Dream It Down

Dream It Down
Studio album by Underground Lovers
Released June 1994
Recorded January 1993 to January 1994
Genre Indie rock
Length 49:10
Label Polydor
Producer Glenn Bennie, Vincent Giarrusso, Wayne Connolly, David Chesworth, Robert Goodge, Simon Grounds
Underground Lovers chronology
Leaves Me Blind
(1992)		 Dream It Down
(1994)		 Rushall Station
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Herald Sun[1]

Dream It Down is the third album by Australian indie rock/electronic band Underground Lovers, released in 1994. It was the second and final album released as part of a recording contract with the Polydor label and was named Australian album of the year by Triple J.[2] Two singles, "Las Vegas" (May 1994) and "Losin' It" (August 1994) were taken from the album.

Background

Songwriter Vincent Giarrusso said the band wanted the album to be markedly different from its predecessor. "Leaves Me Blind had a desperate feel to it," he said. "With this new album we wanted to make the point that you can be subversive and confronting by softer means—that's even more powerful than being smacked over the head with drum rolls and guitars going the whole time."[3]

The album was originally recorded in January 1993, but the band, unhappy with the result, teamed with part of the Filthy Lucre production team—Robert Goodge and David Chesworth, formerly of Melbourne electronic band Essendon Airport, and Simon Polinski—to re-construct the songs with a combination of re-recordings, overdubs and editing. Songwriter Vincent Giarrusso said: "We went with David and Robert because we were comfortable with what they could do. They knew how to take the songs to where we wanted to get them. David is an amazing musician; classical, adventurous. Robert is great at showbiz."[4] Bennie said the extra work on production had come at a cost: "It was a lot more frustrating to get the parts right, whereas on Leaves me Blind we went for a lot of first takes."[3]

The album also marked the arrival of Derek Yuen in the band, replacing original drummer Richard Andrew, who went on to join Sydney band Crow.[5]

Track listing

(All songs by Glenn Bennie and Vincent Giarrusso except where noted)

  1. "Dream it Down" – 4:32
  2. "Losin' It" (Glenn Bennie, Vincent Giarrusso, David Chesworth, Robert Goodge) – 5:03
  3. "Recognise" – 8:05
  4. "Blues Team (Only Thinkin')" – 2:32
  5. "Superstar" – 3:27
  6. "Supernova" – 3:03
  7. "Las Vegas" (Maurice Argiro, Glenn Bennie, Vincent Giarrusso) – 5:31
  8. "Va Va Va Va" – 2:54
  9. "Weak Will" (Bennie, Giarrusso, Chesworth, Goodge) – 5:31
  10. "Beautiful World" – 3:57
  11. "Earth Manna" (Argiro, Benie, Giarrusso) – 4:33

Personnel

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

Charts

Chart (1994) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 55

References

  1. ↑ Herald Sun, 16 June 1994, page 43.
  2. ↑ Brady, Shane (15 January 1998), "Ways T'Burn review", The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, p. 22
  3. 1 2 Compton, James (14 July 1994), "Underground surfaces via vivid Dream", The Daily Telegraph Mirror, Sydney, p. 48
  4. ↑ Te Koha, Nui (30 June 1994), "Talk is cheap", Herald Sun, Melbourne
  5. ↑ McFarlane, Ian (1999). The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. p. 656. ISBN 978-1-86-448768-8.
  6. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
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