Released September 1992 Label BMG Ariola | Length 68:26 Electric Soup(1992) Crank(1994) Release date September 1992 Genre Rock music | |
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Similar Gorilla Biscuit, Blue Cave, Ampology, Mach Schau, Armchair Gurus | ||
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Electric Soup a.k.a. Electric Soup: The Singles Collection is the first compilation album by iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus and contained all their Australian singles to date (September 1992). The album peaked at No. 3 on the ARIA Albums Chart, and was certified triple platinum. For the Electric Soup Tour in November of that year, Hoodoo Gurus were supported by Died Pretty and the Welcome Mat.
Contents
It was also released as a 2-CD set with Gorilla Biscuit, a collection of their b-sides and rarities. Brad Shepherd, the group's lead guitarist described the albums "You just have to listen to [Electric Soup], it's just jam packed full of pretty groovy songs... The best of was always the record company's idea and the B-side was always our idea to combat that. We think if a best of is representative of a band then a B-side album is even more representative." Shepherd also explained the album names: "Electric Soup is another name for Jack Daniels bourbon... Gorilla Biscuit is slang for 'downers' like mandrax."
At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993, the Best Cover Art category was awarded to Paul McNeil and Richard All for Electric Soup / Gorilla Biscuit. At the ARIA Music Awards Electric Soup was noted as BMG's biggest selling domestic album of the year.
The album was re-released by Mushroom Records in 1999.
Reception
Chris Woodstra of AllMusic rated Electric Soup at four-and-a-half stars and opined that it "shows the band in the best light, with their catchiest and best-loved songs. An excellent distillation and the best introduction to this sorely underrated brand of Aussie-pop." The Times (Victor Harbor) reviewer felt it was "Over 70 minutes of great melodies wrapped around the throbbing beat of Dave Faulkner's best songs cover a decade which forms the basis of the Hoodoo's singles collection."
Track listing
- "What's My Scene?"
- "Bittersweet"
- "Come Anytime"
- "My Girl"
- "1000 Miles Away"
- "I Want You Back"
- "Axegrinder"
- "The Generation Gap"
- "Death Defying"
- "A Place in the Sun"
- "Tojo"
- "In the Middle of the Land"
- "Good Times"
- "Castles in the Air"
- "Leilani"
- "Poison Pen"
- "Another World"
- "Like Wow - Wipeout!"
- "Miss Freelove '69"
Songs
1What's My Scene3:49
2Bittersweet3:48
3Come Anytime3:19