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Editors’ Notes

College radio in the '80s played a vast expanse of music that was ignored by commercial radio stations, which preferred classic rock over the new names popping up on independent labels worldwide. Australia's Hoodoo Gurus could land a No. 1 hit on CMJ's college radio charts in 1984 and still make only a ripple among fans of Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, or Prince. Yet with both humor and pathos, Hoodoo Gurus' singer, Dave Faulkner, wrote the band's songs to stick in the brains of anyone who liked The Beatles, The Byrds, and new wave bands from Blondie to The dB's. "I Want You Back" was a (relatively) big smash that still captures the era beautifully, but "My Girl," the actual first single, also nails down a guileless innocence that's easy and alluring. Elements of garage rock can be heard in the opening stomp of "(Let's All) Turn On" and "In the Echo Chamber." A solid trace of rockabilly drives "Dig It Up." "Tojo" ratchets up the power in power pop. Even more incredibly, the band's next album, Mars Needs Women, would be as good, if not even better.

Customer Reviews

All Hoodoo Albums are measured by this one!

I first heard this album as the soundtrack to "Beyond Blazing Boards" the surf video. I was hooked immediately and have bought and re-bought this album no less than 10 times because someone has always snaked it from me. Top to bottom this album is great. Every song has hooks and bridges in it that will have you chiming along after the first play. "Leilani" is probably the most popular and I'd agree it's great but not to be missed is "Let's all Turn On", "I want you back", "Zanzibar", "In the Echo Chamber" and "I was a kamikaze pilot". Don't nit pick here - download the whole album.

Best ta do the Hoodoo

My Girl, Zanzibar... the album is full of great 80's music! Agree with the reviews that this the best Gurus album. Good start to trying this group out.

the great guru's

This album one of my top 5. Leilani- awesome and hilarious. Try keeping tojo out of your head, or lip sinc'ing -lets all turn on-. Great stuff by the boys, just wish I would have been old enough to see them live in the states.

Biography

Formed: 1981 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australi

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

Like most bands, Australia's Hoodoo Gurus were largely the product of their influences; unlike most bands, however, the Hoodoos channeled their inspiration from the vast entirety of the American pop cultural landscape, drawing on such disparate sources as B-movies, bad sitcoms, and junk food — in tandem with the usual suspects like garage rock, power pop, and surf — to create a distinctly kitschy and catchy sound. Formed in Sydney in 1981, Le Hoodoo Gurus (as they were originally dubbed)...
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