WALL OF VOODOO :: HAPPY PLANET :: VINYYLI LP 1987

Happy Planet (Wall of Voodoo )

Studio album by Wall of Voodoo

Released .. 1987

Length .. 41:00

Label .. IRS Records ILP 450874 1

Posti : 11,90 €

Happy Planet is the fourth studio album by the American new wave band Wall of Voodoo, released in 1987.
Happy Planet produced a hit with the cover of The Beach Boys' "Do It Again".

Brian Wilson connections

Wilson's fabulous career, rough life, and nervous breakdowns are referenced in the lyrics to "Chains of Luck". The lines "Brian Wilson chants his mantra, 'Da doo ron ron, da doo ron ron', is a reference to Wilson's obsession with Phil Spector's productions, which is a Spector produced and co-written song titled "Da Doo Ron Ron". Wilson performed the song live at various benefit concerts in the 1980s. The Beach Boys also recorded a version of the song, albeit unreleased. The lyrics "My body lying down in my bed, I need some real big hands, to ease this busted head" is a reference to Wilson becoming a drug-addicted recluse, weighing up to 340 lbs, and staying mostly in his bed for two years from 1973 until 1975 or partied with Three Dog Night singerDanny Hutton.

Track listing :

All songs composed by Wall of Voodoo.

1 ... "Do It Again"– 3:18 (Brian Wilson, Mike Love)

2 ... "Hollywood The Second Time" – 4:06

3 ... "Empty Room" – 3:53

4 ... "Chains Of Luck" – 3:55

5 ... "Back In The Laundromat" – 3:20

6 ... "When The Lights Go Out" – 3:19

7 ... "Country Of Man" – 3:29

8 ... "Joanne" – 3:40

9 ... "Elvis Bought Dora A Cadillac" – 3:42

10 ... "The Grass Is Greener" – 3:40