Stoneage Romeos

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Bad coffeetable art, very anonymous and boring. On the U.S. tour fans are bringing up the Australian copies for us to sign—they were all getting them on import! Yet at the end of the tour, A&M says to us, ‘Oh well, we don't really think the cover will affect sales at all.’ Like, when they’re right, they’re right, and when they’re wrong, they’re still right. [10]

Track listing

Australian release

All tracks are written by Dave Faulkner, except where noted [11]

Stoneage Romeos
Stoneage romeos HG.jpg
Studio album by
Hoodoo Gurus
ReleasedMarch 1984
StudioTrafalgar
Genre
Length37:23
Label Big Time
Producer Alan Thorne
Hoodoo Gurus chronology
Stoneage Romeos
(1984)		 Mars Needs Guitars!
(1985)
Alternative cover
Stoneage Romeos.jpg
US cover
Stoneage Romeos track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."(Let's All) Turn On" James Baker, Darcy Condon, Faulkner, Roddy Radalj 3:04
2."I Want You Back" 3:12
3."Arthur"Faulkner, Radalj3:10
4."Death Ship"Faulkner, Radalj, Alan Sharples2:37
5."Dig It Up" 3:36
6."My Girl" 2:40
7."Zanzibar" 3:25
8."Leilani"Faulkner, Baker, Radalj, Kimble Rendall5:36
9."Tojo" 3:23
10."In the Echo Chamber" 3:44
11."I Was a Kamikaze Pilot" 3:12
2002 re-release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Hoodoo You Love" aka "Who Do You Love" Ellas McDaniel 2:09
13."Be My Guru"Baker, Faulkner2:40
2005 re-release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Leilani, Pt. 2" 3:58
13."Be My Guru"Baker, Faulkner2:40
14."Hoodoo You Love" (recorded live by Triple J at the Trade Union Club in Sydney in 1983)Bo Diddley2:07

US release

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."I Want You Back"3:12
2."Tojo"3:23
3."Leilani"5:36
4."Arthur"3:10
5."Dig It Up"3:36
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."(Let's All) Turn On"3:04
2."Death Ship"2:37
3."In The Echo Chamber"3:44
4."Zanzibar"3:25
5."I Was a Kamikaze Pilot"3:12
6."My Girl"2:40

Personnel

Credited to: [6] [9] [12] [13]

Charts

Chart performance for Stoneage Romeos
Chart (1984)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [14] 29
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [15] 32
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [16] 38
2024 chart performance for Stoneage Romeos (40th anniversary edition)
Chart (1984)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [17] 8

Certifications

Certifications for Stoneage Romeos
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [8] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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