LoveBUZZ explained

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loveBUZZ
Type:Album
Artist:the Hummingbirds
Cover:loveBUZZ.jpg
Released:1989
Recorded:1989
Genre:Indie pop, jangle pop
Label:RooArt/Polygram
Producer:Mitch Easter
Next Title:Va Va Voom
Next Year:1991

loveBUZZ is the debut album released by Australian rock band the Hummingbirds.

The album was released on the rooART label in 1989.[1] It peaked at No. 31 on the national album charts.[2] The album eventually reached sales of approximately 40,000 copies (exceeding the 35,000 required for Gold record certification in Australia).[3] In October 2010, LoveBUZZ was listed in the book 100 Best Australian Albums.[4]

Reception

AllMusic said the band's, "specialty was a power-pop/alternative rock style that served them well on loveBUZZ", and noted the album would be enjoyed by, "those who like jangly guitar music that's lively and energetic but consistently appealing melodically and harmonically".[5]

In The Sell-In, Craig Mathieson said, "Mitch Easter's disciplined approach had captured a guitar-spangled, fragile sound focussing attention on the voices. LoveBUZZ had enough romantic verve and sheer pop delight, mixed with the band's indie routes, to make the album one of the releases of the year."

Track listing

All tracks written by Simon Holmes unless otherwise noted.[6]

  1. "Blush" - (Holmes, Robyn St Clare) 3:20
  2. "She Knows..." - 4:39
  3. "Hollow Inside" - 3:27
  4. "Tuesday" (Alannah Russack) - 3:21
  5. "Word Gets Around" - 2:56
  6. "House Taken Over" - 6:05
  7. "Get on Down" - 3:38
  8. "Alimony" - 3:46
  9. "Everything You Said" (St Clare) - 3:16
  10. "Barbarian" - 3:51
  11. "Three in the Morning" - 4:32
  12. "Michelle as Well" - 3:54
  13. "If You Leave" (Holmes, Russack, St Clare, Mark Temple) - 5:34
  14. "Miles to Go" (St Clare) - 2:43

Personnel

The Hummingbirds

Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20131021015727/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/h/hummingbirds.html . The Hummingbirds . Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren) . Holmgren . Magnus . 21 October 2013 . 1 June 2015 .
  2. Book: McFarlane, Ian. Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Ian McFarlane. Allen & Unwin. St Leonards, NSW. 1999. Encyclopedia entry for 'The Hummingbirds'. http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=928. 1-86448-768-2. https://web.archive.org/web/20040829235034/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=928. 2008-01-13. 2004-08-29.
  3. Book: Mathieson, Craig . . Craig Mathieson . . 2000 . 1990. https://books.google.com/books?id=dFnJSg-Obx0C&dq=%22the+hummingbirds%22+holmes&pg=PA18. 1-86508-412-3 . 2008-01-13.
  4. Book: . O'Donnell . John . John O'Donnell (music journalist) . Creswell . Toby . Toby Creswell . Mathieson . Craig . Craig Mathieson . Hardie Grant Books . October 2010 . . 978-1-74066-955-9 .
  5. Web site: AllMusic. LoveBUZZ. Alex Henderson .
  6. Web site: Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) . APRA search engine . 2009-01-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071205184453/http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch . 2007-12-05 . Note: requires user to input song title e.g. BLUSH

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