''Hellzapoppin'' is the first full-length album by the New Zealand band
the 3Ds
The 3Ds were a New Zealand noise pop band based from Dunedin, together from 1988 to 1997. They recorded three albums and several EPs, the best known of which is ''The Venus Trail'' (1993). They achieved commercial and critical success worldwid ...
, released in 1992.
The album peaked at No. 24 on the New Zealand albums chart.
Production
The album was recorded at Fish Street Studio, in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Critical reception
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Trouser Press
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'' wrote: "Overstuffed with the Davids’ punchy guitar lines and fervently chased by their sing-songy vocal shouts, 'Outer Space' perfectly captures the group’s spastic energy and crisp melodicism."
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Spin
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'' placed the album at No. 1 on its list of "10 Best Albums You Didn't Hear In '92", and praised the "sprawling, skywriting six-string heroics."
Track listing
Side one
#"Outer Space" – 3:14
#"Ugly Day" – 2:52
#"Sunken Head" – 3:45
#"Swallow" – 2:44
#"Sunken Treasure" – 3:48
#"Hellzapoppin'" – 2:22
Side two
#"Leave the Dogs to Play" – 3:19
#"Hairs" – 2:37
#"Something in the Water" – 2:22
#"Homo Necans" – 3:20
#"One Eye Opened" – 2:32
#"Teacher Is Dead" – 3:05
#"Jewel" – 4:05
Bonus track
#"
Baby's on Fire" (
Brian Eno
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) – 4:10 (B-side to the "Outer Space" 7" single)
Personnel
*David Mitchell – guitar, vocals
*Denise Roughan – bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
*David Saunders – guitar, vocals
*Dominic Stones – drums
References
The 3Ds albums
1992 albums
Festival Records albums
Flying Nun Records albums
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