Crank (Hoodoo Gurus album) explained

Crank
Type:	Album
Artist:	Hoodoo Gurus
Cover:	Crank HG.jpg
Released:	February 1994
Genre:	Rock
Length:	37:23
Label:	Zoo Entertainment
Producer:	Ed Stasium
Prev Title:	Gorilla Biscuit
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	Blue Cave
Next Year:	1996

Crank is the sixth studio album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus.^[1] It was released in February 1994 and peaked at number 2 on the ARIA charts. The album was produced by Ed Stasium (Ramones, Living Colour, The Smithereens),^[1] who had mixed Hoodoo Gurus previous studio album, Kinky in 1991. It was the band's first release on Zoo Records.

EMI re-released the album on 6 February 2005^[2] with an additional nine bonus tracks, a fold out poster and liner notes by Andy Strachan (The Living End). One of the bonus tracks is "Television Addict" which was originally performed by Perth punk band The Victims in 1977 with Gurus' Dave Faulkner known as Dave Flick. "Turn Up Your Radio" originally by Australian band The Masters Apprentices was released in 1995 as a single credited to The Masters Apprentices with Hoodoo Gurus.^[3]

Personnel

Credited to:^{[1] [4]}

Hoodoo Gurus

• Dave Faulkner – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Rick Grossman – bass
• Mark Kingsmill – drums, rataplan
• Brad Shepherd – guitar, vocals

Additional musicians

• Vicki Peterson (The Bangles) – background vocals (tracks 9 & 10)
• Wendy Wild – background vocals (track 13)
• Steven MacDonald – role of The Disciple (lead vocals) (one verse of track 10)

Additional credits

• Cover – Paul McNeill
• Editors – Dave Collins, Pat Sullivan (assistant)
• Engineer – Paul Hamingson
• Mastering – Greg Calbi
• Mixer (assistant) – John Aguto
• Producer – Ed Stasium
• Photo (band) – Andrej Ligur
• Photography – Adrienna Overall
• Recorder (assistant) – Matt Westfield

Charts

Year end charts

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20131022063218/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/h/hoodoogurus.html . Hoodoo Gurus . Passagen.se . Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) . Holmgren . Magnus . Didier . Georgieff . Stephan . Hartung . 22 October 2013 . 25 March 2014 .
2. http://www.musichead.com.au/site/artistProduct.asp?actID=21123&catalogNo=8637542 EMI Records
3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042431/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/m/mastersapprentices.html . Passagen.se. The Masters Apprentices. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) . Magnus. Holmgren . 29 March 2012 . 25 March 2014 .
4. Web site: Discogs entry on Crank . 2008-01-19 .
5. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia. PDF. 131.