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Mars Needs Guitars!
Professional ratings
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Robert Christgau B−[1]
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Mars Needs Guitars! 3. "Death Defying"
Released: February 1986
4. "Poison Pen"
Released: September 1986
Mars Needs Guitars! was iconic[2][3] Australian rock group
Hoodoo Gurus’ second album. The title is a reference to
the 1967 science fiction film, Mars Needs Women. Singles
from the album were "Bittersweet" (1985) (reached #10
on Melbourne Record Charts),[4] "Like Wow – Wipeout"
(1985, #28[4]), "Death Defying" (1986) and "Poison Pen"
(1986). Mars Needs Guitars! reached No. 140 on the Ameri-
can Billboard 200 album charts in 1986.
The title track, "Mars Needs Guitars" (also B side of
"Bittersweet" single), was written by all five Gurus[5] and
lead vocals were by Brad Shepherd. All other tracks were
Studio album by Hoodoo Gurus
written[5] and featured lead vocals by Dave Faulkner.[6]
Released May 1985 Hayride to Hell (1995) is a short film written and directed
1985 by former Gurus member Kimble Rendall.[7]
7 July 1987
22 February 2005 "When we commenced the sessions for Mars Needs
Guitars! we had a brand new drummer, Mark
Genre Rock
Kingsmill who altered our lives forever with his dis-
Length 33:35 tinctive explosive style." - Dave Faulkner.[8]
Label Big Time
The song "Bittersweet" was used in the video game MVP
Chrysalis
Baseball 2004.
Elektra
The album was re-released by EMI on the 22 February
EMI
2005 with five bonus tracks, a fold out poster and liner
Producer Charles Fisher, Hoodoo Gurus tracks by Wally Kempton (Even/The Meanies). Three of
Hoodoo Gurus chronology the bonus tracks (13 to 15) were recorded live at Selina’s,
Sydney, in 1986.[6] In October 2010, it was listed in the
Stoneage Romeos Mars Needs Guitars! Blow Your Cool! book, 100 Best Australian Albums, with their previous al-
(1984) (1985) (1987) bum, Stoneage Romeos at No. 28.[9]
Singles from Mars Needs Guitars! Track listing
1. "Bittersweet"
Released: June 1985 Original release
2. "Like Wow - Wipeout!"
Released: October 1985 All written tracks by Faulkner unless otherwise indicat-
ed.[5]
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1. "Bittersweet" – 3:44 Additional credits
2. "Poison Pen" – 4:09
• John Bee — Engineer
3. "In the Wild" – 3:07
• Richard Allan — Illustrations
4. "Death Defying" – 3:21
• Charles Fisher — Producer (except track 11)
5. "Like Wow – Wipeout" – 3:09
• Don Bartley — Mastering (remastering)
6. "Hayride to Hell" – 3:15
• Hoodoo Gurus — producer (track 11)
7. "Show Some Emotion" – 2:56
8. "Other Side of Paradise" – 3:31
9. "Mars Needs Guitars" (James Baker, Clyde Bramley, References
Faulkner, Mark Kingsmill, Brad Shepherd)[5] – 2:52
[1] Christgau, Robert. "Mars Needs Guitars!". Robert
10. "She" – 3:28
Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/
get_album.php?id=4973.
2005 re-release [2] "ARIA Awards 2007: About Hall of Fame". ARIA
Songwriters same as above, with additional tracks by Awards. http://www.ariaawards.com.au/about-
Faulkner unless indicated. hall-of-fame.php. Retrieved 20 November 2007.
1. "Bittersweet" – 3:44 [3] Pope, Mark (7 May 2007). (PDF) "ARIA presents the
2. "Poison Pen" – 4:09 2007 ARIA Hall of Fame".
3. "In the Wild" – 3:07 http://www.amcos.com.au/news/industry/news/
4. "Death Defying" – 3:21 070507_ARIA-HallofFame.pdf (PDF). Retrieved 22
5. "Like Wow – Wipeout" – 3:09 January 2008.
6. "Hayride to Hell" – 3:15 [4] ^ Guest, Thomas J. (1991). Thirty Years of Hits.
7. "Show Some Emotion" – 2:56 Collingwood, Melbourne: M. J. Maloney.
8. "Other Side of Paradise" – 3:31 ISBN 0-646-04633-0.
9. "Mars Needs Guitars" – 2:52 [5] ^ "Australasian Performing Right Association".
10. "She" – 3:28 APRA. http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/
11. "Bring the Hoodoo Down" - 2:54 worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch&switchDet=Y.
12. "Turkey Dinner" - 4:14 Retrieved 30 November 2007.
13. "Death Ship" (live) (Faulkner, Roddy Radalj, Alan [6] ^ "Discogs entry on Mars Needs Guitars!".
Sharples)[5] - 2:42 discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/release/
14. "In the Wild" (live) - 3:29 867102. Retrieved 30 November 2007.
15. "Teenage Head" (live) (Cyril Jordan, Roy Loney)[5] - [7] "Internet Movie Database entry on Kimble
3:02 Rendall". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/name/
nm0719320/. Retrieved 10 January 2008.
Personnel [8] Faulkner, Dave (June 2000). "Pop and punishment".
juliat. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007.
Credited to:[6] http://web.archive.org/web/20070808085453/
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~juliat/hg/
Hoodoo Gurus popandpunishment.html. Retrieved 27 January
• Clyde Bramley — bass, backing vocals 2008.
• Dave Faulkner — lead vocals (except track 9), guitar, [9] O’Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig
keyboards (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran,
• Mark Kingsmill — drums, cymbals Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
• Brad Shepherd — lead guitar, backing vocals, lead
vocals (track 9), harmonica (mouth harp)
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