Blow Your Cool! is the third studio album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was released on 24 April 1987 and peaked at number 2 on the Australian chart.
In 2009, Dave Faulkner said "When the Blow Your Cool! touring was over Clyde retired from the road and the band. At this point we persuaded Rick Grossman to join, contributing his tremendous bass skills to the band, and so we had reached what was to be our ultimate line-up. After that we only changed our haircuts (and underwear)." .
EMI re-released the album on February 6, 2005EMI Records with four additional tracks, a fold out poster and liner notes by Vicki Peterson of the Bangles. One of the additional tracks, "The Generation Gap" was their first recording with Grossman, and had been released as a single-only in 1988; it was their cover of Jeannie C. Riley's 1970 country song.
Reception Cash Box magazine said "Australia's good rocking band is back with their most cohesive set to date. With help from LA’s Bangles and Dream Syndicate, the LP has an American flavor likely to touch off a tidal wave of interest at progressive retail outlets and alternative and/or adventurous radio."
Faulkner said, "There's so many things that you wish you could do again. One would obviously be Blow Your Cool. If we could do that the way we see it should be – I mean, of course it was a very successful record and people love it, but for us personally it just felt like a missed opportunity, or we kind of fumbled the ball."
Track listing
Personnel Credited to:
Hoodoo Gurus Dave Faulkner – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards Brad Shepherd – guitar, harmonica Mark Kingsmill – drums Clyde Bramley – bass
Additional musicians The Bangles (Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson, Vicki Peterson, Michael Steele) – background vocals (tracks 3 & 12) The Calamity Bake Sails Dream Syndicate members Steve Wynn & Mark Walton – background vocals (track 7) Mike Kloster (engineer for the Bangles) – background vocals (track 12) Stevo Glendinning – background vocals (track 12) Mark Opitz – background vocals (track 12) Geoff Rhoe – background vocals (tracks 6 & 12) Paul Thirkell – background vocals (track 7) Allan Wright – background vocals (track 12) Malcolm Eastick (Stars, Broderick Smith's Big Combo) – guitar (track 1) James Valentine (Models) – saxophone (tracks 4 & 10)
Production details Richard Allan – Art Direction, Cover Design Allan Wright – Engineer Heidi Cannavo, Kathy Nauton, Paula Jones, Tchad Blake — Assistant Engineers Mark Opitz – Producer Barry Diament – Mastering
Charts Chart (1987)PeakpositionAustralian (Kent Music Report)2United States (Billboard 200)120
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