Ego Is Not a Dirty Word

Ego Is Not a Dirty Word
Studio album by Skyhooks
Released July 1975
Recorded January–May 1975
Studio TCS Studios, Melbourne
Genre Pop/Rock
Length 40:09
Label Mercury
Producer Ross Wilson
Skyhooks chronology
Living in the 70's
(1974)		 Ego Is Not a Dirty Word
(1975)		 Straight in a Gay Gay World
(1976)
Singles from Ego Is Not a Dirty Word
  1. "Ego Is Not a Dirty Word"
    Released: 9 Apr 1975
  2. "All My Friends Are Getting Married"
    Released: June 1975

Ego Is Not a Dirty Word was the second studio album released by Australian pop rock band, Skyhooks, in July 1975. The album was the follow-up to their highly successful debut album, Living in the 70's (1974). As with the former album, it was also produced by Ross Wilson.

The album spent 11 weeks at the number-one spot in the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart and sold 180,000 copies.[1] Two singles were lifted from the album, "Ego Is Not a Dirty Word" and "All My Friends are Getting Married". The American release of the album contained "Horror Movie" and "You Just Like Me 'Cause I'm Good in Bed" from their first album in place of tracks 9 and 10. The album was re-released by Mushroom Records in 1997.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ego Is Not a Dirty Word"Greg Macainsh2:58
2."Love on the Radio"Macainsh, Steve Hill4:20
3."Saturday Night"Macainsh2:45
4."Love's Not Good Enough"Macainsh7:15
5."The Other Side"Macainsh3:12
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Smartarse Songwriters"Macainsh4:09
2."Mercedes Ladies"Macainsh4:29
3."All My Friends Are Getting Married"Macainsh4:50
4."Every Chase a Steeple"Red Symons3:41
5."Private Eye"Macainsh3:00

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1975) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart[1] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1975) Position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart[1] 4

Personnel

Skyhooks
  • Shirley Strachan – lead vocals
  • Red Symons – guitar, backing vocals
  • Bob "Bongo" Starkie – guitar, backing vocals
  • Greg Macainsh – bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Imants Alfred Strauks – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Additional musicians
  • Peter Jones – Fender Rhodes piano (tracks 2,8), marimba and vibes (1), chimes (3), boo bams (4)
  • Greg Sneddon – Arp synthesiser (10)
  • Andy Cowan – Mini Moog (10)
  • Col Loughnan – tenor and baritone saxophones (6)
  • Pat Wilson – finger cymbals (1)
  • Ross Wilson – Yamaha synthesiser (1), vocal harmonies
  • Ian Mason – harmony vocals (8)
  • Jenny Keath – harmony vocals (1)

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. ↑ Ego Is Not a Dirty Word at AllMusic
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