Electric Soup | ||||
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Compilation album by | ||||
Released | August 1992 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 68:26 | |||
Label | BMG | |||
Producer | Hoodoo Gurus | |||
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Electric Soup a.k.a. Electric Soup: The Singles Collection is the first compilation album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus and released in August 1992. The album peaked at No. 3 on the ARIA Charts, [1] and was certified triple platinum. [2] For the Electric Soup Tour in November of that year, Hoodoo Gurus were supported by Died Pretty and the Welcome Mat. [3]
At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993, the Best Cover Art category was awarded to Paul McNeil and Richard All for Electric Soup / Gorilla Biscuit. [4] At the ARIA Music Awards Electric Soup was noted as BMG's biggest selling domestic album of the year.
The album was re-released by Mushroom Records in 1999.
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [5] |
Chris Woodstra of AllMusic rated Electric Soup at four-and-a-half stars and opined that it "shows the band in the best light, with their catchiest and best-loved songs. An excellent distillation and the best introduction to this sorely underrated brand of Aussie-pop." [5] The Times ( Victor Harbor) reviewer felt it was "Over 70 minutes of great melodies wrapped around the throbbing beat of Dave Faulkner's best songs cover a decade which forms the basis of the Hoodoo's singles collection." [6]
Chart (1992/93) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums ( ARIA) [7] | 3 |
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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Australian ( ARIA Charts) [8] | 64 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia ( ARIA) [9] | 3× Platinum | 210,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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