| Stoneage Romeos | ||||
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| Released | March 1984 | |||
| Studio | Trafalgar | |||
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| Length | 37:23 | |||
| Label | Big Time | |||
| Producer | Alan Thorne | |||
| Hoodoo Gurus chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| PopMatters | 8/10[3] |
| Uncut |  [4] |
| The Village Voice | B+[5] |
Stoneage Romeos is the debut album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. Released in March 1984 by Big Time Records in Australia,[6] the album's release saw them receive record sales to complement their already strong reputation for live performances. With radio and television support for their third single "My Girl" (1983), complete with a film clip about a greyhound of the same name, the band's following grew. The album's other singles were "Leilani", "Tojo" and "I Want You Back". The album peaked at number 29 on the Australian charts.
The band won "Best Debut Album" at the 1984 Countdown Awards.[7]
A&M Records released the album in the United States on 7 September 1984.
Stoneage Romeos was re-released by Arcadia Records on 1 October 2002, with two additional tracks, "Hoodoo You Love" and "Be My Guru". EMI also re-released the album on 24 October 2005 with three bonus tracks, "Leilani Pt. 2", "Be My Guru" and "Hoodoo You Love", a fold-out poster and liner notes by Lindsay "The Doctor" McDougall of Frenzal Rhomb.
In October 2010, the album was listed in the top 30 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[8]
- ^ "Hoodoo Gurus". Trouser Press. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ Deming, Mark. "Stoneage Romeos – Hoodoo Gurus". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ Raper, Dan (30 January 2007). "Hoodoo Gurus: Stoneage Romeos". PopMatters. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Hoodoo Gurus: Stoneage Romeos". Uncut: 76.
Twenty-plus years on, everything from wacky Cramps rip 'Dig It Up' to chaotic call-to-arms 'Be My Guru' sound great.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (25 September 1984). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ Holmgren, Magnus; Georgieff, Didier; Hartung, Stephan. "Hoodoo Gurus". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- ^ "Countdown Magazine". ABC-TV. July 1985. Archived from the original on 8 November 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2008.
- ^ O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.