The Woxo Principle

The Woxo Principle is the second studio album by Australian funk band Swoop. The album was released in November 1995 and peaked at number 51 on the ARIA Charts.

The Woxo Principle
Studio album by Swoop
Released	November 1995
Studio	48 Volt, Festival Studios, Studios 301
Label	Mushroom Records
Producer	Joshua Beagley, Robert Woolf
Swoop chronology
The Raw Funk Power (1994) The Woxo Principle (1995) Freak Fun (1998)
Singles from The Woxo Principle
"Neighbourhood Freak" Released: November 1994 "Rock Dog" Released: August 1995 "Apple Eyes" Released: 30 October 1995 "(It Could Happen) Any Day Now" Released: March 1996 "Do That to Me (One More Time)" Released: October 1996

Band member Roland Kapferer said "We don't turn our nose up at any style of music... The strength of our record is that it doesn't sound like anything else you'll hear at the moment".^[1]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1996, the album was nominated for Best Pop Release, losing out to "Where the Wild Roses Grow" by Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue.^[2]

Reception

Simon Wooldridge from Juice Magazine said "Swoop have contrived a cheesy amalgam of funk/rock/disco/pop on The Woxo Principle, and they've put it together with enough skill to make overlooking the amount of second hand riffage totally painless."^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Woxo Prelude"	Joshua Beagley Roland Kapferer	0:41
2.	"Living How I'm Living"	Beagley Kapferer Brendan St Ledger	3:12
3.	"Ephemera (Drop the Vibe)"	Beagley Kapferer Fiona Ta'akimoeaka W. B. Yeats	3:20
4.	"Rock Dog"	Beagley Kapferer St Ledger	5:50
5.	"Apple Eyes"	Beagley Alexander Hewetson Kapferer Ta'akimoeaka	3:26
6.	"The Woxo Principle (Gammaphasabiosonicpsychobombalistaphonic)"	Beagley Kapferer St Ledger	6:09
7.	"Interlude: Laughing Shock"		0:32
8.	"Shaka Uwaye La"	Beagley Kapferer Ta'akimoeaka	3:56
9.	"Matter of Time (Parts 1 & 2)"	Beagley Hewetson Kapferer St Ledger Ta'akimoeaka	7:20
10.	"(It Could Happen) Any Day Now"	Beagley Kapferer	4:22
11.	"How Much Do You Want My Love"	Beagley Armando Gomez Kapferer Ta'akimoeaka	1:56
12.	"Do That To Me (One More Time)"	Toni Tennille	3:32
13.	"93 Million Miles Away"	Beagley Hewetson Kapferer	5:18
14.	"Neighbourhood Freak"	Beagley Hewetson Kapferer	3:53
15.	"Shalla Bal (Ballad(e) Of The Silver Surfer)"	Beagley Kapferer Ta'akimoeaka	3:35
16.	"Interlude: The Breadman Suite"		1:20
17.	"Atomic Slam"	Beagley Hewetson Kapferer Ta'akimoeaka	17:13

Charts

Chart performance for The Woxo Principle

Chart (1995–1996)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3]	51

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Catalogue
Australia	November 1995	Compact Disc	Mushroom Records	D31445