- glam rock
- 46 min
- 12 tracks
Hot for the Orient is the fifth and final studio album from Australian glam rock band Skyhooks. This was the only album the band recorded without its second, and best-known, vocalist Graeme "Shirley" Strachan, who had been replaced with Tony Williams.
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Spare, classical in form, cool and unpretentious.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
- rawmeticulous
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Tracks
- 1Bondage on the Boulevarde3:57
- 2This Town Is Boring4:02
- 3White Skin and Black Sheets3:46
- 4She's OK but She's Not You4:44
- 5Cars, Bars and Girls2:58
- 6Red Fingernails4:08
- 7My Heart Gets Blown to Bits2:50
- 8Fathers and Daughters4:49
- 9No Inspiration3:14
- 10Keep the Junk in America4:52
- 11Over the Border3:09
- 12Wrong Number Right Girl3:34
12 tracks, 46 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Skyhooks
- Released
- 1980
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AU
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