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| Cool Bananas | ||||
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| Released | April 1982 | |||
| Recorded | Mushroom Records | |||
| Studio | Harlequin Studios (Auckland) | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 39:36 | |||
| Label | Mushroom | |||
| Producer | Ian Morris | |||
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Cool Bananas is the first album by the New Zealand band DD Smash led by Dave Dobbyn, released in 1982. It entered the charts at number 1, purely on tour exposure.[1]
In 2015, as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of the New Zealand Music Charts, Recorded Music NZ honoured Cool Bananas as being the first album by a New Zealand artist to debut at No.1 on the album chart.[2]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Dave Dobbyn, Lisle Kinney, Peter Warren and Rob Guy.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Devil You Know" | 3:25 |
| 2. | "Bury That Gun" | 4:05 |
| 3. | "Solo" | 4:52 |
| 4. | "Blue Note" | 4:40 |
| 5. | "Repetition" | 3:18 |
| Total length: | 20:20 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Silence" | 3:01 |
| 7. | "Save Yer" | 4:33 |
| 8. | "White Water" | 3:42 |
| 9. | "Say" | 2:50 |
| 10. | "The Gambler" | 5:10 |
| Total length: | 19:16 39:36 | |
Personnel
[edit]Personnel as listed in the album's liner notes are:[3]
DD Smash
[edit]- Peter "Rooda" Warren — drums, vocals, percussion
- Rob "Revox" Guy — guitar
- Lisle Kinney — bass guitar
- Dave Dobbyn — guitar, lead vocals, keyboards
Additional musicians
[edit]- Red McKelvie — pedal steel guitar on "Blue Note"
Production
[edit]- Ian Morris — producer
- Paul Streekstra, Doug Rogers — engineers
- Wayne Robinson — cover artwork
Awards
[edit]The album won Best Album at the 1982 New Zealand Music Awards. DD Smash won the same award the following year with their follow up live album, Live: Deep in the Heart of Taxes. The band also won top group of the year, and Dobbyn won Most Promising Male Vocalist and Top Male Vocalist.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Cool Bananas | 1982 New Zealand Music Awards – Album of the Year | Won[4] |
| 1982 | Ian Morris for Cool Bananas | 1982 New Zealand Music Awards – Producer of the Year | Won[4] |
| 1982 | Paul Streekstra and Doug Rogers for Cool Bananas | 1982 New Zealand Music Awards – Engineer of the Year | Won[4] |
| 1982 | Wayne Robinson for Cool Bananas | 1982 New Zealand Music Awards – Sleeve Design of the Year | Won[4] |
Charts
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Dave Dobbyn: Homegrown". Documentary. NZ On Screen. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ↑ "40 years of chart-topping music". Stuff. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ↑ Cool Bananas (liner notes). DD Smash. Mushroom Records. 1982.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - 1 2 3 4 "1982 Winners". NZ Music Awards. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2026.
- ↑ "Charts.nz – DD Smash – Cool Bananas". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ↑ "Top Selling Albums of 1982 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
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