Ego Is Not a Dirty Word

Ego Is Not a Dirty Word
Studio album by Skyhooks
Released July 1975
Recorded January–May 1975 at TCS Studios, Melbourne
Genre Pop/Rock
Length 40:09
Label Mercury
Producer Ross Wilson
Skyhooks chronology
Living in the 70's
(1974)
Ego Is Not a Dirty Word
(1975)
Straight in a Gay Gay World
(1976)

Ego Is Not a Dirty Word was the second album released by Australian pop rock band, Skyhooks, in July 1975. The album was the follow-up to their highly successful debut album, Living in the 70's (1974). As with the former album, it was also produced by Ross Wilson.

The album spent 11 weeks at the number-one spot in the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart and sold 180,000 copies.[1] Two singles were lifted from the album, "Ego Is Not a Dirty Word" and "All My Friends are Getting Married". Greg Macainsh penned (or in the case of "Love on the Radio", co-wrote, with original singer Steve Hill) every track except "Every Chase a Steeple", which was written by guitarist Red Symons. Unlike on other Symons-written tracks "Smut" and "Mumbo Jumbo", lead singer Shirley Strachan provided vocals.

The American release of the album contained "Horror Movie" and "You Just Like Me 'Cause I'm Good in Bed" from their first album in place of tracks 9 and 10. The album was re-released by Mushroom Records in 1997.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]

Track listing

All tracks by Greg Macainsh, except where noted.

Side One

  1. "Ego Is Not a Dirty Word" – 2:58
  2. "Love on the Radio" (Greg Macainsh, Steve Hill) – 4:20
  3. "Saturday Night" – 2:45
  4. "Love's Not Good Enough" – 7:15
  5. "The Other Side" – 3:12

Side Two

  1. "Smartarse Songwriters" – 4:09
  2. "Mercedes Ladies" – 3:29
  3. "All My Friends Are Getting Married" – 4:50
  4. "Every Chase a Steeple" (Red Symons) – 3:41
  5. "Private Eye" – 3:00

Personnel

Skyhooks
Additional musicians

References

  1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
  2. Ego Is Not a Dirty Word at AllMusic
Preceded by
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
by Elton John
Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
21 July – 5 October 1975
Succeeded by
Sherbet's Greatest Hits by Sherbet
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