''Magnum Cum Louder'' is the fourth studio album by Australian rock group

Hoodoo Gurus Hoodoo Gurus are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1981 by Dave Faulkner (songwriter, lead singer and guitarist) and later joined by Richard Grossman (bass), Mark Kingsmill (drums), and Brad Shepherd (guitar, vocals, harmonica). Th ...

. The album was produced by the group, and released in Australia in June 1989 and peaked at number 13. Faulkner later said, "We produced the record ourselves for our own morale, if nothing else. We had been through a very rough period with six months of inactivity from a lawsuit to get free of our old contract. Rather than even telling the record company what we were recording we let them hear it after it was all finished, and luckily they liked it! We would have been in deep trouble otherwise." The album was re-released by

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on 7 February 2005EMI Records
/ref> with three bonus tracks, "Spaghetti Western", "Lover for a Friend", and "Cajun Country", a fold out poster and liner notes by Steve MacDonald (

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). The lead track "Come Anytime" was the theme song of Australian television series ''

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'' during its initial run from 2006 to 2009, and is currently the main theme for the revived series of the show from 2023 onwards, as well as the American series of the show in 2007. The album title is a play on 'Magna Cum Laude', a Latin honour added to a diploma or degree for work considered to be of much higher quality than average.

Track listing

Personnel

* Dave Faulkner – Lead vocals, guitar, keyboards * Richard Grossman – Bass guitar, backing vocals * Mark Kingsmill – Drums, backing vocals (grunts) *

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– Guitar, harmonica, backing vocals * Stephanie Faulkner – Backing vocals (track 11) * Engineer – Alan Thorne * Mixer – David Thoener * Producer – Hoodoo Gurus

Track listing

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Weekly charts

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