''Wahooti Fandango'' is the second album by Australian band
Custard
Custard is a variety of culinary preparations based on sweetened milk, cheese, or cream cooked with egg or egg yolk to thicken it, and sometimes also flour, corn starch, or gelatin. Depending on the recipe, custard may vary in consistency fro ...
. It was released in 1994 and peaked at number 89 on the
ARIA Charts
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in June 1995.
Title
McCormack said, "Wahooti is just a slang term for marijuana… Fandango… we had a poster once that said "Custard meet Fandango", and I thought, well 'Fandango' sounds good. 'Wahooti', I don't know… Matthew
uitaristwill like it if there's a drug reference there you've got Matthew onside. So I think it just means 'Marijuana Party', I guess."
Reception
In 1997,
Rolling Stone Australia
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named it in their best 100 Australian albums of all time, saying, "Custard delivered on the pop promise the "Rockfish Anna" and "Gastanked" EPs with the wit, charm and style of ''Wahooti Fandango''. Drawing on a vast array of influences (from the art-rock of
Pere Ubu
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,
Devo
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and
Sonic Youth
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to country ballads and big band swing), Custard's casual, whimsical approach to their own music often masks the degree of craft underlying songs. In 2021, ''
Loverama
''Loverama'' is the fifth studio album by the Australian band Custard. It was released in June 1999 and peaked at number 19 on the ARIA Charts; the band's highest charting album.
''Loverama'' was the band's final release for 16 years, until 2015 ...
'' replaced it in the list.
Track listing
Charts
References
1994 albums
Custard (band) albums
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