LoveBUZZ

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

loveBUZZ
Studio album by the Hummingbirds
Released	1989
Recorded	1989
Genre	Indie pop, jangle pop
Label	RooArt/Polygram
Producer	Mitch Easter
The Hummingbirds chronology
loveBUZZ (1989) Va Va Voom (1991)
Singles from loveBUZZ
"Blush" Released: August 1989 "Word Gets Around" Released: November 1989 "Alimony" Released: March 1990

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Select	4/5[2]

The album was released on the rooART label in 1989.^[3] It peaked at No. 31 on the national album charts.^[4] The album eventually reached sales of approximately 40,000 copies (exceeding the 35,000 required for Gold record certification in Australia).^[5] In October 2010, LoveBUZZ was listed in the book 100 Best Australian Albums.^[6]

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".^[7]

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."^[5]

Track listing

All tracks written by Simon Holmes unless otherwise noted.^[8]

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

Charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9]	31

Personnel

The Hummingbirds

• Simon Holmes - guitar, vocals
• Alannah Russack - guitar, vocals
• Robyn St. Clare - bass, vocals
• Mark Temple - drums

Production

• Don Bartley - Mastering
• Paula Bray - Photography
• Mitch Easter - Producer, Engineer
• Justine - Assistant Engineer
• Tony Mott - Photography
• Paul - Assistant Engineer
• Jim "The Royster" Perry - Mixing Assistant
• Quiffboy Polanski - Executive Producer
• Robyn St. Clare - Photography
• Paul Tatz - Design, Layout Design
• Mark Williams - Mixing
• Mark Williams - Engineer

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Barnes, Mike (July 1990). "And These Birds Can Sing". Select. p. 98.
3. Holmgren, Magnus. "The Hummingbirds". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
4. McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'The Hummingbirds'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original on 29 August 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
5. Mathieson, Craig (2000). "1990". The Sell-in: How the Music Business Seduced Alternative Rock. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-412-3. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
6. O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
7. Alex Henderson. "LoveBUZZ". AllMusic.
8. "APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 5 December 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2009. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. BLUSH
9. "Australiancharts.com – The Hummingbirds – LoveBUZZ". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 March 2020.