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1992 studio album by The 3Ds
Hellzapoppin'
Studio album by The 3Ds
Released1992
LabelUSA: Festival Records D 30761
NZL: Flying Nun Records FNCD225
The 3Ds chronology
Fish Tales/Swarthy Songs for Swabs
(1991) 		Hellzapoppin'
(1992) 		Beautiful Things EP
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Select
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10

Hellzapoppin is the first full-length album by the New Zealand band the 3Ds, released in 1992.

The album peaked at No. 24 on the New Zealand albums chart.

Production

The album was recorded at Fish Street Studio, in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote: "Overstuffed with the Davids’ punchy guitar lines and fervently chased by their sing-songy vocal shouts, 'Outer Space' perfectly captures the group’s spastic energy and crisp melodicism." Spin placed the album at No. 1 on its list of "10 Best Albums You Didn't Hear In '92", and praised the "sprawling, skywriting six-string heroics."

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Outer Space" – 3:14
  2. "Ugly Day" – 2:52
  3. "Sunken Head" – 3:45
  4. "Swallow" – 2:44
  5. "Sunken Treasure" – 3:48
  6. "Hellzapoppin'" – 2:22

Side two

  1. "Leave the Dogs to Play" – 3:19
  2. "Hairs" – 2:37
  3. "Something in the Water" – 2:22
  4. "Homo Necans" – 3:20
  5. "One Eye Opened" – 2:32
  6. "Teacher Is Dead" – 3:05
  7. "Jewel" – 4:05

Bonus track

  1. "Baby's on Fire" (Brian Eno) – 4:10 (B-side to the "Outer Space" 7" single)

Personnel

  • David Mitchell – guitar, vocals
  • Denise Roughan – bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • David Saunders – guitar, vocals
  • Dominic Stones – drums

References

  1. "FN225 3Ds - Hellzapoppin (1992)". Flying Nun.
  2. Raggett, Ned. "The 3Ds – Hellzapoppin'". AllMusic.
  3. "Reviews". selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk.
  4. Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 440.
  5. "3Ds | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. "Return of the oddballs". NZ Herald. 6 October 2023.
  7. "In Love With Those Times: Flying Nun and the Dunedin Sound - Article - Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Kilgour, 3Ds, Push Push Among Rock's High Rollers". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 20 June 1992 – via Google Books.
  9. "3Ds". Trouser Press. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  10. "10 Best Albums You Didn't Hear In '92". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. 7 December 1992 – via Google Books.
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