Kinky (Hoodoo Gurus album)

Kinky
Studio album by Hoodoo Gurus
Released	9 April 1991
Recorded	1990
Studio	Trafalgar Studio
Genre	Rock
Length	37:23
Label	RCA
Producer	Hoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Gurus chronology
Magnum Cum Louder (1989) Kinky (1991) Electric Soup (1992)
Singles from Kinky
"Miss Freelove '69" Released: February 1991 "1000 Miles Away" Released: May 1991 "A Place in the Sun" Released: August 1991 "Castles in the Air" Released: December 1991

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Kinky is the fifth studio album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. ^[2] It was released on 9 April 1991 by RCA Records and peaked at number 4 on the Australian charts and number 172 on the American Billboard charts. ^[3]

EMI re-released the album on 7 February 2005 ^[4] with four additional tracks, a fold out poster and liner notes by Dave Gray (Rocket Science).

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dave Faulkner, except where noted ^[5]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Head In the Sand"	Faulkner, Richard Grossman	2:49
2.	"A Place In the Sun"		3:47
3.	"Castles In the Air"		4:08
4.	"Something's Coming"	Faulkner, Brad Shepherd	3:12
5.	"Miss Freelove '69"		4:15
6.	"1000 Miles Away"		4:33
7.	"Desiree"	Shepherd	2:34
8.	"I Don't Mind"		3:40
9.	"Brainscan"	Faulkner, Shepherd	3:18
10.	"Too Much Fun"	Faulkner, Shepherd	3:14
11.	"Dressed in Black"	Shepherd	2:44

2005 re-release

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Stomp The Tumbarumba"	Johnny Devlin, Joy Inman	3:02
13.	"I Think You Know"		3:32
14.	"The Doctor Is In"		6:05
15.	"Little Drummer Boy (Up the Kyber)"	Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati, Katherine Davis	2:21

Personnel

Album is credited to: ^[2] Hoodoo Gurus members

• 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

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6]	13
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [7]	28
United States (Billboard 200) [8]	172

Year end charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Australian (ARIA Charts) [9]	64

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [10]	Platinum	70,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Allmusic review
2. 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.
3. "Billboard Artist Chart History - Hoodoo Gurus". Billboard Magazine . Retrieved 11 February 2008.
4. EMI Records
5. "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on 5 December 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
6. "Australiancharts.com – Kinky – Stoneage Romeos". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
7. "Charts.nz – Kinky – Stoneage Romeos". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
8. "Billboard Artist Chart History – Hoodoo Gurus". Billboard Magazine . Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
9. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 131.
10. McMartin, Michael. "Hoodoo Gurus" (Press release). The Harbour Agency. Archived from the original (DOC) on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.