| Wonderful Things: Retrospective | ||||
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| Released | 2011 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 126:55 | |||
| Label | Rubber Records | |||
| Producer | Wayne Connolly, Glenn Bennie, Vincent Giarrusso, David Chesworth, Robert Goodge, Simon Grounds | |||
| Underground Lovers chronology | ||||
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| Sunday Herald Sun |   [1] |
Wonderful Things: Retrospective is a two-CD compilation album by Australian indie rock/electronic band Underground Lovers, released in 2001. The album is a 30-track retrospective spanning their entire recording career: while the first disc contains album tracks from Leaves Me Blind (1992) to Cold Feeling (1998), the second contains tracks from CD singles and EPs including a 1990 vinyl single.
The album includes a previously unreleased Japanese-language version of "Holiday"—a song originally on Leaves Me Blind—and also has three remixes of Underground Lovers album tracks. One of those remixes, "Losin' Brunehilda", featured remixing, additional production and rhythm and keyboard programming by Robert Goodge, a former member of Melbourne electronica band Essendon Airport, while "Your Eyes Remix" was remixed by Goodge and former bandmate David Chesworth, with both also sharing rhythm and keyboard programming credits. "Rushall Station Remix", which also credited Goodge for samples and programming, was remixed by dance production duo Sonic Animation—Rupert Keiller and Adrian Cartwright. The track had earlier appeared on Whitey Trickstar, a 1997 album by GBVG, a side project of Underground Lovers founders Glenn Bennie and Vincent Giarrusso.
The album was two years in the making, with all songs remastered by the band's original engineer, Don Bartley.[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dream It Down" | Glenn Bennie, Vincent Giarrusso | from Dream It Down, 1994 | 4:32 |
| 2. | "Undone" | Bennie, Giarrusso | from Rushall Station, 1996 | 4:08 |
| 3. | "Promenade" | Bennie, Giarrusso | from Leaves Me Blind, 1992 | 4:31 |
| 4. | "Holiday" | Bennie, Giarrusso | from Leaves Me Blind, 1992 | 3:43 |
| 5. | "Starsigns" | Bennie, Giarrusso | from Ways T'Burn, 1997 | 3:25 |
| 6. | "I Was Right" | Maurice Argiro, Glenn Bennie, Vincent Giarrusso | from Leaves Me Blind, 1992 | 4:18 |
| 7. | "Beautiful World" | Bennie, Giarrusso | from Dream It Down, 1994 | 3:57 |
| 8. | "Rushall Station" | Bennie, Giarrusso | from Rushall Station, 1996 | 5:14 |
| 9. | "Cold Feeling" | Bennie, Giarrusso | from Cold Feeling, 1999 | 6:04 |
| 10. | "Losin' It" | Glenn Bennie, Vincent Giarrusso, David Chesworth, Robert Goodge | from Dream It Down, 1994 | 5:03 |
| 11. | "Ways T'Burn" | Argiro, Bennie, Giarrusso | from Ways T'Burn, 1997 | 4:48 |
| 12. | "Recognise" | Bennie, Giarrusso | from Dream It Down, 1994 | 8:05 |
| 13. | "Las Vegas" | Argiro, Bennie, Giarrusso | from Dream It Down, 1994 | 5:31 |
| 14. | "Eastside Stories" | Argiro, Bennie, Giarrusso | from Leaves Me Blind, 1992 | 7:09 |
| 15. | "Your Eyes" | Bennie, Giarrusso | from Leaves me Blind, 1992 | 8:29 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Origin | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Get It On" | Bennie, Giarrusso | from Nice extended-play CD, 1991 | 1:51 |
| 2. | "Corn" | Bennie, Giarrusso | from Nice, 1991 | 4:08 |
| 3. | "Everybody's Favourite" | Philippa Nihill, Vincent Giarrusso | from Nice, 1991 | 4:01 |
| 4. | "Wonderful Things" | Bennie, Giarrusso | from Splendid extended-play EP, 1995 | 4:09 |
| 5. | "Round and Round" | Bennie, Giarrusso | from Round and Round 7-inch single, 1990 | 2:31 |
| 6. | "All Strung Out" | Bennie, Giarrusso | from In My Head CD single, 1996 | 3:45 |
| 7. | "Yeah I Might" | Bennie, Giarrusso | from I Was Right CD single, 1992 | 2:31 |
| 8. | "Leaves Me Blind" | Bennie, Giarrusso | from Leaves me Blind single, 1993 | 3:26 |
| 9. | "Persistent Too" | Bennie, Giarrusso | from Las Vegas CD single, 1994 | 4:13 |
| 10. | "Mumblehead Again" | Bennie, Giarrusso | from Las Vegas, 1994 | 4:33 |
| 11. | "Light" | Bennie, Giarrusso | from Las Vegas, 1994 | 2:43 |
| 12. | "Japanese Holiday" | Bennie, Giarrusso | previously unreleased, 1992 | 3:44 |
| 13. | "Rushall Station Remix" | Bennie, Giarrusso | from Whitey Trickstar, 1996 | 4:20 |
| 14. | "Losin' Brunehilda" (originally on Dream It Down) | Bennie, Giarrusso, Chesworth, Goodge | from Losin' It CD single, 1994 | 3:46 |
| 15. | "Your Eyes Remix" | Bennie, Giarrusso | from Your Eyes CD single, 1993 | 4:32 |
References
- ↑ Graeme Hammond, Sunday Herald Sun, 13 November 2011.
- ↑ Beat Magazine album review