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Happy Planet (Wall of Voodoo)

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Brian Wilson connections
Track listing
Personnel
References

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Happy Planet is the fourth and final studio album by the American new wave band Wall of Voodoo, released in 1987. It marked a return of Call of the West producer Richard Mazda.

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 #83 on the Australian charts.

Brian Wilson connections

"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.^[1] Wilson, in real life, was admitted to psychiatric hospitals at least three times.^[2] The front sleeve of the single to "Do It Again" included photos of the band with Wilson. He is also 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 work.^[2]

Track listing

"Do It Again"– 3:18 (Brian Wilson, Mike Love)
"Hollywood The Second Time" (Andy Prieboy) – 4:06
"Empty Room" (Bruce Moreland) – 3:53
"Chains Of Luck" (Charles Gray, Ned Leukhardt, Prieboy) – 3:55
"Back In The Laundromat" (Prieboy) – 3:20
"When The Lights Go Out" (Marc Moreland, Prieboy) – 3:19
"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, B. and M. Moreland, Prieboy) – 3:40
"Ain't My Day" (M. Moreland) – 4:38

The album was remastered and re-released as part of a double CD set with Seven Days in Sammystown and The Ugly Americans in Australia, by Australian reissue label Raven Records in 2012. ^[3]

Personnel

Wall of Voodoo

Andy Prieboy – vocals
Marc Moreland – guitar
Bruce Moreland – bass guitar
Chas T. Gray – synthesizer
Ned Leukhardt – drums

with

Jeff Rymes – additional vocals
Lyn Todd – additional vocals
Randy Weeks – additional vocals
Yolanda Pittman – additional vocals

References

1. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMx-2Aasrpg Wall of Voodoo video clip featuring Brian Wilson]
2. ^¹Wilson, Brian (with Todd Gold), Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story
3. ^http://ravenrecordscomau.melbourneitwebsites.com/cat/index.cgi/shopfront/view_product_details?category_id=3306&product_id=444411

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