Character Assassination (album)

Character Assassination is the eighth solo album by Australian guitarist and songwriter Ed Kuepper recorded in 1994 and released on the Hot label.[1] Early pressings of the album were released with an additional disc Death to the Howdy-Doody Brigade containing the undubbed master versions of all songs but one from Character Assassination and one new song.

Character Assassination
Studio album by
Ed Kuepper
ReleasedAugust 1994
Recorded1994
GenreAlternative rock
LabelHot
ProducerEd Kuepper & Phil Punch
Ed Kuepper chronology
Serene Machine
(1993)		 Character Assassination
(1994)		 A King in the Kindness Room
(1995)

Reception

The album spent 3 weeks in the Australian charts in 1994 peaking at number 32.[2] Character Assassination was nominated for an ARIA for the Best Independent Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 1995 and Kuepper was nominated for Best Male Artist.[3]

The Allmusic review by Ned Raggett awarded the album 4 stars and states "Kuepper once again demonstrates his talent for instantly appealing, addictive music on Character Assassination. The whole album is for the most part a stripped-down experience, not an unplugged or wholly acoustic effort by any means and often taking a faster pace, but eschewing Kuepper's fiercer guitar work and fuller arrangements for a calmer, less explosive turn".[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

Track listing
All compositions by Ed Kuepper except as indicated
  1. "By the Way" - 4:03
  2. "Little Fiddle (and the Ghost of Xmas Past)" - 4:23
  3. "Cockfighter" - 3:43
  4. "My Best Interests at Heart" - 4:27
  5. "Take It by the Hand" - 3:46
  6. "La Di Doh" - 5:07
  7. "I'm with You" - 3:07
  8. "Ill Wind" - 6:37
  9. "So Close to Certainty" - 4:44
  10. "A Good Soundtrack (Pushin' Fear)" - 3:36
  11. "Ring of Fire" (June Carter Cash, Merle Kilgore) - 4:04
  12. "If I Had a Ticket" - 2:40

Bonus Disc: Death to the Howdy-Doody Brigade

  1. "By the Way" - 4:03
  2. "Little Fiddle (and the Ghost of Xmas Past) - 4:23
  3. "Cockfighter" - 3:43
  4. "My Best Interests at Heart" - 4:27
  5. "Take It by the Hand" - 3:46
  6. "La Di Doh" - 5:07
  7. "I'm with You" - 3:07
  8. "Ill Wind" - 6:37
  9. "So Close to Certainty" - 4:44
  10. "A Good Soundtrack (Pushin' Fear)" - 3:36
  11. "Ring of Fire" (Cash, Kilgore) - 4:04
  12. "Number 10" - 2:40
    • Recorded at Electric Avenue Studio, Rozelle, Sydney, Australia.

Charts
Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA Charts)[5] 32

Personnel

References
  1. The Kuepper Files: Discography accessed 6 July 2010
  2. Australian Charts entry Archived 12 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine accessed 6 July 2010
  3. 9th Annual ARIA Awards Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine accessed 8 July 2010.
  4. Raggett, N. Allmusic Review accessed 6 July 2010
  5. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
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