Blow Your Cool!

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Blow Your Cool!
Hoodoo Gurus - Blow Your Cool.jpg
Studio album by
Hoodoo Gurus
ReleasedApril 1987
Genre Rock
Length42:48
Label Big Time, Elektra, Chrysalis
Producer Mark Opitz; Hoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Gurus chronology
Mars Needs Guitars!
(1985)		Blow Your Cool!
(1987)		 Magnum Cum Louder
(1989)
Singles from Blow Your Cool!
  1. "What's My Scene?"
    Released: March 1987
  2. "Good Times"
    Released: July 1987
  3. "In the Middle of the Land"
    Released: December 1987
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Blow Your Cool! is the third studio album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. [3] It was released in April 1987 and peaked at number 2 on the Australian chart.

Contents

In 2009, Dave Faulkner said "When the Blow Your Cool! touring was over Clyde retired from the road and the band. At this point we persuaded Rick Grossman to join, contributing his tremendous bass skills to the band, and so we had reached what was to be our ultimate line-up. After that we only changed our haircuts (and underwear)." . [4]

EMI re-released the album on February 6, 2005 [5] with four additional tracks, a fold out poster and liner notes by Vicki Peterson of the Bangles. One of the additional tracks, "The Generation Gap" was their first recording with Grossman, and had been released as a single-only in 1988; it was their cover of Jeannie C. Riley's 1970 country song. [4]

Reception

Cash Box magazine said "Australia's good rocking band is back with their most cohesive set to date. With help from LA’s Bangles and Dream Syndicate, the LP has an American flavor likely to touch off a tidal wave of interest at progressive retail outlets and alternative and/or adventurous radio." [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dave Faulkner, except where noted [7]

No.TitleLength
1."Out That Door"4:14
2."What's My Scene"3:50
3."Good Times"3:02
4."I Was the One"4:10
5."Hell for Leather"3:28
6."Where Nowhere Is"4:00
7."In the Middle of the Land"4:34
8."Come On"2:43
9."Heart of Darkness" (Song is not included on the original LP release.)3:04
10."My Caravan"4:15
11."On My Street"3:16
12."Party Machine"5:10
2005 re-release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Hell for Leather" (live) 3:12
14."Hayride to Hell, Pt 2 (The Showdown)" 3:39
15."The Generation Gap"Charlie Craig, Betty Craig, Jim Hayner [8] 3:42
16."Jungle Bells" 3:37

Personnel

Credited to: [3]

Hoodoo Gurus

Additional musicians

Production details

Charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) [9] 2
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [10] 16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [11] 32
United States (Billboard 200) [12] 120

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [13] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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