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1991 studio album by Hoodoo Gurus
Kinky
Studio album by Hoodoo Gurus
Released9 April 1991
Recorded1990
StudioTrafalgar Studio
GenreRock
Length37:23
LabelRCA
ProducerHoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Gurus chronology
Magnum Cum Louder
(1989) 		Kinky
(1991) 		Electric Soup
(1992)
Singles from Kinky
  1. "Miss Freelove '69"
    Released: February 1991
  2. "1000 Miles Away"
    Released: May 1991
  3. "A Place in the Sun"
    Released: August 1991
  4. "Castles in the Air"
    Released: December 1991
Professional ratings
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Kinky is the fifth studio album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. 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.

EMI re-released the album on 7 February 2005 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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Head In the Sand"Faulkner, Richard Grossman2:49
2."A Place In the Sun" 3:47
3."Castles In the Air" 4:08
4."Something's Coming"Faulkner, Brad Shepherd3:12
5."Miss Freelove '69" 4:15
6."1000 Miles Away" 4:33
7."Desiree"Shepherd2:34
8."I Don't Mind" 3:40
9."Brainscan"Faulkner, Shepherd3:18
10."Too Much Fun"Faulkner, Shepherd3:14
11."Dressed in Black"Shepherd2:44
2005 re-release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Stomp The Tumbarumba"Johnny Devlin, Joy Inman3:02
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 Davis2:21

Personnel

Album is credited to: Hoodoo Gurus members

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) 13
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 28
United States (Billboard 200) 172

Year end charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Australian (ARIA Charts) 64

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) 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.
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