Electric Soup a.k.a. Electric Soup: The Singles Collection is the first compilation album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus and released in August 1992. The album peaked at No. 3 on the ARIA Charts,[1] and was certified triple platinum.[2] For the Electric Soup Tour in November of that year, Hoodoo Gurus were supported by Died Pretty and the Welcome Mat.[3]
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Compilation album by Hoodoo Gurus | ||||
Released | August 1992 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 68:26 | |||
Label | BMG | |||
Producer | Hoodoo Gurus | |||
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At the ARIA Music Awards of 1993, the Best Cover Art category was awarded to Paul McNeil and Richard All for Electric Soup / Gorilla Biscuit.[4] At the ARIA Music Awards Electric Soup was noted as BMG's biggest selling domestic album of the year.
The album was re-released by Mushroom Records in 1999.
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Chris Woodstra of AllMusic rated Electric Soup at four-and-a-half stars and opined that it "shows the band in the best light, with their catchiest and best-loved songs. An excellent distillation and the best introduction to this sorely underrated brand of Aussie-pop."[5] The Times (Victor Harbor) reviewer felt it was "Over 70 minutes of great melodies wrapped around the throbbing beat of Dave Faulkner's best songs cover a decade which forms the basis of the Hoodoo's singles collection."[6]
Chart (1992/93) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] | 3 |
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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Australian (ARIA Charts)[8] | 64 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[9] | 3× Platinum | 210,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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