Hellzapoppin'
Studio album by
The 3Ds
Released1992
LabelUSA: Festival Records D 30761
NZL: Flying Nun Records FNCD225[1]
The 3Ds chronology
Fish Tales/Swarthy Songs for Swabs
(1991)		 Hellzapoppin'
(1992)		 Beautiful Things EP
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Select[3]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[4]

Hellzapoppin is the first full-length album by the New Zealand band the 3Ds, released in 1992.[5][6][7]

The album peaked at No. 24 on the New Zealand albums chart.[8]

Production

The album was recorded at Fish Street Studio, in Dunedin, New Zealand.[8]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote: "Overstuffed with the Davids’ punchy guitar lines and fervently chased by their sing-songy vocal shouts, 'Outer Space' perfectly captures the group’s spastic energy and crisp melodicism."[9] Spin placed the album at No. 1 on its list of "10 Best Albums You Didn't Hear In '92", and praised the "sprawling, skywriting six-string heroics."[10]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Outer Space" – 3:14
  2. "Ugly Day" – 2:52
  3. "Sunken Head" – 3:45
  4. "Swallow" – 2:44
  5. "Sunken Treasure" – 3:48
  6. "Hellzapoppin'" – 2:22

Side two

  1. "Leave the Dogs to Play" – 3:19
  2. "Hairs" – 2:37
  3. "Something in the Water" – 2:22
  4. "Homo Necans" – 3:20
  5. "One Eye Opened" – 2:32
  6. "Teacher Is Dead" – 3:05
  7. "Jewel" – 4:05

Bonus track

  1. "Baby's on Fire" (Brian Eno) – 4:10 (B-side to the "Outer Space" 7" single)

Personnel

  • David Mitchell – guitar, vocals
  • Denise Roughan – bass guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • David Saunders – guitar, vocals
  • Dominic Stones – drums

References

  1. ↑ "FN225 3Ds - Hellzapoppin (1992)". Flying Nun.
  2. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "The 3Ds – Hellzapoppin'". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ "Reviews". selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk.
  4. ↑ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 440.
  5. ↑ "3Ds | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ↑ "Return of the oddballs". NZ Herald. 6 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "In Love With Those Times: Flying Nun and the Dunedin Sound - Article - Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Kilgour, 3Ds, Push Push Among Rock's High Rollers". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 20 June 1992 – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ "3Ds". Trouser Press. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "10 Best Albums You Didn't Hear In '92". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. 7 December 1992 – via Google Books.


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