Mach Schau (Hoodoo Gurus album)
| Mach Schau | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Studio album by Hoodoo Gurus | ||||
| Released | 15 March 2004 | |||
| Recorded | November–December 2003 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 40:18 | |||
| Label |
EMI/Capitol (AUS/NZ) Acadia (UK) Evangeline (US) |
|||
| Producer | Hoodoo Gurus, Kim Salmon | |||
| Hoodoo Gurus chronology | ||||
|
||||
| Singles from Mach Schau | ||||
|
||||
| Mach Schau | ||||
International release – (Acadia/Evangeline)
|
||||
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    |
| The Blurb | (positive) |
| Undercover News | (positive) |
Mach Schau is the eighth studio album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was recorded eight years after their previous studio album, Blue Cave, and released by EMI/Capitol Records on 15 March 2004. It was co-produced by the group with Kim Salmon. Upon release it peaked in the top 100 of the ARIA Albums Chart.
An Australian single from the album, "Nothing's Changing My Life", was released a month prior to the album, in February, while the United States single, "When You Get to California", was released in April.
In early 2003 the Hoodoo Gurus reunited to record "That's My Team" ( a reworked version of "What's My Scene"), which was used as the promotional theme for the National Rugby League between 2003 and 2007. All the profits from the sale of the single, which was released in September 2003, were donated to Breast cancer charities.
On 17 November 2003 EMI Records announced Hoodoo Gurus' reformation to record a new album. They also released the track, "White Night", (a version of the 1986 Torch Song single) as a radio-only single, on 5 December 2003. Whilst "White Night" was not included on the album, it was the B-side to the first single from the album, "Nothing's Changing My Life", and included on the US/UK version of the album. In January 2004 the band co-headlined the annual Big Day Out festival with Metallica and The Strokes. On 25 January 2004 a four-track CD, Proudly Australian – celebrate Australia Day 2004, was given away free with copies of The Sunday Telegraph. The EP included the previously unreleased "Nothing's Changing My Life" by the Hoodoo Gurus.
Hoodoo Gurus's eighth studio album, Mach Schau, was issued on 15 March 2004 in Australia. This was six years after the band had officially split up in January 1998; and almost eight years after their previous studio album, Blue Cave (May 1996). The title is a reference to the German phrase, "make show", which The Beatles were told on each night's performance during their residency in Hamburg, Germany in the early 1960s. By early 2003 the group had re-formed with the previous line-up of Dave Faulkner on lead vocals and guitar; Rick Grossman on bass guitar; Mark Kingsmill on drums; and Brad Shepherd on lead guitar and vocals.
...
Wikipedia