Magnum Cum Louder

Magnum Cum Louder is the fourth studio album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. The album was produced by the group, and released in Australia in June 1989 and peaked at number 13.

Magnum Cum Louder
Studio album by
Hoodoo Gurus
ReleasedJune 1989
GenreRock
Length40:12
LabelRCA/BMG
EMI
ProducerHoodoo Gurus
Hoodoo Gurus chronology
Blow Your Cool!
(1987)		 Magnum Cum Louder
(1989)		 Kinky
(1991)
Alternative cover
2005 re-release
Singles from Magnum Cum Louder
  1. "Come Anytime"
    Released: May 1989
  2. "Axegrinder"
    Released: July 1989
  3. "Another World"
    Released: September 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB−[2]

Faulkner later said, "We produced the record ourselves for our own morale, if nothing else. We had been through a very rough period with six months of inactivity from a lawsuit to get free of our old contract. Rather than even telling the record company what we were recording we let them hear it after it was all finished, and luckily they liked it! We would have been in deep trouble otherwise."[3]

The album was re-released by EMI on 7 February 2005[4] with three bonus tracks, "Spaghetti Western", "Lover for a Friend", and "Cajun Country", a fold out poster and liner notes by Steve MacDonald (Redd Kross).

The lead track "Come Anytime" was the theme song of Australian television series Thank God You're Here in 2006 and the American series in 2007.

The album title is a play on 'Magna Cum Laude', a Latin honour added to a diploma or degree for work considered to be of much higher quality than average.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dave Faulkner, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Come Anytime" 3:20
2."Another World" 3:16
3."Axegrinder"Faulkner, Brad Shepherd, Richard Grossman, Mark Kingsmill3:27
4."Shadow Me" 3:41
5."Glamourpuss" 2:26
6."Hallucination" 5:05
7."All the Way" 3:11
8."Baby Can Dance (Parts 2-4)"Shepherd, Faulkner3:17
9."I Don't Know Anything" 4:07
10."Where's That Hit?" 3:56
11."Death in the Afternoon" 4:08
2005 re-release
No.TitleLength
12."Cajun Country"3:57
13."Spaghetti Western"3:33
14."Lover for a Friend"3:39

Personnel
  • Dave Faulkner – Lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Richard Grossman – Bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Mark Kingsmill – Drums, backing vocals (grunts)
  • Brad Shepherd – Guitar, harmonica, backing vocals
  • Stephanie Faulkner – Backing vocals (track 11)
  • Engineer – Alan Thorne
  • Mixer – David Thoener
  • Producer – Hoodoo Gurus

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 13
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6] 45
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] 27
United States (Billboard 200)[8] 101

Year end charts
Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australian (ARIA Charts)[9] 84

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[10] Platinum 70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. Magnum Cum Louder at AllMusic
  2. "Album: Hoodoo Gurus: Magnum Cum Louder". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  3. Tracee Hutchison (1992). Your Name's on the Door. Sydney, New South Wales: ABC Enterprises. p. 182. ISBN 0-7333-0115-0.
  4. EMI Records
  5. "Australiancharts.com – Magnum Cum Louder – Stoneage Romeos". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  6. "Charts.nz – Magnum Cum Louder – Stoneage Romeos". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  7. "Swedishcharts.com – Magnum Cum Louder – Stoneage Romeos". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  8. "Billboard Artist Chart History – Hoodoo Gurus". Billboard Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  9. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 131.
  10. McMartin, Michael. "Hoodoo Gurus" (Press release). The Harbour Agency. Archived from the original (DOC) on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
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