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'''Rodney Rude''' (born '''Rodney Keft''' in [[Bathurst, New South Wales|Bathurst]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]) is an [[Australia]]n '[[blue comedy|blue]]' [[stand-up comedian]], poet and writer. He is infamous for his bawdy humour. He has released 12 albums and 4 videos throughout his long career, all of which are distributed by [[EMI|EMI Music Australia]]. To date, Rodney has sold well in excess of 2 million CDs videos and DVDs. Rodney has also been nominated for an ARIA award for Best comedy Album for almost every album he has released. Rodney has been awarded two Mo Awards, the latest in 2007 for his 'Outstanding Contribution to the Australian Comedy Industry'.
'''Rodney Rude''' (born '''Rodney Malcolm Keft''', 29 January 1943 in [[Nowra, New South Wales|Nowra]], [[New South Wales]], Australia) is an [[Australia|Australian]]-born [[blue comedy|blue]] [[stand-up comedian]], [[poet]], [[writer]], and [[musician]].

Rude is best known for his bawdy humour and has released 12 albums and five videos all distributed locally by [[EMI|EMI Records]]. Rude has been nominated for the [[ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release]] nine times between 1987 and 2009, and has won two [[Mo Awards]]. He officially retired from performing live shows on 9 December 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/rodney-rude-back-for-one-final-tour-before-retiring/news-story/d00200cdedc6c1d845e086f8880b564f.html|title=Rodney Rude Back For One Final Tour|date=2016-09-26|website=Daily Telegraph|language=en|access-date=2023-01-06}}</ref>


==Early career==
==Early career==
Rude began his career performing with travelling tent shows on the showground circuit in the early 1960s, singing and playing [[guitar]]. His habit of altering the lyrics of songs to amuse himself and his audience prompted him to become a comedian. He left Australia in the mid-1960s to tour the world, and to live and work in the [[United States]], [[Canada]], and [[Europe]] under various stage names. In 1981, he was asked by Barry Wain to return to Australia to set up Sydney's Comedy Store, and started working as the club's [[Master of ceremonies|compere]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/two-rs-rule-of-comedy-if-youve-got-it-flaunt-it-20020718-gdfgou.html|title=Two Rs rule of comedy; if you've got it, flaunt it|date=2002-07-18|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2020-02-21}}</ref>


==Style==
He began his career in a band, singing and playing [[guitar]]. His habit of altering the lyrics of songs to amuse himself and his audience prompted him to become a comedian. In [[1969]], he left Australia to tour the [[United States]] and [[Canada]]. Based in Ontario, he enjoyed a thriving career, touring throughout Canada and the USA. He returned to Australia in [[1981]] after being asked by his friend [[Barry Wain]] to founded the Sydney [[Comedy Store]]. He was its first compere, he hired and mentored many young comedians who later became established performers in clubs and on TV.
Rude's comedy is energetic and aggressive, peppered with expletives and his trademark rat-tat-tat laugh, and typically suitable for adult audiences only. Recurring stage props often included a small [[ukulele]] for short musical pieces, hats too small for his head, oversized clown shoes, metal tea strainers used to imitate a fly (insect) and material from his grandfather's joke album. There were several regular characters that appeared in his act; most notably 'Bishop Rude' while wielding a toilet plunger, 'Harry Muff (The Diver)' - where Rodney would dress in a shirt to below his waist and short pants with belt around his knees - and 'Half Rude', where Rodney would bend himself at the knees into a fabricated set of prosthetic legs with foam around his backside to create a false pair of buttocks. He would regularly 'pivot'; a twist of his upper body and head to one side accompanied by a howl of, "naaaaahhhh!".


Rude's interaction with his audiences is a key part of his act, including the famous '[[Limerick (poetry)|limericks]]' toward the end of each show. Positive [[hecklers]] were frequent at any Rude concert because his quick-fire responses were an integral part of his act, making it something of a badge of honour for an audience member to be put down by a Rude comeback. His catchphrase "You know what I hate?", which preceded several of his jokes, was always responded to by the audience calling out in unison,"What do you hate, Rodney!?"
==Arrests in Queensland and Western Australia==

He was arrested by [[Queensland]] [[police]] in the mid-1980s after offending officers during a show. He fought several long and expensive court cases defending his right to perform his show to adult audiences. His legal battle continued after police brought further obsenity charges in [[Western Australia]] where the case finally went to the full bench of the supreme court. Rodney won his court cases and all charges were quashed. After the [[Fitzgerald Inquiry]] against corruption (1987-89), set up to investigate police corruption in the state of Queensland, the police officer leading the case of obsenity against Rodney was jailed for corruption in an unrelated matter. Since that time Rodney performed without incidence in all states of Australia. The album ''Not Guilty'' was a result of this incident.

According to his website, [http://www.rude.com.au rude.com.au], his absence from the comedy circuit in 2004 was due to his recovery from a [[motorcycle]] accident on his property, which required him to undergo a knee reconstruction.

Rude toured [[Australia]] for the last time in [[2006]]. A [[CD]] & [[DVD]] accompanied the tour, the CD "Frog Sack" was released on [[November 11 2006]] and the DVD which was to released at the end of 2007 has been delayed and will be released in 2008.

==Comedic style==
Rodney Rude's comedy is sexual, insulting and explicit. As a result, despite some early television appearances his act is restricted to live performances. He did appear in a number of advertising campaigns including[[Big Ben (meat pies)|Big Ben]] meat pies during the 1980s.

Staples of any given show include:
* His trademark laugh.
* Mildly racist humour - in the age of political correctness, Rodney Rude has been forced to tone down some aspects of his comedy, however he still enjoys being racist.
* Heckling by members of the audience. Rude is known for his fiery responses to interjections from the audience. Common replies include "Ah shaddup mate, I fucked your (insert family member e.g. sister/uncle) last night", or "Funny mate, reaaaal funny. not as funny as your sister looks like with nothing on ya dumb fuck!". Many members of audiences consider it an honour to be personally insulted by Rodney.
* The use of various gags, props and wigs, all of which are tossed backwards over the stage curtain by Rodney.
* Dirty [[limericks]], occasionally presented as rap songs, and with occasional audience participation segments.
* Original songs, accompanied by his guitar, include.
**''I Hate Cats''
**''I May Not Be A Wog (But I Look Like One)'' (a video clip for this song was made for one of his videos)
**''Rubber [[Vagina]]''
**''Well-hung Plough Boy'' (parody of [[Glen Campbell]]'s ''[[Rhinestone Cowboy]]'')

Well-known gags/props:
Rude has developed/constructed a number of objects intended for use in conjunction with his act. They include:
* '[[Bob Marley|Bob Marley's]] roach clip' - a giant pair of tweezers, offered to male patrons suspected of leaving to visit the toilet, along with the question: "Going for a piss mate? Got your tweezers? Here, borrow mine!"
* A moving, wooden effigy of Rude having sex with [[Pauline Hanson]]. The dummy moves in such a fashion that as a lever is slid, Rude's (unnaturally large) 'penis' slides in and out from between [[Pauline Hanson|Pauline's]] rear end.
* A moving, wooden effigy of Rude with [[John Hopoate]]. The dummy moves in such a fashion that as a lever is slid, John Hopoate's index finger being poked up Rude's rear end. (A spoof of the John Hopoahte finger poking incident).
* "Half-Rude" suit - Rodney has constructed a suit that gives him the appearance of being 4' tall. He walks on his knees, using specially constructed prosthetic shortened legs. Using an enormous padded [[derriere]] he waggles and bounces back and forward for emphasis of a joke and for comedic effect.

In recent album releases, he has included personal [[answering machine]] messages (some of which are now on his website), which are free for personal use. These are in the same vein as his shows.

Influences mentioned during his show include grandfather Rude and Nudge.

==Quotes from his shows==

*"You know What I hate."
*"Last time I was here, I was raped. Two big fat lesos got me down and [[flagellation|flogged]] me with a hunk of [[bong]] hose. That's why I came back."
*"Now listen trendsetters..."
*"I fuckin' know you!"
*"Nits. He had fucking nits."
*"My mates nicknamed me Tiger Woods because I've been going the growl on their mums."

==Personal life==
Rodney's first marriage was to a Canadian woman, his son from that marriage continues to live in Canada. He is married to wife Pat, has children, and lives on a property in the [[Illawarra]] region. He is a member of [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]], through his company, Kemalda Entertainment.


==Discography==
==Discography==
===Live and compilation albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of albums, with selected details and chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart<br />positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| [[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]
|-
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | <small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]</small><br /><ref name=aus>Peaks in Australia:
* Pre-1988: {{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=261}}
* All peaks and certifications from 1988 except noted: {{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Rodney+Rude|title=Discography Rodney Rude|website=australian-charts.com|access-date=17 January 2023}}
* ''Live – Rats Arse Tour'': {{cite Ryan|page=240}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Rodney Rude Live''
|
* Released: July 1984
* Format: [[LP album|LP]], [[Compact cassette|Cassette]]
* Label: [[EMI Music]] (EMX 430018)
* Recorded at Di Di's, Sydney
| 1
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''I Got More''
|
* Released: August 1985
* Format: LP, Cassette
* Label: EMI Music (EMC 271)
* Recorded at Middleback Theatre
| 7
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Rude Rides Again]]''
|
* Released: November 1986
* Format: LP, Cassette
* Label: EMI Music (EMC 297)
* Recorded on the [[Gold Coast, Queensland]]
| 24
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Not Guilty''
|
* Released: December 1988
* Format: LP, Cassette, [[Compact Disc|CD]]
* Label: EMI Music (GET 791446)
| 30
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''A Legend''
|
* Released: October 1991
* Format: Cassette, CD
* Label: EMI Music (GET 797987)
* Recorded in [[Perth, Australia]]
| 36
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Classic Rude: The Best of Rodney Rude''
|
* Released: 1992
* Format: CD
* Label: EMI Music (7809874)
* Compilation album
| —
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Live – Rats Arse Tour'' <br> ''I Don't Give a Rats Arse''
|
* Released: 1996
* Format: CD
* Label: Kemalda (CAT#011)
* Recorded during the 1995 Rats Arse Tour
| 64
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''More Grunt''
|
* Released: November 1998
* Format: CD
* Label: EMI (4982752)
* Recorded live on stage
| 23
|
* [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]: Gold<ref name=aus/>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Ya' Mum's Bum''
|
* Released: October 2000
* Format: CD
* Label: EMI (5296642)
* Recorded live on stage
| 22
|
* ARIA: Gold<ref name=aus/>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Rude Bastard''
|
* Released: October 2002
* Format: CD
* Label: EMI (5435452)
* Recorded live on stage
| 17
|
* ARIA: Platinum<ref name=aus/>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Twice as Rude''
|
* Released: October 2004
* Format: CD
* Label: EMI (8754772)
* Recorded live on stage
| 35
|
|-
! scope="row" | ''Frog Sack''
|
* Released: November 2006
* Format: CD
* Label: EMI (09463819382 1)
* Recorded live on stage
| 30
|
|}


===Albums===
===Video albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Title
! Details
! Certification
|-
! scope="row"|''[[Rodney Rude Live Volume 1|Rude Rude Rodney Rude on Video]]''
|
* Released: 1984
* Label:
* Format: VHS
|
|-
! scope="row"|''Rude Rides Again''
|
* Released: 1987
* Label:
* Format: VHS
|
|-
! scope="row"|''I Don't Give a Rats Arse''
|
* Released: 1996
* Label: Kemalda
* Format: VHS
|
|-
! scope="row"|''Get Rude On – Live on Stage Vol. 4''
|
* Released: 2002
* Label: Kemalda
* Format: VHS
|
* ARIA: Platinum<ref name=ARIACert04>{{cite certification|region=Australia|artist=Rodney Rude|type=video|certyear=2004|access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|''Rodney Rude Goes the Growl''
|
* Released: 2008
* Label:
|
|}


==Awards==
* Rodney Rude Live (1984)
===ARIA Music Awards===
* I Got More (1985)
The [[ARIA Music Awards]] is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of [[Australian music]]. Rude has been nominated for ten awards.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.ariaawards.com.au/search?term=Rodney%20Rude|title = ARIA Awards Search Results – Rodney Rude|publisher=ARIA Awards|accessdate = 7 October 2020}}</ref>
* Rude Rides Again (1986)
{{awards table}}
* Not Guilty (1988)
|-
* A Legend (1991)
| rowspan="2"| [[ARIA Music Awards of 1987|1987]]
* Rat's Arse (1993)
| rowspan="2"| ''Rude Rides Again''
* [[More Grunt]] (1998)
| [[ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release|Best Comedy Release]]
* Ya Mum's Bum (2000)
| {{nom}}
* Rude Bastard (2002)
|-
* Twice as Rude (2004)
| [[ARIA Award for Highest Selling Album|Highest Selling Album]]
* Frog Sack (2006)
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[ARIA Music Awards of 1989|1989]]
| ''Not Guilty''
| rowspan="8"| [[ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release|Best Comedy Release]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[ARIA Music Awards of 1992|1992]]
| ''A Legend''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[ARIA Music Awards of 1999|1999]]
| ''More Grunt''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[ARIA Music Awards of 2001|2001]]
| ''Ya Mum's Bum''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[ARIA Music Awards of 2003|2003]]
| ''Rude Bastard''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[ARIA Music Awards of 2005|2005]]
| ''Twice As Rude''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[ARIA Music Awards of 2007|2007]]
| ''Frog Sack''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[ARIA Music Awards of 2009|2009]]
| ''Rodney Rude Goes the Growl''
| {{nom}}
|}


===Compilations===
===Mo Awards===
The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the [[Mo Awards]]), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Rodney Rude won two awards in that time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moawards.com.au/awardwinners|title=MO Award Winners|website=Mo Awards|access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref>
{{awards table}} (wins only)
|-
| 1985
| rowspan="2"| Rodney Rude
| Best Comedy Act of the Year
| {{won}}
|-
| 2006
| Outstanding Contribution to Australian Comedy
| {{won}}
|-
{{end}}


==References==
* Classic Rude (1992)
{{Reflist}}


===Single===
==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.rude.com.au}}
*[http://www.musichead.com.au/site/artist.asp?actID=22110 Rodney Rude at Musichead.com.au (run by his record company, EMI)]


{{s-start}}
* I Hate That (censored version) (1984)
{{succession box
| before = ''[[Purple Rain (album)|Purple Rain]]'' by [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and [[The Revolution (band)|The Revolution]]
| title = [[Kent Music Report|Australian Kent Music Report]] [[List of number-one albums in Australia during the 1980s#1984|number-one album]]
| years = 20 August – 2 September 1984
| after = ''[[H'its Huge '84]]'' by Various artists
}}
{{end}}


{{Authority control}}
==Filmography==

* Rude Rude Rodney Rude On Video (later released as "Rodney Rude Live") (1984)
* Rude Rides Again (1986)
* I Don't Give a Rat's Arse (1996)
* Get Rude On Live on Stage (2002)

==See also==
*[[Australian odes]]

==External links==
*[http://www.rude.com.au Rodney Rude's Official Website (warning: contains coarse language)]
*[http://www.musichead.com.au/site/artist.asp?actID=22110 Rodney Rude At Musichead.com.au (run by his record company, EMI)]


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Latest revision as of 04:49, 6 June 2024

Rodney Rude
Rude in 2020
Birth nameRodney Malcolm Keft
MediumStand-up, music
NationalityAustralian
Years active1961–2006, 2011–2016, 2022–present
GenresObservational comedy, blue comedy, insult comedy
Subject(s)Australian culture, current events, pop culture
Websitehttp://www.rude.com.au

Rodney Rude (born Rodney Malcolm Keft, 29 January 1943 in Nowra, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian-born blue stand-up comedian, poet, writer, and musician.

Rude is best known for his bawdy humour and has released 12 albums and five videos all distributed locally by EMI Records. Rude has been nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release nine times between 1987 and 2009, and has won two Mo Awards. He officially retired from performing live shows on 9 December 2016.[1]

Early career[edit]

Rude began his career performing with travelling tent shows on the showground circuit in the early 1960s, singing and playing guitar. His habit of altering the lyrics of songs to amuse himself and his audience prompted him to become a comedian. He left Australia in the mid-1960s to tour the world, and to live and work in the United States, Canada, and Europe under various stage names. In 1981, he was asked by Barry Wain to return to Australia to set up Sydney's Comedy Store, and started working as the club's compere.[2]

Style[edit]

Rude's comedy is energetic and aggressive, peppered with expletives and his trademark rat-tat-tat laugh, and typically suitable for adult audiences only. Recurring stage props often included a small ukulele for short musical pieces, hats too small for his head, oversized clown shoes, metal tea strainers used to imitate a fly (insect) and material from his grandfather's joke album. There were several regular characters that appeared in his act; most notably 'Bishop Rude' while wielding a toilet plunger, 'Harry Muff (The Diver)' - where Rodney would dress in a shirt to below his waist and short pants with belt around his knees - and 'Half Rude', where Rodney would bend himself at the knees into a fabricated set of prosthetic legs with foam around his backside to create a false pair of buttocks. He would regularly 'pivot'; a twist of his upper body and head to one side accompanied by a howl of, "naaaaahhhh!".

Rude's interaction with his audiences is a key part of his act, including the famous 'limericks' toward the end of each show. Positive hecklers were frequent at any Rude concert because his quick-fire responses were an integral part of his act, making it something of a badge of honour for an audience member to be put down by a Rude comeback. His catchphrase "You know what I hate?", which preceded several of his jokes, was always responded to by the audience calling out in unison,"What do you hate, Rodney!?"

Discography[edit]

Live and compilation albums[edit]

List of albums, with selected details and chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart
positions 		Certifications
AUS
[3]
Rodney Rude Live
  • Released: July 1984
  • Format: LP, Cassette
  • Label: EMI Music (EMX 430018)
  • Recorded at Di Di's, Sydney
 1
I Got More
  • Released: August 1985
  • Format: LP, Cassette
  • Label: EMI Music (EMC 271)
  • Recorded at Middleback Theatre
 7
Rude Rides Again
  • Released: November 1986
  • Format: LP, Cassette
  • Label: EMI Music (EMC 297)
  • Recorded on the Gold Coast, Queensland
 24
Not Guilty
  • Released: December 1988
  • Format: LP, Cassette, CD
  • Label: EMI Music (GET 791446)
 30
A Legend
  • Released: October 1991
  • Format: Cassette, CD
  • Label: EMI Music (GET 797987)
  • Recorded in Perth, Australia
 36
Classic Rude: The Best of Rodney Rude
  • Released: 1992
  • Format: CD
  • Label: EMI Music (7809874)
  • Compilation album
 —
Live – Rats Arse Tour
I Don't Give a Rats Arse
  • Released: 1996
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Kemalda (CAT#011)
  • Recorded during the 1995 Rats Arse Tour
 64
More Grunt
  • Released: November 1998
  • Format: CD
  • Label: EMI (4982752)
  • Recorded live on stage
 23
Ya' Mum's Bum
  • Released: October 2000
  • Format: CD
  • Label: EMI (5296642)
  • Recorded live on stage
 22
Rude Bastard
  • Released: October 2002
  • Format: CD
  • Label: EMI (5435452)
  • Recorded live on stage
 17
  • ARIA: Platinum[3]
Twice as Rude
  • Released: October 2004
  • Format: CD
  • Label: EMI (8754772)
  • Recorded live on stage
 35
Frog Sack
  • Released: November 2006
  • Format: CD
  • Label: EMI (09463819382 1)
  • Recorded live on stage
 30

Video albums[edit]

Title Details Certification
Rude Rude Rodney Rude on Video
  • Released: 1984
  • Label:
  • Format: VHS
Rude Rides Again
  • Released: 1987
  • Label:
  • Format: VHS
I Don't Give a Rats Arse
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Kemalda
  • Format: VHS
Get Rude On – Live on Stage Vol. 4
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Kemalda
  • Format: VHS
  • ARIA: Platinum[4]
Rodney Rude Goes the Growl
  • Released: 2008
  • Label:

Awards[edit]

ARIA Music Awards[edit]

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. Rude has been nominated for ten awards.[5]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1987 Rude Rides Again Best Comedy Release Nominated
Highest Selling Album Nominated
1989 Not Guilty Best Comedy Release Nominated
1992 A Legend Nominated
1999 More Grunt Nominated
2001 Ya Mum's Bum Nominated
2003 Rude Bastard Nominated
2005 Twice As Rude Nominated
2007 Frog Sack Nominated
2009 Rodney Rude Goes the Growl Nominated

Mo Awards[edit]

The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Rodney Rude won two awards in that time.[6]

Year Nominee / work Award Result (wins only)
1985 Rodney Rude Best Comedy Act of the Year Won
2006 Outstanding Contribution to Australian Comedy Won

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rodney Rude Back For One Final Tour". Daily Telegraph. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Two Rs rule of comedy; if you've got it, flaunt it". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 July 2002. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d Peaks in Australia:
    • Pre-1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 261. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
    • All peaks and certifications from 1988 except noted: "Discography Rodney Rude". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
    • Live – Rats Arse Tour: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 240.
  4. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2004 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  5. ^ "ARIA Awards Search Results – Rodney Rude". ARIA Awards. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  6. ^ "MO Award Winners". Mo Awards. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

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Preceded by Australian Kent Music Report number-one album
20 August – 2 September 1984 		Succeeded by
H'its Huge '84 by Various artists
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