Supergroove – Traction / BMG Audio CD 1994 / 74321 27954 2

UPC 74321-27954-24

Traction is the first album by New Zealand rock band Supergroove. It was released in 1994 by RCA Records, debuting at #1 on the National Album Charts and quickly reached platinum status. Before the band could record their second album, Che Fu was fired from the band. Supergroove would end up releasing their second and final album, Backspacer, without Fu. To date, the album has achieved the requirements for platinum status five times over.

Supergroove burst on to the Auckland live scene at the dawn of the '90s after gestating in their high school music room as the 'Low Down Dirty Blues Band'. Responsible for a string of what have gone on to become classic Kiwi anthems, Supergroove generated a staggering 6 Top 10 hits throughout the '90s. Amongst them the gold singles 'Scorpio Girls' and 'Sitting Inside My Head', platinum-selling 'Can't Get Enough' and 'You Gotta Know', live standouts 'Next Time', 'You Freak Me' and 'Here Comes The Supergroove', and many more. Their kiwi-style hip-hop funk rock songs proved to be very popular - the Supergroove debut album 'Traction', released in 1994, shipped Platinum and debuted at #1 on the National Album Charts, holding on to the top spot for over a month. 'Traction' remained in the Top 15 for over 3 months and has now sold well over 5 times platinum. Supergroove toured the world in 1995 to support the International release of 'Traction', playing shows in South Africa, England, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Austria, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia (where 'Traction' went Gold), Singapore, India, Australia, New York and Los Angeles. They then returned to earn Platinum Sales for their follow-up 'Tractor EP' and Gold sales and a #2 debut for their second album 'Backspacer' (which spawned the top 10 single 'If I Had My Way' and follow up '5th Wheel'). The group disbanded in 1997, following the departure of key member, Che-Fu, but not before their phenomenal recording career had seen them sell close to 200,000 albums worldwide.