Cool Bananas

Cool Bananas is the first album by the New Zealand band DD Smash led by Dave Dobbyn, released in 1982. It entered the charts at number 1, purely on tour exposure.^[1]

Cool Bananas
Studio album by DD Smash
Released	1982
Recorded	Mushroom Records
Studio	Harlequin Studios (Auckland)
Genre	Rock
Label	Mushroom
Producer	Ian Morris
DD Smash chronology
Cool Bananas Live: Deep in the Heart of Taxes
Singles from Cool Bananas
"'Repetition'" Released: 1981 "'Devil You Know'" Released: 1982 "'Solo'" Released: 1982

In 2015, as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of the New Zealand Music Charts, Recorded Music NZ honoured Cool Bananas as being the first album by a New Zealand artist to debut at No.1 on the album chart.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dave Dobbyn.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Devil You Know"	3:25
2.	"Bury That Gun"	4:05
3.	"Solo"	4:52
4.	"Blue Note"	4:40
5.	"Repetition"	3:18

Side two

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Silence"	3:01
7.	"Save Yer"	4:33
8.	"White Water"	3:42
9.	"Say"	2:50
10.	"The Gambler"	5:10

Awards

The album won Best Album at the 1982 New Zealand Music Awards. DD Smash won the same award the following year with their follow up live album, Live: Deep in the Heart of Taxes. The band also won top group of the year, and Dobbyn won Most Promising Male Vocalist and Top Male Vocalist.

RIANZ Awards

Year	Award[3]	Details	Result
1982	Album of the Year		Won
	Producer of the Year	Ian Morris	Won
	Engineer of the Year	Paul Streekstra & Doug Rogers	Won
	Sleeve Design of the Year	Wayne Robinson	Won

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[4]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)	Position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5]	29