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'''''Lovetown''''' is the third [[studio album]] by Australian [[singer-songwriter]] [[Stephen Cummings]]. The album was released in January 1988 and peaked at number 61 on the Australian [[Kent Music Report]]. The album was re-relased in 1989 with an altered track list and 4 bonus tracks.
'''''Lovetown''''' is the third [[studio album]] by Australian [[singer-songwriter]] [[Stephen Cummings]]. The album was released in January 1988 and peaked at number 61 on the Australian [[Kent Music Report]]. The album was re-relased in 1989 with an altered track list and 4 bonus tracks.

Ian McFarlane said "''Lovetown'' was a very subtle, alluring, personal and mostly acoustic album. It was full of conversational, narrative vignettes from a world where the ironic title Lovetown certainly referred to Melbourne."<ref name="McFS">{{cite encyclopedia|last=McFarlane |first=Ian |authorlink=Ian McFarlane |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] |title=Encyclopedia entry for 'The Sports' |url=//www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=402 |accessdate=1 July 2009 |year=1999 |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |location=[[St Leonards, New South Wales|St Leonards, NSW]] |isbn=1-86508-072-1 |accessdate=2 March 2019 }}</ref>


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==

Revision as of 00:17, 2 March 2019

Lovetown
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1988
GenreRock, pop, Alternative rock
LabelRampant Records
ProducerMark Woods, Stephen Cummings
Stephen Cummings chronology
This Wonderful Life
(1986)
Lovetown
(1988)
A New Kind of Blue
(1989)
Singles from Lovetown
  1. "She Sets Fire to the House"
    Released: September 1987
  2. "Some Prayers Are Answered"
    Released: February 1988
  3. "My Willingness"
    Released: May 1988

Lovetown is the third studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Stephen Cummings. The album was released in January 1988 and peaked at number 61 on the Australian Kent Music Report. The album was re-relased in 1989 with an altered track list and 4 bonus tracks.

Ian McFarlane said "Lovetown was a very subtle, alluring, personal and mostly acoustic album. It was full of conversational, narrative vignettes from a world where the ironic title Lovetown certainly referred to Melbourne."[1]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Everybody Wants to Get to Heaven But Nobody Wants to Die" 
2."My Willingness"
  • Cummings
  • Pendlebury
 
3."If You Don't Want My Love"
  • Cummings
  • D Richards
 
4."When Trouble Comes"
  • Cummings
  • Pendlebury
 
5."Where Are You Going"
  • Cummings
  • Pendlebury
 
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Jane"
  • Cummings
 
2."Some Prayers Are Answered"
  • Cummings
  • Pendlebury
 
3."She Sets Fire to the House"
  • Cummings
  • Pendlebury
 
4."Push It Up, All Falls Down"
  • Cummings
  • Pendlebury
 
5."Viva Las Vegas" 

1989 Re-release

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Everybody Wants to Get to Heaven But Nobody Wants to Die" 
2."Some Prayers Are Answered"
  • Cummings
  • Pendlebury
 
3."If You Don't Want My Love"
  • Cummings
  • D Richards
 
4."When Trouble Comes"
  • Cummings
  • Pendlebury
 
5."Where Are You Going"
  • Cummings
  • Pendlebury
 
6."My Willingness"
  • Cummings
  • Pendlebury
 
7."You Jane"
  • Cummings
 
8."She Sets Fire to the House"
  • Cummings
  • Pendlebury
 
9."Push It Up, All Falls Down"
  • Cummings
  • Pendlebury
 
10."Viva Las Vegas" 
11."Time to Kill"  
12."She Set Fire to the House" (Electric)  
13."Who Listens to the Radio '89"
  • Cummings
  • Pendlebury
 
14."Last Round Up" 

Charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australian Album Kent Music Report[2] 61

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalogue
Australia January 1988 Rampant Records Vinyl, cassette RR052
Australia 1989 TrueTone Records CD, cassette CDP-793651

References

  1. ^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'The Sports'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1984). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 94. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.