Electrical Storm (album)

Electrical Storm is the debut solo album by Australian guitarist and songwriter Ed Kuepper featuring Nick Fisher and Louis Tillett recorded in 1985 and released on the Hot label.[1] The album was Kuepper's first release following the breakup of Laughing Clowns, the band he formed after leaving The Saints.

Electrical Storm
Studio album by Ed Kuepper
Released	June 1985
Recorded	1985, St Peters, New South Wales
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	33:26
Label	Hot
Producer	Ed Kuepper, Bruce Calloway
Ed Kuepper chronology
Electrical Storm (1985) Rooms of the Magnificent (1986)

Kuepper later explained, "I sort of retired. It was at that point Jude and I got married, and went away for a honeymoon on the fabulous Gold Coast. I took a guitar and wrote a lot of songs. And that was Electrical Storm basically. I did it for the princely sum of $1200."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Ed Kuepper

1. "Car Headlights" – 2:44
2. "No More Sentimental Jokes" – 2:23
3. "Master of Two Servants" – 3:06
4. "A Trick or Two" – 3:07
5. "When the Sweet Turns Sour" – 2:51
6. "Another Story" – 2:56
7. "Electrical Storm" – 4:16
8. "Told Myself" – 4:00
9. "One Small Town" – 1:58
10. "Palace of Sin" – 3:29
11. "Rainy Night" – 1:55

Recorded in 1985 at Sound Barrier Studios, Camperdown, Sydney.

Personnel

• Ed Kuepper – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, mandolin
• Nick Fisher – drums
• Louis Tillett – piano

References

1. The Kuepper Files: Discography accessed 2 July 2010
2. Clinton Walker (1996). Stranded: The Secret History of Australian Independent Music 1977–1991. Pan MacMillan. p. 180. ISBN 0-7329-0883-3.