Character Assassination (album)

1994 studio album by Ed Kuepper

Character Assassination

Studio album by

Ed Kuepper

Released| August 1994
Recorded| 1994
Studio| Electric Avenue, Sydney, Australia
Genre| Alternative rock
Label| Hot
Producer|

* Ed Kuepper
* Phil Punch

Ed Kuepper chronology
| Serene Machine
(1993)  | Character Assassination
(1994)  | A King in the Kindness Room
(1995)

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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.

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]

The album spent three weeks in the Australian charts in 1994 peaking at number 32.[3] 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.[4]

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".[2]

## Track listing

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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

## Personnel

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* Ed Kuepper – 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
* Miroslav Bukovsky, Julian Gough, Herb Cannon – horn section
* Charlie McMahon – didgeridoo
* Jim Conway – harmonica, jaw harp
* Peter Burgess – washboard

## Charts

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Chart performance for Character Assassination Chart (1994)  | Peak
position

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Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] | 32

## References

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1. ^ The Kuepper Files: Discography Retrieved 6 July 2010
2. ^ a b Raggett, N. Allmusic Review Retrieved 6 July 2010
3. ^ Australian Charts entry Archived 12 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 6 July 2010
4. ^ 9th Annual ARIA Awards Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 8 July 2010.
5. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Ed Kuepper – Character Assassination". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2023.

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Studio albums|

* Electrical Storm
* Rooms of the Magnificent
* Everybody's Got To
* Today Wonder
* Honey Steel's Gold
* Black Ticket Day
* Serene Machine
* Character Assassination
* A King in the Kindness Room
* I Was a Mail Order Bridegroom
* Frontierland
* Jean Lee and the Yellow Dog
* The Return of the Mail-Order Bridegroom

Compilation albums|

* Reflections of Ol' Golden Eye
* This Is the Magic Mile

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* Discography
* The Saints (Australian band)

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