Hellzapoppin' (album)

Hellzapoppin'
Studio album by The 3Ds
Released	1992
Label	USA: Festival Records D 30761 NZL: Flying Nun Records FNCD225 [1]
The 3Ds chronology
Fish Tales/Swarthy Songs for Swabs (1991) Hellzapoppin' (1992) Beautiful Things EP (1993)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Select	[3]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	8/10 [4]

Hellzapoppin is the first full-length album by the New Zealand band the 3Ds, released in 1992. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

The album peaked at No. 24 on the New Zealand albums chart. ^[8]

Production

The album was recorded at Fish Street Studio, in Dunedin, New Zealand. ^[8]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote: "Overstuffed with the Davids’ punchy guitar lines and fervently chased by their sing-songy vocal shouts, 'Outer Space' perfectly captures the group’s spastic energy and crisp melodicism." ^[9] Spin placed the album at No. 1 on its list of "10 Best Albums You Didn't Hear In '92", and praised the "sprawling, skywriting six-string heroics." ^[10]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Outer Space" – 3:14
2. "Ugly Day" – 2:52
3. "Sunken Head" – 3:45
4. "Swallow" – 2:44
5. "Sunken Treasure" – 3:48
6. "Hellzapoppin'" – 2:22

Side two

1. "Leave the Dogs to Play" – 3:19
2. "Hairs" – 2:37
3. "Something in the Water" – 2:22
4. "Homo Necans" – 3:20
5. "One Eye Opened" – 2:32
6. "Teacher Is Dead" – 3:05
7. "Jewel" – 4:05

Bonus track

1. "Baby's on Fire" (Brian Eno) – 4:10 (B-side to the "Outer Space" 7" single)

Personnel

• David Mitchell – guitar, vocals
• Denise Roughan – bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
• David Saunders – guitar, vocals
• Dominic Stones – drums

References

1. "FN225 3Ds - Hellzapoppin (1992)". Flying Nun. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
2. Raggett, Ned. "The 3Ds – Hellzapoppin'". AllMusic .
3. "Reviews". selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk.
4. Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 440.
5. "3Ds | Biography & History". AllMusic.
6. "Return of the oddballs". NZ Herald. 6 October 2023.
7. "In Love With Those Times: Flying Nun and the Dunedin Sound - Article - Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
8. "Kilgour, 3Ds, Push Push Among Rock's High Rollers". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 20 June 1992 – via Google Books.
9. "3Ds". Trouser Press. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
10. "10 Best Albums You Didn't Hear In '92". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. 7 December 1992 – via Google Books.