Living in the Seventies

Living in the Seventies

Infobox Album |
Name = Living in the Seventies
Type = Studio
Artist = Skyhooks


Released = October 1974
Recorded = June 1974
Genre = Pop/Rock
Length =
Label = Mushroom Records
Producer = Ross Wilson
Reviews = *amg|id=10:dpftxqysldte|rating|3|5
Last album =
This album = "Living in the Seventies"
(1974)
Next album = "Ego Is Not a Dirty Word"
(1975)

"Living in the Seventies" was the debut album released by Melbourne band Skyhooks in October 1974 on the Mushroom Records label. Initially charting in Melbourne only in 1974, by early 1975 the rest of the nation began to catch on. 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 up until that time, with sales of 240,000.

The album was produced by former Daddy Cool lead singer Ross Wilson.

Two singles were lifted from the album: "Living in the 70s"/"You're a Broken Gin Bottle, Baby" and "Horror Movie"/"Carlton (Lygon Street Limbo)", the latter spending 2 weeks at the top of the Australian singles chart in 1975. Six tracks from the album were banned on commercial radio in Australia. However in defiance of this, the ABC's new youth station in Sydney, 2JJ, played the track "You Just Like Me 'Cos I'm Good in Bed" as their first ever song when they began broadcasting in 1975.

"Broken Gin Bottle", the B-side of the original "Living in the Seventies" single, was included as track 11 on the 2004 CD remaster.

Track listing

All tracks by Greg Macainsh, except where noted.

# "Living in the 70s" - 3:42
# "Whatever Happened to the Revolution?" - 4:08
# "Balwyn Calling" - 3:44
# "Horror Movie" - 3:47
# "You Just Like Me 'Cos I'm Good in Bed" - 3:44
# "Carlton (Lygon Street Limbo)" - 3:56
# "Toorak Cowboy" - 3:45
# "Smut" - 5:19 (Red Symons)
# "Hey, What's the Matter?" - 2:47
# "Motorcycle Bitch" - 3:56

Bonus Tracks on CD remaster

11. "Broken Gin Bottle" - 4:14

* Ealier CD versions contain a live version of 'Saturday Night' and a version of 'Why Dontcha All Get *ucked', but the above version is today's standard.

Chart positions

Personnel

*Graeme "Shirley" Strachan - Lead vocals
*Redmond Symons - Guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (8)
*Bob "Bongo" Starkie - Guitar
*Greg Macainsh - Bass
*Imants Alfred Strauks - Drums, percussion, backing vocals

succession box
before = "Elton John's Greatest Hits" by Elton John
title = Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
years = February 24 - June 15 1975
after = "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy"
by Elton John


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