
# "Stomp The Tumbarumba" (Johnny Devlin, Joy Inman)
# "I think you Know"
# "Doctor is In"
# "Little Drummer Boy (Up the Kyber)" (Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati, Katherine Davis)

Personnel

Album is credited [cite web |title=Discogs entry on "Kinky" |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/603017|publisher=discogs.com |accessdate=2007-12-02 ] to:

Hoodoo Gurus

* Dave Faulkner- Guitar, vocals, keyboards
* Mark Kingsmill - Drums, metal percussion, metal objects
* Brad Shepherd - Guitar, vocals
* Richard Grossman - Bass, vocals (background)

Additional musicians

* Vicki Peterson - Backing vocals (track 6)
* Rob Younger - Vocals (track 9)
* Stephanie Faulkner - Backing vocals (track 2)
* Sunil DeSilva - Additional Percussion (track 3)

Additional credits

* Engineer — Alan Thorne
* Assistant Engineers — David, Mackie, Robert Hodgson
* Mastering — Greg Calbi
* Mixers — Ed Stasium, Paul Hamingson
* Assistant Mixer — Kyle Bess
* Producer — Hoodoo Gurus

References