At First Sight, Violets Are Blue

Infobox Album | Name = At First Sight, Violets Are Blue
Type = Studio Album
Artist = The Stems


Released = August, 1987
March 23, 2003
Recorded = Planet Studios, Perth
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 41:33
Label = White Records
Mushroom Records
Producer = Guy Gray
Alan Thorne
Dom Mariani
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gzfexqqaldae link]
Last album =
This album = "At First Sight, Violets Are Blue"
(1987)
Next album = "Heads Up"
(2007)

"At First Sight, Violets Are Blue " is the debut album from The Stems, released in August 1987 through Mushroom Records' White Label on vinyl, the album only saw limited CD release at that time. The title track "At First Sight" gained mainstream airplay and a position on the Young Einstein sound track. "At First Sight" became the band's signature track and the album is still rated as one of the best Australian guitar pop releases. In the early nineties Rolling Stone Magazine in fact included it in the top 100 Australian releases of all time [ [http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/10955/The-Stems-go-gold.htm FasterLouder.com (October 22, 2007)] ] .

The album was re-issued by Mushroom Records on March 23, 2003 and included a bonus disc with fifteen B-sides and ten live recordings from a live show at the Old Melbourne Hotel (Perth, Western Australia) on April 18, 1986.

In 2007 the album was certifed gold (with sales of over 35,000 units) [ [http://www.abc.net.au/dig/stories/s2067302.htm ABC Digital Radio (October 23, 2007)] ] .

Track listing

Original release

# "At First Sight" 4:02
# "Sad Girl" 3:20
# "Rosebud" 3:38
# "Man With The Golden Heart" 4:04
# "Running Around" 3:30
# "For Always" 3:06
# "You Can't Turn The Clock Back" 3:15
# "Move Me" 3:26
# "Mr Misery" 3:37
# "Can't Forget That Girl" 3:23
# "Never Be Friends" 2:54
# "Otherside" 3:12

Re-mastered release

# "At First Sight" 4:02
# "Sad Girl" 3:20
# "Rosebud" 3:38
# "Man With The Golden Heart" 4:04
# "Running Around" 3:30
# "For Always" 3:06
# "You Can't Turn The Clock Back" 3:15
# "Move Me" 3:26
# "Mr Misery" 3:37
# "Can't Forget That Girl" 3:23
# "Never Be Friends" 2:54
# "Otherside" 3:12
# "Sad Girl" (Single Mix)(D Mariani) 3:35
# "Grooviest Girl In Town" (J Matthews/D Mariani) 4:39
# "My Beach" (D Shaw/J Matthews/D Mariani) 3:26
# "Can't Forget That Girl" (Original Mix) (D Mariani) 3:18
# "Rosebud" (Live) (R Lane/J Matthews) 4:03
# "Make You Mine" (Live) (D Mariani) 6:28
# "Mr Misery" (Live) (D Mariani) 3:21
# "Under Your Mushroom" (Live) (R Lane/J Matthews) 2:44
# "She's A Monster" (Live) (D Mariani) 3:41
# "Love Will Grow" (Live) (D Mariani) 3:17
# "Otherside" (Live) (R Lane) 3:02
# "Does It Turn You On" (Live) (D Mariani) 4:37
# "All You Want For Me" (Live) (J Matthews) 2:24
# "Stepping Stone" (Live) (Boyce/Hart) 2:58

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