''At First Sight, Violets Are Blue '' is the debut studio album by Australian alternative rock group,
The Stems
The Stems are a garage punk band formed in Perth, Western Australia in late 1983. They were founded by Dom Mariani in late 1983. The Stems are heavily influenced by 1960s garage rock and 1970s power pop. The band initially broke up in August 1 ...
, released in August 1987 through Mushroom Records' White Label on vinyl. The title track "At First Sight" gained mainstream airplay and a position on the ''
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'' 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'' included it in the top 100 Australian releases of all time.
The album was re-issued by
Mushroom Records on 23 March 2003 and included a bonus disc with 14 additional tracks.
In 2007 the album was certified gold (with sales of over 35,000 units).
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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-issue bonus disc
# "Sad Girl" (Single version) ( Dom Mariani) 3:35
# "Grooviest Girl in Town" (B-side of 'At First Sight' single) (J Matthews/D Mariani) 4:39
# "My Beach" (B-side of 'Sad Girl' single) (D Shaw/J Matthews/D Mariani) 3:26
# "Can't Forget That Girl" (Original demo, previously unreleased) (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
*Live at the Old Melbourne Hotel (Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...
), 18 April 1986.
Charts
References
1987 debut albums
The Stems albums
Mushroom Records albums
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