Stoneage Romeos

Hoodoo Gurus | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 1989)
• Original Release Date: October 31, 1989
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: A&M
• ASIN: B000002GGT
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #268,977 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Want You Back

2. Tojo

3. Leilani

4. Arthur

5. Dig It Up

6. (Let's All) Turn On

7. Death Ship

8. In the Echo Chamber

9. Zanzibar

10. I Was a Kamikaze Pilot

11. My Girl

Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide

"If you don't like the Hoodoo Gurus, I suspect you don't like rock & roll very much". --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Product Description

The Hoodoo Gurus 1984 debut is jam full of great garage punk songs with a fat rhythm section and a wall of guitars through a massive echo chamber. Checking off the Flamin Groovies, Ramones, the Stones and T-Rex, their pop masterpiece "I Want You Back" helped to make Stoneage Romeos one of the biggest college radio albums of its era. The remastered deluxe edition features fold-out classic poster/original artwork, and bonus tracks. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tojo never made it..., November 13, 2002

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Robert Schell (Townsville, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stoneage Romeos (Audio CD)

For those of you unfamiliar with the music, Australia's Hoodoo Gurus were American pop culture obsessed power poppers with a garage rock side (or vice versa, depending on your perspective, I guess). They put out a lot of great albums, but this one, their first, is probably the best, with the other main contender being the follow-up, 'Mars needs guitars.' "I want you back" is as good a power-pop song as was released by anyone in the 80's, and most of the songs are first rate, from the melancholy "My girl," to the Cramps-ish "Dig it up," and the evocative "Zanzibar." This re-issue comes with two bonus tracks not on the original l.p.-- a rambunctious cover of "Who do you love," and an original, "Be my Guru," which borders on hardcore punk. Dave Faulkner was one of the strongest male vocalists that emerged in the 80's. Recommended for a cool rock 'n' roll collection.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic College Radio, February 8, 2010

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David J. Spuria "David J" (Webster, Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stoneage Romeos (Audio CD)

I can believe it's been 25 years since this album came out. I was the manager of a college radio station in Bridgewater MA at Bridgewater State College. WBIM. We were known for playing every genre and mixing it all up like a blender. Alt-rock was all new to me. I had to play the part of actually liking this stuff. The Hoodoo Gurus allowed me to retain my classic rock roots, while at the same time being okay with some of the strange stuff that eventually would go mainstream in the 90's. This album is a dark collection of mildly pop-psychedelic garage rock tunes that contain enough fun and sarcasm to make any college kid cut class. We killed "I Want You Back". It topped the college radio "charts" and likely gave the folks at A&M some unexpected revenue. The band eventually was asked to tone down most of their garage tendencies in favor of a more polished pop-rock sound. Other amazing tracks include "My Girl", "Kamikaze Pilot", "Dig It Up", "Leilani" and pretty much everything. We played the whole damn thing. This will bring you back to a class you skipped or how radical you once were. Superb music for a time gone by.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best Surf Movie Soundstrack ever., January 22, 2003

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Michael Novota (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stoneage Romeos (Audio CD)

Anyone that grew up surfing in the early 80's will remember the surf movie "Beyond Blazing Boards" and the sounds that went with it. Outside of the song "Wild Child" by The Untouchables this is the movie sound track. I Was A Kamikaze Pilot, was the wipeout segment song and to this day every time I hear it I can see the movie in my head --- OH THE PAIN!

All in all if your like myself and many of my friends that watched this movie every time the surf was flat it will bring back memories just hearing it.

This CD will make you want to get in the water big time.

Enjoy.