Electric Soup (album)

Electric Soup
Compilation album by Hoodoo Gurus
Released	September 1992
Genre	Rock
Length	68:26
Label	BMG
Producer	Hoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Gurus chronology
Kinky (1991) Electric Soup (1992) Crank (1994)

Electric Soup a.k.a. Electric Soup: The Singles Collection is the first compilation album by iconic^[1][2][3] Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus and contained all their Australian singles to date (September 1992). The album peaked at No. 3 on the ARIA Albums Chart,^[4] and was certified triple platinum.^[5] For the Electric Soup Tour in November of that year, Hoodoo Gurus were supported by Died Pretty and the Welcome Mat.^[6][7]

It was also released as a 2-CD set with Gorilla Biscuit, a collection of their b-sides and rarities.^[3] Brad Shepherd, the group's lead guitarist described the albums "You just have to listen to [Electric Soup], it's just jam packed full of pretty groovy songs... The best of was always the record company's idea and the B-side was always our idea to combat that. We think if a best of is representative of a band then a B-side album is even more representative."^[7] Shepherd also explained the album names: "Electric Soup is another name for Jack Daniels bourbon... Gorilla Biscuit is slang for 'downers' like mandrax."^[7]

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.^[8] 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
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[9]

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."^[9] 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."^[10]

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"

References

1. "ARIA Awards 2007: About Hall of Fame". ARIA Awards. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
2. Pope, Mark (2007-05-07). "ARIA presents the 2007 ARIA Hall of Fame" (PDF). Archived from (PDF) the original Check |url= value (help) (PDF) on 30 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
3. Holmgren, Magnus; Georgieff, Didier; Hartung, Stephan. "Hoodoo Gurus". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
4. Hung, Steffen. "Discography Hoodoo Gurus". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 3 August 2015.
5. McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Hoodoo Gurus'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
6. "Hoodoo Gurus Electric Soup Tour '92". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 1 October 1992. p. 15. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
7. Corby, Steven (29 October 1992). "Gurus bathe in electric drench". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. p. 17. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
8. "Winners by Year 1993". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
9. Woodstra, Chris. "Electric Soup: The Singles Collection – Hoodoo Gurus". AllMusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
10. "CD Review". The Times. Victor Harbor, SA: National Library of Australia. 18 December 1992. p. 9. Retrieved 4 August 2015.