At First Sight, Violets Are Blue

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At First Sight, Violets Are Blue
Studio album by The Stems
Released	August, 1987 March 23, 2003
Recorded	Planet Studios, Perth
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	41:33
Label	White Records Mushroom Records
Producer	Guy Gray Alan Thorne Dom Mariani
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Stems chronology
At First Sight, Violets Are Blue (1987) Heads Up (2007)

At First Sight, Violets Are Blue is the debut album from The Stems, released in August 1987 through Mushroom Records' White Label on vinyl, the album only saw limited CD release at that time. The title track "At First Sight" gained mainstream airplay and a position on the Young Einstein sound track. "At First Sight" became the band's signature track and the album is still rated as one of the best Australian guitar pop releases. In the early nineties Rolling Stone Magazine in fact included it in the top 100 Australian releases of all time^[1].

The album was re-issued by Mushroom Records on March 23, 2003 and included a bonus disc with fifteen B-sides and ten live recordings from a live show at the Old Melbourne Hotel (Perth, Western Australia) on April 18, 1986.

In 2007 the album was certifed gold (with sales of over 35,000 units)^[2].

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Original release 1.2 Re-mastered release 2 References

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Original release

1. "At First Sight" 4:02
2. "Sad Girl" 3:20
3. "Rosebud" 3:38
4. "Man With The Golden Heart" 4:04
5. "Running Around" 3:30
6. "For Always" 3:06
7. "You Can't Turn The Clock Back" 3:15
8. "Move Me" 3:26
9. "Mr Misery" 3:37
10. "Can't Forget That Girl" 3:23
11. "Never Be Friends" 2:54
12. "Otherside" 3:12

[edit] Re-mastered release

1. "At First Sight" 4:02
2. "Sad Girl" 3:20
3. "Rosebud" 3:38
4. "Man With The Golden Heart" 4:04
5. "Running Around" 3:30
6. "For Always" 3:06
7. "You Can't Turn The Clock Back" 3:15
8. "Move Me" 3:26
9. "Mr Misery" 3:37
10. "Can't Forget That Girl" 3:23
11. "Never Be Friends" 2:54
12. "Otherside" 3:12
13. "Sad Girl" (Single Mix)(D Mariani) 3:35
14. "Grooviest Girl In Town" (J Matthews/D Mariani) 4:39
15. "My Beach" (D Shaw/J Matthews/D Mariani) 3:26
16. "Can't Forget That Girl" (Original Mix) (D Mariani) 3:18
17. "Rosebud" (Live) (R Lane/J Matthews) 4:03
18. "Make You Mine" (Live) (D Mariani) 6:28
19. "Mr Misery" (Live) (D Mariani) 3:21
20. "Under Your Mushroom" (Live) (R Lane/J Matthews) 2:44
21. "She's A Monster" (Live) (D Mariani) 3:41
22. "Love Will Grow" (Live) (D Mariani) 3:17
23. "Otherside" (Live) (R Lane) 3:02
24. "Does It Turn You On" (Live) (D Mariani) 4:37
25. "All You Want For Me" (Live) (J Matthews) 2:24
26. "Stepping Stone" (Live) (Boyce/Hart) 2:58

[edit] References

1. ^ FasterLouder.com (October 22, 2007)
2. ^ ABC Digital Radio (October 23, 2007)

The Stems
Members
Dom Mariani | Richard Lane | Julian Mathews | David Shaw
The Stems Discography
Studio Albums: At First Sight, Violets Are Blue | Heads Up
EPs: Love Will Grow - Rosebud Volume 1
Anthologies: The Great Rosebud Hoax | Buds | Weed Out!| Mushroom Soup: The Citadel Years | Terminal Cool
Singles: "Make You Mine" | "Tears Me In Two" | "At First Sight" | "Sad Girl" | "For Always" | "Let Your Head Rest"
Record Labels
Citadel Records | White Label | Shock Records | Get Hip Records | House Of Wax | Mushroom Records | Domino Records
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