''Crank'' is the sixth studio album by

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group

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. It was released in February 1994 and peaked at number 2 on the ARIA charts. The album was produced by

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), who had mixed Hoodoo Gurus previous studio album, '' Kinky'' in 1991. It was the band's first release on

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re-released the album on 6 February 2005 with an additional nine bonus tracks, a fold out poster and liner notes by

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). One of the bonus tracks is "

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" which was originally performed by

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band The Victims in 1977 with Gurus' Dave Faulkner known as Dave Flick. "Turn Up Your Radio" originally by Australian band

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was released in 1995 as a single credited to The Masters Apprentices with Hoodoo Gurus.

Track listing

Personnel

Credited to:

Hoodoo Gurus

* Dave Faulkner – guitar, keyboards, vocals *

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– bass *

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– drums, rataplan *

Brad Shepherd Bradley Mark Shepherd (born 1 February 1961) is an Australian rock musician. Shepherd is a guitarist, singer-songwriter and harmonica player; he has performed with several bands, especially Hoodoo Gurus. Biography Early life Shepherd was born ...

– guitar, vocals

Additional musicians

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) – background vocals (tracks 9 & 10) *

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– background vocals (track 13) * Steven MacDonald – role of The Disciple (lead vocals) (one verse of track 10)

Additional credits

* Cover – Paul McNeill * Editors – Dave Collins, Pat Sullivan (assistant) * Engineer – Paul Hamingson * Mastering – Greg Calbi * Mixer (assistant) – John Aguto * Producer –

* Photo (band) – Andrej Ligur * Photography – Adrienna Overall * Recorder (assistant) – Matt Westfield

Charts

Weekly charts

Year end charts

Certifications

References

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