''Character Assassination'' is the eighth solo album by Australian guitarist and songwriter

Ed Kuepper Edmund Kuepper (born 20 December 1955) is a German-born Australian guitarist, Singing, vocalist and songwriter. He co-founded the punk band The Saints (Australian band), The Saints in 1973, the experimental post-punk group Laughing Clowns (acti ...

recorded in 1994 and released on the

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Retrieved 6 July 2010 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.

Reception

The album spent three weeks in the Australian charts in 1994 peaking at number 32. ''Character Assassination'' was nominated for an

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for the Best Independent Release at the

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and Kuepper was nominated for Best Male Artist.9th Annual ARIA Awards
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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".Raggett, N.

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Retrieved 6 July 2010

Track listing

:''All compositions by Ed Kuepper except as indicated'' # "By the Way" – 4:03 # "Little Fiddle (and the Ghost of Xmas Past)" – 4:23 # "Cockfighter" – 3:43 # "My Best Interests at Heart" – 4:27 # "Take It by the Hand" – 3:46 # "La Di Doh" – 5:07 # "I'm with You" – 3:07 # "Ill Wind" – 6:37 # "So Close to Certainty" – 4:44 # "A Good Soundtrack (Pushin' Fear)" – 3:36 # "

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) – 4:04 # "If I Had a Ticket" – 2:40 Bonus disc: ''Death to the Howdy-Doody Brigade'' # "By the Way" – 4:03 # "Little Fiddle (and the Ghost of Xmas Past)" – 4:23 # "Cockfighter" – 3:43 # "My Best Interests at Heart" – 4:27 # "Take It by the Hand" – 3:46 # "La Di Doh" – 5:07 # "I'm with You" – 3:07 # "Ill Wind" – 6:37 # "So Close to Certainty" – 4:44 # "A Good Soundtrack (Pushin' Fear)" – 3:36 # "Ring of Fire" (Cash, Kilgore) – 4:04 # "Number 10" – 2:40

Personnel

– vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, elastic stringed guitar, bass guitar, bottle *Mark Dawson – drums, percussion * Barry Turnbull – bass * Linda Neil – violin * Naomi Star, Toni Mott – backing vocals *

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, Julian Gough, Herb Cannon – horn section *

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Charts

References

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