Hypnotised (album)

For the mental state, see Hypnosis.

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Smash Hits	9/10

Hypnotised is a 1980 album released by The Undertones. The album, the second of four released by the band, was recorded at Wisseloord Studios in the Netherlands in December 1979 and at Eden Studios in London in January 1980. Produced by Roger Bechirian, Hypnotised was released on 21 April 1980, reaching number 6 in the UK Albums Charts and making Hypnotised the highest charting album of their career.

The original release of Hypnotised included two singles: "My Perfect Cousin", which was released on 28 March 1980 and reached number 9 in the charts; and "Wednesday Week", released on 5 July 1980 and which charted at number 11 three weeks later.

Hypnotised was listed in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die; a poll selected and written by 90 leading international music critics.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Written by	Length
1.	"More Songs About Chocolate and Girls"	Damian O'Neill	2:43
2.	"There Goes Norman"	J. J. O'Neill	2:28
3.	"Hypnotised"	Damian O'Neill, Michael Bradley	2:31
4.	"See That Girl"	J. J. O'Neill	2:25
5.	"Whizz Kids"	Damian O'Neill	2:20
6.	"Under The Boardwalk"	Kenny Young, Arthur Resnick*	2:27
7.	"The Way Girls Talk"	J. J. O'Neill	2:30
8.	"Hard Luck"	J. J. O'Neill, Michael Bradley, Damian O'Neill, Billy Doherty, Feargal Sharkey	3:42

Side two

No.	Title	Written by	Length
1.	"My Perfect Cousin"	Damian O'Neill, Michael Bradley	2:36
2.	"Boys Will Be Boys"	J. J. O'Neill, Damian O'Neill	1:27
3.	"Tearproof"	J. J. O'Neill, Michael Bradley	2:21
4.	"Wednesday Week"	J. J. O'Neill	2:17
5.	"Nine Times Out of Ten"	J. J. O'Neill, Billy Doherty	2:38
6.	"Girls That Don't Talk"	J. J. O'Neill	2:27
7.	"What's With Terry"	Damian O'Neill	3:19

Bonus tracks (issued on CD and download releases only)

No.	Title	Written by	Length
1.	"Hard Luck (Again)"	J. J. O'Neill, Michael Bradley, Damian O'Neill, Billy Doherty, Feargal Sharkey	4:11
2.	"I Don't Wanna See (You Again)"	J. J. O'Neill	0:48
3.	"Told You So"	J. J. O'Neill	2:07
4.	"The Positive Touch (Peel session)"	J. J. O'Neill	1:55
5.	"You're Welcome (Peel session)"	J. J. O'Neill	2:11
6.	"When Saturday Comes (Peel session)"	J. J. O'Neill	2:44

* "Under The Boardwalk" was a cover of The Drifters' 1964 hit.

Personnel

• Feargal Sharkey - lead vocals
• John O'Neill - guitar and vocals
• Damian O'Neill - guitar, keyboards and vocals
• Michael Bradley - bass and vocals
• Billy Doherty - drums

External links

• Hypnotised (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy where licensed)