| Character Assassination | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Ed Kuepper |
| Cover: | Character Assassination (album).jpg |
| Released: | August 1994 |
| Recorded: | 1994 |
| Studio: | Electric Avenue, Sydney, Australia |
| Genre: | Alternative rock |
| Label: | Hot |
| Producer: |
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| Prev Title: | Serene Machine |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | A King in the Kindness Room |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
Character Assassination is the eighth solo album by Australian guitarist and songwriter Ed Kuepper recorded in 1994 and released on the Hot label.[1] Early pressings of the album were released with an additional disc Death to the Howdy-Doody Brigade containing the undubbed master versions of all songs but one from Character Assassination and one new song.
The album spent three weeks in the Australian charts in 1994 peaking at number 32.[2] Character Assassination was nominated for an ARIA for the Best Independent Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 1995 and Kuepper was nominated for Best Male Artist.[3]
The AllMusic review by Ned Raggett awarded the album 4 stars and states "Kuepper once again demonstrates his talent for instantly appealing, addictive music on Character Assassination. The whole album is for the most part a stripped-down experience, not an unplugged or wholly acoustic effort by any means and often taking a faster pace, but eschewing Kuepper's fiercer guitar work and fuller arrangements for a calmer, less explosive turn".[4]
All compositions by Ed Kuepper except as indicated
Bonus disc: Death to the Howdy-Doody Brigade