Ampology

Ampology
Compilation album by Hoodoo Gurus
Released	October 10, 2000 (see Release history)
Genre	Rock
Length	142:44
Label	Acadia/Evangeline Records (UK) Shock Records, EMI Music Australia/Capitol Records (Australia) Limburger Records (Brazil)
Producer	Hoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Gurus chronology
Bite the Bullet (1998) Ampology (2000) Mach Schau (2004)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Ampology is a two disc compilation album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus,^[2] spanning their entire career from their first single, "Leilani" (October 1982) through to "Real Deal" (1997). At the time of its release Hoodoo Gurus had been disbanded for two years. Lead vocalist, guitarist and chief songwriter Dave Faulkner discusses each track in his June 2000 article "Pop and punishment".^[3]

Ampology was originally released in October, 2000 by UK record label, Evangeline Records. It was re-released in October 2003 by EMI Music Australia/Capitol Records.^[2]

Track listing

Disk 1

1. "Leilani" (4:55)
2. "Tojo" (3:21)
3. "My Girl" (2:39)
4. "Be My Guru" (2:38)
5. "I Want You Back" (3:11)
6. "I Was A Kamikaze Pilot" (3:09)
7. "Bittersweet" (3:51)
8. "Like Wow - Wipeout!" (3:13)
9. "Death Defying" (3:25)
10. "Poison Pen" (4:11)
11. "In The Wild" (3:11)
12. "What's My Scene?" (3:48)
13. "Heart Of Darkness" (3:04)
14. "Good Times" (3:02)
15. "In the Middle of the Land" (4:34)
16. "The Generation Gap" (3:41)
17. "Come Anytime" (3:19)
18. "Cajun Country" (4:05)
19. "Axegrinder" (3:26)
20. "Another World" (3:16)

Disk 2

1. "Miss Freelove '69" — (4:13)
2. "Stomp the Tumbarumba" — (3:03)
3. "1000 Miles Away" — (4:33)
4. "I Think You Know" — (3:33)
5. "A Place in the Sun" — (3:44)
6. "Castles in the Air" — (4:07)
7. "The Right Time" — (3:56)
8. "You Open My Eyes" — (3:18)
9. "Less Than A Feeling" — (3:37)
10. "Nobody" — (4:24)
11. "Judgement Day" — (3:12)
12. "Big Deal" — (3:21)
13. "Waking Up Tired" — (2:54)
14. "Quicksand" — (3:33)
15. "If Only..." — (3:44)
16. "Night Must Fall" — (3:26)
17. "Down On Me" — (4:07)
18. "A Hard Day's Night" — (2:32)
19. "Gene Hackman" — (2:29)
20. "Real Deal" — (4:59)

Album credits

Credited to:^[2]

• Mark Opitz - Producer
• Ed Stasium - Producer
• Alan Thorne - Producer
• Charles Fisher - Producer
• Don Bartley - remastering
• Karen Glauber - liner Notes
• Andrzej Liguz - photography
• Francine McDougall - photography
• Adrienne Overall - photography, back cover
• Libby Blainey - artwork

Release history

Region	Date	Label
United Kingdom	October 10, 2000	Acadia/Evangeline Records
Australia	October 13, 2000	Shock Records EMI Music Australia/Capitol Records
Brazil	October 31, 2000	Limburger Records

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Holmgren, Magnus; Georgieff, Didier; Hartung, Stephan. "Hoodoo Gurus". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
3. Faulkner, Dave (June 2000). "Pop and punishment". juliat. Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2007-12-16.