Wonderful Things: Retrospective
Compilation album by
Released2011
GenreIndie rock
Length126:55
LabelRubber Records
ProducerWayne Connolly, Glenn Bennie, Vincent Giarrusso, David Chesworth, Robert Goodge, Simon Grounds
Underground Lovers chronology
Mallboy
(2001)
Wonderful Things: Retrospective
(2011)
Weekend
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)OriginLength
1."Dream It Down"Glenn Bennie, Vincent Giarrussofrom Dream It Down, 19944:32
2."Undone"Bennie, Giarrussofrom Rushall Station, 19964:08
3."Promenade"Bennie, Giarrussofrom Leaves Me Blind, 19924:31
4."Holiday"Bennie, Giarrussofrom Leaves Me Blind, 19923:43
5."Starsigns"Bennie, Giarrussofrom Ways T'Burn, 19973:25
6."I Was Right"Maurice Argiro, Glenn Bennie, Vincent Giarrussofrom Leaves Me Blind, 19924:18
7."Beautiful World"Bennie, Giarrussofrom Dream It Down, 19943:57
8."Rushall Station"Bennie, Giarrussofrom Rushall Station, 19965:14
9."Cold Feeling"Bennie, Giarrussofrom Cold Feeling, 19996:04
10."Losin' It"Glenn Bennie, Vincent Giarrusso, David Chesworth, Robert Goodgefrom Dream It Down, 19945:03
11."Ways T'Burn"Argiro, Bennie, Giarrussofrom Ways T'Burn, 19974:48
12."Recognise"Bennie, Giarrussofrom Dream It Down, 19948:05
13."Las Vegas"Argiro, Bennie, Giarrussofrom Dream It Down, 19945:31
14."Eastside Stories"Argiro, Bennie, Giarrussofrom Leaves Me Blind, 19927:09
15."Your Eyes"Bennie, Giarrussofrom Leaves me Blind, 19928:29
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)OriginLength
1."Get It On"Bennie, Giarrussofrom Nice extended-play CD, 19911:51
2."Corn"Bennie, Giarrussofrom Nice, 19914:08
3."Everybody's Favourite"Philippa Nihill, Vincent Giarrussofrom Nice, 19914:01
4."Wonderful Things"Bennie, Giarrussofrom Splendid extended-play EP, 19954:09
5."Round and Round"Bennie, Giarrussofrom Round and Round 7-inch single, 19902:31
6."All Strung Out"Bennie, Giarrussofrom In My Head CD single, 19963:45
7."Yeah I Might"Bennie, Giarrussofrom I Was Right CD single, 19922:31
8."Leaves Me Blind"Bennie, Giarrussofrom Leaves me Blind single, 19933:26
9."Persistent Too"Bennie, Giarrussofrom Las Vegas CD single, 19944:13
10."Mumblehead Again"Bennie, Giarrussofrom Las Vegas, 19944:33
11."Light"Bennie, Giarrussofrom Las Vegas, 19942:43
12."Japanese Holiday"Bennie, Giarrussopreviously unreleased, 19923:44
13."Rushall Station Remix"Bennie, Giarrussofrom Whitey Trickstar, 19964:20
14."Losin' Brunehilda" (originally on Dream It Down)Bennie, Giarrusso, Chesworth, Goodgefrom Losin' It CD single, 19943:46
15."Your Eyes Remix"Bennie, Giarrussofrom Your Eyes CD single, 19934:32

References

  1. Graeme Hammond, Sunday Herald Sun, 13 November 2011.
  2. Beat Magazine album review
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