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Electric Soup
Compilation album by
Hoodoo Gurus
ReleasedAugust 1992
Genre Rock
Length68:26
Label BMG
ProducerHoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Gurus chronology
Kinky
(1991) 		Electric Soup
(1992) 		Gorilla Biscuit
(1992)

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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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]

Track listing

  1. " What's My Scene?"
  2. " Bittersweet"
  3. " Come Anytime"
  4. " My Girl"
  5. " 1000 Miles Away"
  6. " I Want You Back"
  7. " Axegrinder"
  8. " The Generation Gap"
  9. " Death Defying"
  10. "A Place in the Sun"
  11. " Tojo"
  12. " In the Middle of the Land"
  13. " Good Times"
  14. "Castles in the Air"
  15. " Leilani"
  16. " Poison Pen"
  17. "Another World"
  18. " Like Wow - Wipeout!"
  19. " Miss Freelove '69"

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1992/93) Peak
position
Australian Albums ( ARIA) [7] 3

Year end charts

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australian ( ARIA Charts) [8] 64

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia ( ARIA) [9] 3× Platinum 210,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Hoodoo Gurus". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  2. ^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Hoodoo Gurus'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN  1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original on 6 June 2004. Retrieved 3 August 2015.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
  3. ^ "Hoodoo Gurus Electric Soup Tour '92". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 1 October 1992. p. 15. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Winners by Year 1993". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  5. ^ a b Woodstra, Chris. "Electric Soup: The Singles Collection – Hoodoo Gurus". AllMusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  6. ^ "CD Review". The Times. Victor Harbor, SA: National Library of Australia. 18 December 1992. p. 9. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Hoodoo Gurus – Electric Soup". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  8. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 131.}
  9. ^ McMartin, Michael. "Hoodoo Gurus" (Press release). The Harbour Agency. Archived from the original ( DOC) on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
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