Hot for the Orient

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. The album peaked at number 64 on the Australian charts, and was the band's first studio album to fail to reach the Australian top ten. Skyhooks disbanded soon after but reformed in 1983 with the line-up which had recorded its first three albums, though it would not release new studio material until 1990.

Hot for the Orient
Studio album by Skyhooks
Released	1980
Recorded	AAV Studios, Melbourne
Length	36:07
Label	Mushroom Records
Producer	Eddie Leonetti
Skyhooks chronology
The Best of Skyhooks (1979) Hot for the Orient (1980) Live in the 80's (1983)
Singles from Hot for the Orient
"Over the Border" Released: April 1979 "This Town Is Boring" Released: February 1980 "Keep the Junk in America" Released: 8 May 1980 "White Skin Black Sheets" Released: 1980

Video clips for "Over the Border" and "Keep the Junk in America" appeared on Countdown. A live performance at the Bombay Rock was simulcast on television show Nightmoves and radio station 3RRR to debut the album.[1]

The album was reissued on CD and re-released as part of the Skyhooks Roadcase boxset in 1996.

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bondage on the Boulevarde"	Greg Macainsh	3:57
2.	"This Town is Boring"	Macainsh	4:02
3.	"White Skin and Black Sheets"	Macainsh	3:46
4.	"She's Okay But She's Not You"	Macainsh	4:43
5.	"Cars, Bars and Girls"	Macainsh	2:58

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Red Fingernails"	Macainsh	4:07
2.	"My Heart Gets Blown to Bits"	Macainsh	2:49
3.	"Fathers and Daughters"	Macainsh	4:40
4.	"No Inspiration"	Macainsh	3:14
5.	"Keep the Junk in America"	Macainsh	4:51

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart[2]	64

Personnel

• Tony Williams - lead vocals
• Bob Spencer - guitar, backing vocals
• Bob "Bongo" Starkie - guitar, backing and lead vocals
• Greg Macainsh - bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals
• Imants Alfred Strauks - drums, backing and lead vocals, percussion

References

1. "Malicious Gossip". Roadrunner. Parkside, SA: 3. 8 February 1980.
2. 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 ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.