Living in the 70's is the debut album by Melbourne band Skyhooks. Released in October 1974 on the Mushroom Records label, the album achieved relatively little success until early 1975. It spent 16 weeks at the top of the Australian album charts from late February 1975, and became the highest-selling album by an Australian act in Australia until that time, with sales of over 330,000.[2] In October 2010, it was listed at No. 9 in the book 100 Best Australian Albums.[3] The album's eponymous track was ranked number 72 as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time ranking.[4]
The artwork (external front and back, and internal gatefold) was painted by Niels Hutchison.
Two singles were lifted from the album: "Livin' in the 70's", which was released with a non-LP track, "You're a Broken Gin Bottle, Baby", included as track 11 on the 2004 CD remaster; and "Horror Movie"/"Carlton (Lygon Street Limbo)". The latter spent 2 weeks at the top of the Australian singles chart in 1975. Six tracks from the album were banned on commercial radio in Australia; in defiance of this, however, the ABC's new youth station in Sydney, 2JJ, played the track "You Just Like Me 'Cos I'm Good in Bed" as its first ever song when it began broadcasting in January 1975.
^Baker, Glen A. (28 May 1983). "Australia - Explosive Talent Gains Temper Year of playing Dangerously" (PDF). Billboard. p. A-3. Retrieved 10 November 2021 – via World Radio History.
^Baker, Glen A. (28 May 1983). "Australia - Explosive Talent Gains Temper Year of playing Dangerously" (PDF). Billboard. p. A-3. Retrieved 10 November 2021 – via World Radio History.
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living, debut, album, melbourne, band, skyhooks, released, october, 1974, mushroom, records, label, album, achieved, relatively, little, success, until, early, 1975, spent, weeks, australian, album, charts, from, late, february, 1975, became, highest, selling,. Living in the 70 s is the debut album by Melbourne band Skyhooks Released in October 1974 on the Mushroom Records label the album achieved relatively little success until early 1975 It spent 16 weeks at the top of the Australian album charts from late February 1975 and became the highest selling album by an Australian act in Australia until that time with sales of over 330 000 2 In October 2010 it was listed at No 9 in the book 100 Best Australian Albums 3 The album s eponymous track was ranked number 72 as part of Triple M s Ozzest 100 the most Australian songs of all time ranking 4 Living in the 70 sStudio album by SkyhooksReleased28 October 1974RecordedJune 1974StudioTCS Studios MelbourneGenreRock glam rockLength38 48LabelMushroomProducerRoss WilsonSkyhooks chronologyLiving in the 70 s 1974 Ego Is Not a Dirty Word 1975 Singles from Living in the 70 s Livin in the 70 s Released August 1974 Horror Movie Released December 1974Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 Contents 1 Details 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 Sales 6 ReferencesDetails EditThe album was produced by former Daddy Cool lead singer Ross Wilson The artwork external front and back and internal gatefold was painted by Niels Hutchison Two singles were lifted from the album Livin in the 70 s which was released with a non LP track You re a Broken Gin Bottle Baby included as track 11 on the 2004 CD remaster and Horror Movie Carlton Lygon Street Limbo The latter spent 2 weeks at the top of the Australian singles chart in 1975 Six tracks from the album were banned on commercial radio in Australia in defiance of this however the ABC s new youth station in Sydney 2JJ played the track You Just Like Me Cos I m Good in Bed as its first ever song when it began broadcasting in January 1975 In 2011 the album featured at number 75 on the Triple J Hottest 100 Albums of All Time 5 In the same year the album was added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia s Sounds of Australia registry 6 Track listing EditSide ANo TitleWriter s Length1 Livin in the 70 s Greg Macainsh3 422 Whatever Happened to the Revolution Macainsh4 083 Balwyn Calling Macainsh3 444 Horror Movie Macainsh3 475 You Just Like Me Cos I m Good in Bed Macainsh3 44 Side BNo TitleWriter s Length1 Carlton Lygon Street Limbo Macainsh3 562 Toorak Cowboy Macainsh3 453 Smut Red Symons5 194 Hey What s the Matter Macainsh2 475 Motorcycle Bitch Macainsh3 56Personnel EditShirley Strachan lead vocals all but 8 Red Symons guitar backing and lead 8 vocals mandolin Bob Bongo Starkie guitar backing vocals Greg Macainsh bass guitar backing vocals Imants Alfred Freddie Strauks drums backing vocals percussionCharts EditWeekly charts Edit Weekly chart performance for Living in the 70 s Chart 1974 1975 PeakpositionAustralian Kent Music Report Albums Chart 7 1Year end charts Edit Year end chart performance for Living in the 70 s Chart 1975 PositionAustralian Kent Music Report Albums Chart 7 1Sales EditSales of Living in the 70 s Region Certification Certified units salesAustralia 330 000 8 References Edit Allmusic Review Baker Glen A 28 May 1983 Australia Explosive Talent Gains Temper Year of playing Dangerously PDF Billboard p A 3 Retrieved 10 November 2021 via World Radio History O Donnell John Creswell Toby Mathieson Craig October 2010 100 Best Australian Albums Prahran Vic Hardie Grant Books ISBN 978 1 74066 955 9 Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M s Ozzest 100 Musicfeeds 27 January 2018 Retrieved 4 January 2020 Countdown All 100 Hottest 100 Australian Albums Of All Time triple j Abc net au 28 January 2011 Retrieved 29 February 2012 National Film and Sound Archive Living in the 70s on the Sounds of Australia registry a b Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 St Ives NSW Australian Chart Book Ltd ISBN 0 646 11917 6 NOTE Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid 1988 In 1992 Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970 1974 Baker Glen A 28 May 1983 Australia Explosive Talent Gains Temper Year of playing Dangerously PDF Billboard p A 3 Retrieved 10 November 2021 via World Radio History Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Living in the 70 27s amp oldid 1154710185, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
