Stoneage Romeos is the debut album by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. Released on 9 March 1984 by Big Time Records in Australia, the album's release saw them receive record sales to complement their already strong reputation for live performances. With radio and television support for their third single "My Girl", complete with a film clip about a greyhound of the same name, the band's following grew. The album's other singles were "Leilani", "Tojo", and "I Want You Back". A&M Records released the album in the United States on 7 September 1984. Later in July 1985 the band took the honours in the "Best Debut Album" category at the 1984 Countdown. Stoneage Romeos was re-released by Arcadia Records on 1 October 2002, with two additional tracks, "Hoodoo You Love" and "Be My Guru". EMI also re-released the album on 24 October 2005 with three bonus tracks, "Leilani Pt. 2", "Be My Guru" and "Hoodoo You Love", a fold-out poster and liner notes by Lindsay "The Doctor" McDougall of Frenzal Rhomb. In October 2010, the album was listed in the top 30 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.
Release
The title Stoneage Romeos is taken from a Three Stoogesshort film. The Australian LP, designed by Yanni Stumbles, sported a cartoonish nod to the 1966 caveman flick One Million Years B.C., all menacing dinosaurs and Day-Glo colors, whilst in America, consumers got a stylized sleeve featuring arty renditions of the giant reptiles. On the change of covers, the band's frontman Dave Faulkner would later recall:
In 2005, a tribute album was released by Shock Records named Stoneage Cameos, which included covers by major Australian rock artists. The concept was put together by Jason 'Evo' Evans and Wally 'Meanie' Kempton. The project was more to heritage list the Gurus and to stamp this great album into history: performances of Hoodoo Gurus' songs by current Australian artists on this tribute album were cited at their 2007 ARIA Hall of Fame induction. All the songs were recorded at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne between March and June 2005, with the exception of "Tojo" and "I Was A Kamikaze Pilot", which were recorded at Big Jesus Burger Studios in Sydney in June 2005 and ""Be My Guru", which was recorded by Persian Rugs at the Milk Bar Studios in Sydney in November 2004. The album was produced by Andy Baldwin. The CD was launched at the Meadows Greyhound Race Track in Broadmeadows, Victoria. The feature race of the night was called 'The Stoneage Cameo Plate'. The track list is as follows:
