''Cool Bananas'' is the first album by the

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

band

DD Smash DD Smash was a New Zealand pop/rock band formed in 1980 by Dave Dobbyn after the breakup of Th' Dudes. The band briefly used the name "Dave Dobbyn's Divers" until drummer Peter Warren came up with "DD Smash". Dobbyn says the name "seemed to say ...

led by Dave Dobbyn, released in 1982. It entered the charts at number 1, purely on tour exposure. In 2015, as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of the New Zealand Music Charts,

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honoured ''Cool Bananas'' as being the first album by a New Zealand artist to debut at No.1 on the album chart.

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Awards

The album won Best Album at the

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

New Zealand Music Awards.

won the same award the following year with their follow up live album, '' Live: Deep in the Heart of Taxes''. The band also won top group of the year, and Dobbyn won Most Promising Male Vocalist and Top Male Vocalist.

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Awards

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

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