Happy Planet (album)

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Happy Planet (album)

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Happy Planet

Studio album by

Wall of Voodoo

Released

1987

Studio

Hit City West, Los Angeles

Length

41:00

Wall of Voodoo chronology

Seven Days in Sammystown
(1985)

Happy Planet
(1987)

The Ugly Americans in Australia
(1989)

Happy Planet is the fourth and final studio album by American rock band Wall of Voodoo, released in 1987. It marked the return of producer Richard Mazda, who had produced their 1982 album Call of the West.

Although not as successful as Call of the West, Happy Planet did produce a minor hit with a cover of the Beach Boys' "Do It Again". The album, recorded at Hit City West, reached No. 83 on the Australian charts.^[1]

Brian Wilson connections

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"Do It Again" is a cover of the Beach Boys' 1968 song, and its music video featured a guest appearance from Beach Boys leader and co-founder Brian Wilson. In the video, he plays an orderly in a psychiatric hospital who falls asleep and wakes up to the members of Wall of Voodoo dressed as members of the Mafia.^[2] The video was directed by Stephen Sayadian and re-uses some sets from his 1989 film Dr. Caligari. Wilson, in real life, was admitted to psychiatric hospitals at least three times.^[3] The cover of the "Do It Again" single included photos of the band with Wilson. He is also referenced in the lyrics to "Chains of Luck" in the line, "Brian Wilson chants his mantra, 'Da doo ron ron, da doo ron ron'," a reference to Wilson's obsession with the work of music producer Phil Spector.^[3]

Track listing

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Side one

"Do It Again" (Brian Wilson, Mike Love) – 3:18
"Hollywood the Second Time" (Andy Prieboy) – 4:06
"Empty Room" (Bruce Moreland) – 3:53
"Chains of Luck" (Chas T. Gray, Ned Leukhardt, Prieboy) – 3:55
"Back in the Laundromat" (Prieboy) – 3:20 [CD only bonus track]
"When the Lights Go Out" (Marc Moreland, Prieboy) – 3:19

Side two

"Country of Man" (M. Moreland) – 3:29
"Joanne" (Prieboy) – 3:40
"Elvis Bought Dora a Cadillac" (M. Moreland, Prieboy) – 3:42
"The Grass Is Greener" (Gray, Leukhardt, M. Moreland, Prieboy) – 3:40
"Ain't My Day" (M. Moreland) – 4:38

In 2012, the album was remastered and re-released by Australian reissue label Raven Records as part of a double CD set with previous album Seven Days in Sammystown, live album The Ugly Americans in Australia and three non-album bonus tracks.^[4]

Personnel

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Wall of Voodoo

Andy Prieboy – vocals, keyboards, piano
Marc Moreland – guitar
Bruce Moreland – bass guitar
Chas T. Gray – keyboards, vocals
Ned Leukhardt – drums, percussion, machines

Additional musicians

Jeff Rymes – additional vocals
Randy Weeks – additional vocals
Lyn Todd – additional vocals
Yolanda Pittman – additional vocals
Bill Pittman – bass ("Country of Man")

Technical

Richard Mazda – producer, co-arranger, various instruments and vocals
Peter Kelsey – engineer
Stephen Sayadian – cover concept and design
Wall of Voodoo – co-arrangers, design layout
Steve Hall – mastering
Ladi Von Jansky – photography
Ron Scarselli – design layout
Belinda Williams Sayadian – styling

Charts

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Chart (1985)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[1]	83

References

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^ ^a ^b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 311. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ Wall of Voodoo video clip featuring Brian Wilson
^ ^a ^b Wilson, Brian (with Todd Gold), Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story
^ "Ravenrecords.com.au - WALL OF VOODOO (359)". Archived from the original on 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2012-11-06.

v t e Wall of Voodoo
Stan Ridgway Chas T. Gray Marc Moreland Bruce Moreland Joe Nanini Bill Noland Andy Prieboy Ned Leukhardt
Studio albums	Dark Continent Call of the West Seven Days in Sammystown Happy Planet
Live album	The Ugly Americans in Australia
EPs	Wall of Voodoo
Compilation albums	The Index Masters
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