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

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band

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led by

Dave Dobbyn Sir David Joseph Dobbyn (born 3 January 1957) is a New Zealand musician, singer–songwriter and record producer. In his early career he was a member of the rock group Th' Dudes and was the main creative force in pop band DD Smash. Since then ...

, 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, Recorded Music NZ 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

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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.

Track listing

Awards

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

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