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{{Infobox album
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| Name = Blow Your Cool!
| name = Blow Your Cool!
| Type = [[Album]]
| type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Hoodoo Gurus]]
| artist = [[Hoodoo Gurus]]
| Cover = Hoodoo Gurus - Blow Your Cool.jpg
| cover = Hoodoo Gurus - Blow Your Cool.jpg
| alt =
| Released = {{start date|1987|5}}<br /><small>(see [[#Release history|Release history]])</small>
| Recorded = January, 1987
| released = 24 April 1987
| recorded = July 1986 − January 1987
| Genre = [[Rock (music)|Rock]]
| Length = 42:48
| venue =
| studio =
| Label = Big Time (Australia)<br />[[Elektra Records|Elektra]]/[[BMG]] (U.S.)<br />[[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]] (UK)<br />EMI (Australia)
| genre = [[Rock (music)|Rock]]
| Producer = [[Mark Opitz]]; Hoodoo Gurus
| length = 42:48
| Last album = ''[[Mars Needs Guitars!]]''<br />(1985)
| label = Big Time, [[Elektra Records|Elektra]], [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]]
| This album = '''''Blow Your Cool!'''''<br />(1987)
| producer = [[Mark Opitz]]; [[Hoodoo Gurus]]
| Next album = ''[[Magnum Cum Louder]]''<br />(1989)
| prev_title = [[Mars Needs Guitars!]]
| Misc = {{Singles
| prev_year = 1985
| Name = Blow Your Cool!
| next_title = [[Magnum Cum Louder]]
| Type = studio
| next_year = 1989
| single 1 = [[What's My Scene?]]
| single 1 date = May, 1987
| misc = {{Singles
| single 2 = [[Good Times (Hoodoo Gurus song)|Good Times]]
| name = Blow Your Cool!
| single 2 date = August, 1987
| type = studio
| single 3 = [[In the Middle of the Land]]
| single1 = [[What's My Scene?]]
| single 3 date = December, 1987
| single1date = March 1987
| single2 = [[Good Times (Hoodoo Gurus song)|Good Times]]
}}
| single2date = July 1987
| single3 = [[In the Middle of the Land]]
| single3date = December 1987
}}
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r9499|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r9499|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
|rev2 = [[Rolling Stone]]
|rev2 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebangles/albums/album/111361/review/5942465/blow_your_cool Rolling Stone review]</ref>
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebangles/albums/album/111361/review/5942465/blow_your_cool |title=Rolling Stone review |access-date=2017-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609060026/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebangles/albums/album/111361/review/5942465/blow_your_cool |archive-date=2008-06-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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'''''Blow Your Cool!''''' is [[Australia]]n [[Rock (music)|rock group]] [[Hoodoo Gurus]]' third album,<ref name="Holmgren">{{cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131022063218/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/h/hoodoogurus.html | title = Hoodoo Gurus | work = Passagen.se | publisher = [[Australian Rock Database]] (Magnus Holmgren) | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/h/hoodoogurus.html | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | first2 = Didier | last2 = Georgieff | first3 = Stephan | last3 = Hartung | archivedate = 22 October 2013 | accessdate = 25 March 2014 }}</ref> released in May 1987 and contains their hit single "[[What's My Scene?]]". The single reached #3 on the Australian Music Charts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onmc.iinet.net.au/Best%20of%20Oz/87.htm |title=Best of 1987 |publisher=Oz Net Music Chart |accessdate=2007-12-18 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417223054/http://www.onmc.iinet.net.au/Best+of+Oz/87.htm |archivedate=2008-04-17 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> The band's American label, [[Elektra Records]], was hoping that they could come up with something a bit easier to market than the witty, 1960s-obsessed pop/rock of ''[[Stoneage Romeos]]'' and ''[[Mars Needs Guitars!]]'', so they paired the group with producer Mark Opitz, who had previously produced records for [[AC/DC]], [[INXS]], and the [[Divinyls]].<ref name="Holmgren"/> Background vocals on two tracks were supplied by [[The Bangles]].<ref name="Discogs">{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/623871 |title=Hoodoo Gurus - Blow Your Cool! |publisher=Discogs |last=Murr |first=Kater |accessdate=2007-11-25 }}</ref> It was recorded both in [[Sydney]] and [[Los Angeles|LA]].<ref name="Discogs" /> The album reached No. 120 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album charts in 1987.
'''''Blow Your Cool!''''' is the third studio album by Australian rock group [[Hoodoo Gurus]].<ref name="Holmgren">{{cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131022063218/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/h/hoodoogurus.html | title = Hoodoo Gurus | work = Passagen.se | publisher = [[Australian Rock Database]] (Magnus Holmgren) | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/h/hoodoogurus.html | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | first2 = Didier | last2 = Georgieff | first3 = Stephan | last3 = Hartung | archivedate = 22 October 2013 | accessdate = 25 March 2014 }}</ref> It was released on 24 April 1987 and peaked at number 2 on the Australian chart.


<blockquote>"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)." - Dave Faulkner.<ref name="Pop">{{cite web|date=June 2000 |last=Faulkner |first=Dave |url=http://www-personal.umich.edu/~juliat/hg/popandpunishment.html |publisher=juliat |title=Pop and punishment |accessdate=2008-01-27 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808085453/http://www-personal.umich.edu/~juliat/hg/popandpunishment.html |archivedate=2007-08-08 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref></blockquote>
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)." .<ref name="Pop">{{cite web|date=June 2000 |last=Faulkner |first=Dave |url=http://www-personal.umich.edu/~juliat/hg/popandpunishment.html |publisher=juliat |title=Pop and punishment |accessdate=2008-01-27 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808085453/http://www-personal.umich.edu/~juliat/hg/popandpunishment.html |archivedate=2007-08-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[EMI]] re-released the album on February 6, 2005<ref>[http://www.musichead.com.au/site/artistProduct.asp?actID=21123&catalogNo=8637512 EMI Records]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> with four additional tracks, a fold out poster and liner notes by [[Vicki Peterson]] ([[The Bangles]]). One of the additional tracks, "[[The Generation Gap (song)|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 music|country]] song.<ref name="Pop" />


[[EMI]] re-released the album on February 6, 2005<ref>[http://www.musichead.com.au/site/artistProduct.asp?actID=21123&catalogNo=8637512 EMI Records]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 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 (song)|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 music|country]] song.<ref name="Pop" />
== Track listing ==
All tracks written by [[Dave Faulkner (musician)|Dave Faulkner]] unless otherwise indicated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch |publisher=[[Australasian Performing Right Association|APRA]] |title=Australasian Performing Right Association |accessdate=2007-11-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205184453/http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch |archivedate=2007-12-05 |df= }}</ref>


==Reception==
=== Original release ===
''[[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."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1987/CB-1987-04-25.pdf|title=Feature Picks|magazine=[[Cash Box magazine|Cash Box]]|via=World Radio History|page=8|date=25 April 1987|access-date=8 December 2021}}</ref>
# "Out That Door" – 4:14
# "[[What's My Scene?|What's My Scene]]" – 3:50
# "[[Good Times (Hoodoo Gurus song)|Good Times]]" – 3:02
# "I Was the One" – 4:10
# "Hell for Leather" – 3:28
# "Where Nowhere Is" – 4:00
# "[[In the Middle of the Land]]" – 4:34
# "Come On" – 2:43
# "Heart of Darkness" – 3:04
# "My Caravan" – 4:15
# "On My Street" – 3:16
# "Party Machine" – 5:10


== Track listing ==
The original LP release did not include "Heart of Darkness".
{{Track listing

|all_writing = [[Dave Faulkner (musician)|Dave Faulkner]], except where noted<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch |publisher=[[Australasian Performing Right Association|APRA]] |title=Australasian Performing Right Association |accessdate=2007-11-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205184453/http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch |archivedate=2007-12-05 }}</ref>
=== 2005 re-release ===
# "Out That Door" – 4:14
|title1 = Out That Door
|length1 = 4:14
# "What's My Scene" – 3:50
|title2 = [[What's My Scene?|What's My Scene]]
# "[[Good Times (Hoodoo Gurus song)|Good Times]]" – 3:02
|length2 = 3:50
# "I Was the One" – 4:10
|title3 = [[Good Times (Hoodoo Gurus song)|Good Times]]
# "Hell for Leather" – 3:28
|length3 = 3:02
# "Where Nowhere Is" – 4:00
|title4 = I Was the One
# "[[In the Middle of the Land]]" – 4:34
|length4 = 4:10
# "Come On" – 2:43
|title5 = Hell for Leather
# "Heart of Darkness" – 3:04
|length5 = 3:28
# "My Caravan" – 4:15
|title6 = Where Nowhere Is
# "On My Street" – 3:16
|length6 = 4:00
# "Party Machine" – 5:10
|title7 = [[In the Middle of the Land]]
# "Hell for Leather (live) – 3:12
|length7 = 4:34
# "Hayride to Hell, Pt 2 (The Showdown)" – 3:39
|title8 = Come On
# "[[The Generation Gap (song)|The Generation Gap]]" (Charlie Craig, Betty Craig, Jim Hayner)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/music_coll/index.htm?t=1&l=0&g=G |title=Music Collections SJLibrary.org |publisher=San José Public Library and San José State University Library |accessdate=2007-11-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519023108/http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/music_coll/index.htm?t=1&l=0&g=G |archivedate=May 19, 2006 }}</ref> – 3:42
|length8 = 2:43
# "Jungle Bells" – 3:37
|title9 = Heart of Darkness
|note9 = Song is not included on the original LP release.
|length9 = 3:04
|title10 = My Caravan
|length10 = 4:15
|title11 = On My Street
|length11 = 3:16
|title12 = Party Machine
|length12 = 5:10
}}
{{Track listing
|headline = 2005 re-release
|title13 = Hell for Leather
|note13=live
|length13 = 3:12
|title14 = Hayride to Hell, Pt 2 (The Showdown)
|length14 = 3:39
|title15 = [[The Generation Gap (song)|The Generation Gap]]
|writer15 = Charlie Craig, Betty Craig, Jim Hayner<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/music_coll/index.htm?t=1&l=0&g=G |title=Music Collections SJLibrary.org |publisher=San José Public Library and San José State University Library |accessdate=2007-11-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519023108/http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/music_coll/index.htm?t=1&l=0&g=G |archivedate=May 19, 2006 }}</ref>
|length15 = 3:42
|title16 = Jungle Bells
|length16 = 3:37
}}


== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
Credited to:<ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="Discogs" />
Credited to:<ref name="Holmgren"/>


=== Hoodoo Gurus ===
=== Hoodoo Gurus ===
* [[Dave Faulkner (musician)|Dave Faulkner]] – lead Vocals, guitar, keyboards
* [[Dave Faulkner (musician)|Dave Faulkner]] – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
* [[Brad Shepherd]] – guitar, harmonica
* [[Brad Shepherd]] – guitar, harmonica
* [[Mark Kingsmill]] – drums
* [[Mark Kingsmill]] – drums
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* The Calamity Bake Sails
* The Calamity Bake Sails
* [[Dream Syndicate]] members [[Steve Wynn (songwriter)|Steve Wynn]] & Mark Walton – background vocals (track 7)
* [[Dream Syndicate]] members [[Steve Wynn (songwriter)|Steve Wynn]] & Mark Walton – background vocals (track 7)
* Mike Kloster (The Bangles' engineer) – background vocals (track 12)
* Mike Kloster (engineer for the Bangles) – background vocals (track 12)
* Stevo Glendinning – background vocals (track 12)
* Stevo Glendinning – background vocals (track 12)
* [[Mark Opitz]] – background vocals (track 12)
* [[Mark Opitz]] – background vocals (track 12)
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* Barry Diament – Mastering
* Barry Diament – Mastering


==Charts==
== Release history ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (1987)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|-
|Australian ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=141}}</ref>
! Region
|align="center"|2
! Date
! Label
|-
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|16|artist=BLOW YOUR COOL!|album=Stoneage Romeos|access-date=9 December 2021}}
|rowspan="2"| Australia
| {{start date|1987|5}}
| Big Time
|-
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|32|artist=BLOW YOUR COOL!|album=Stoneage Romeos|access-date=9 December 2021}}
| {{start date|2005|2|26}}
| EMI
|-
|-
|United States ([[Billboard 200]])<ref>{{cite web|title=''Billboard'' Artist Chart History – Hoodoo Gurus |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704043657/http://www.billboard.com/artist/303589/hoodoo%2Bgurus/chart |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/303589/hoodoo+gurus/chart |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Magazine]] |archive-date=4 July 2013 |access-date=6 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| Europe
|align="center"|120
| rowspan="2"| {{start date|1987|7|7}}
| [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]]
|-
| United States
| [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]/[[BMG]]
|}
|}

==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|artist=Hoodoo Gurus|title=Blow Your Cool!|type=album|relyear=1987|certyear=1987|region=Australia|award=Gold|certref=<ref name="McFarlane">{{cite book | last1 = McFarlane | first1 = Ian | author-link1 = Ian McFarlane | title = [[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'Hoodoo Gurus' | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040606094845/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=916 | chapter-url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=916 | access-date = 6 March 2016 | year = 1999 | publisher = [[Allen & Unwin]] | location = [[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards, NSW]] | archive-date=6 June 2004 | isbn = 1-86508-072-1 }}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 09:17, 3 October 2024

Blow Your Cool!
Studio album by
Hoodoo Gurus
Released24 April 1987
RecordedJuly 1986 − January 1987
GenreRock
Length42:48
LabelBig Time, Elektra, Chrysalis
ProducerMark 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
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

Blow Your Cool! is the third studio album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus.[3] It was released on 24 April 1987 and peaked at number 2 on the Australian chart.

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

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Credited to:[3]

Hoodoo Gurus

[edit]

Additional musicians

[edit]

Production details

[edit]
  • Richard Allan – Art Direction, Cover Design
  • Allan Wright – Engineer
  • Heidi Cannavo, Kathy Nauton, Paula Jones, Tchad Blake — Assistant Engineers
  • Mark Opitz – Producer
  • Barry Diament – Mastering

Charts

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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

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[13] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on 9 June 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ a b Faulkner, Dave (June 2000). "Pop and punishment". juliat. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
  5. ^ EMI Records[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Feature Picks" (PDF). Cash Box. 25 April 1987. p. 8. Retrieved 8 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
  7. ^ "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on 5 December 2007. Retrieved 25 November 2007.
  8. ^ "Music Collections SJLibrary.org". San José Public Library and San José State University Library. Archived from the original on 19 May 2006. Retrieved 25 November 2007.
  9. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 141. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  10. ^ "Charts.nz – BLOW YOUR COOL! – Stoneage Romeos". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – BLOW YOUR COOL! – Stoneage Romeos". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Billboard Artist Chart History – Hoodoo Gurus". Billboard Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  13. ^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Hoodoo Gurus'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 6 June 2004. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
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