loveBUZZ is the debut album released by Australian rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band The Hummingbirds

The Hummingbirds

The Hummingbirds were an indie pop or jangle pop band from Sydney, Australia formed in 1986 from Bug Eyed Monsters. They were one of the most highly touted outfits to emerge from Sydney's inner-city scene during the late 1980s and were an early signing to the rooArt label. The Hummingbirds' single...

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The album was released on the rooART

RooArt

rooArt was an Australian independent record label, founded in 1988 by INXS's then-manager, Chris Murphy. The label's roster included several well-known Australian bands and artists such as Crow, Ratcat, Screaming Jets, You Am I, Wendy Matthews, The Hummingbirds, The Trilobites and Amanda Brown...

 label in March 1990 (it was actually released late 1989). It peaked at #31 on the national album charts. The album eventually reached sales of approximately 40,000 copies (exceeding the 30,000 required for Gold record certification

Music recording sales certification

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 in Australia). In October 2010, LoveBUZZ was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums

100 Best Australian Albums

100 Best Australian Albums is a compendium of rock and pop albums of the past 50 years as compiled by music journalists Toby Creswell, Craig Mathieson and John O'Donnell. The book was published on 25 October 2010 by Hardie Grant Books...

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Track listing

All tracks written by Simon Holmes unless otherwise noted.

1. "Blush" - (S. Holmes, R. St Clair) 3:20
2. "She Knows..." - 4:39
3. "Hollow Inside" - 3:27
4. "Tuesday" (A. Russack) - 3:21
5. "Word Gets Around" - 2:56
6. "House Taken Over" - 6:05
7. "Get on Down" - 3:38
8. "Alimony" - 3:46
9. "Everything You Said" (R. St Clair) - 3:16
10. "Barbarian" - 3:51
11. "Three in the Morning" - 4:32
12. "Michelle as Well" - 3:54
13. "If You Leave" (S. Holmes, A. Russack, R. St Clair, M. Temple) - 5:34
14. "Miles to Go" (R. St Clair) - 2:43

The Hummingbirds

• Simon Holmes
  Simon Holmes (guitarist)
  Simon Holmes was the singer and lead guitarist for the Australian 1980s band The Hummingbirds.-Biography:Simon spent part of his childhood in Canberra, attending the AME School, an alternative education institution that ran from 1972 - the 1990s, and Hawker College...
  
   - guitar, vocals
• Alannah Russack - guitar, vocals
• Robyn St. Clare - bass, vocals
• Mark Temple - drums

Production

• Don Bartley - Mastering
• Paula Bray - Photography
• Mitch Easter
  Mitch Easter
  Mitch Easter is a songwriter, musician, and producer. As a producer, he is probably best known for his work with R.E.M. from 1981 through 1984, though he has also worked with many other acts including The Hang Ups, Pavement, Suzanne Vega, Game Theory, Marshall Crenshaw, Velvet Crush, and...
  
  - Producer, Engineer
• Justine - Assistant Engineer
• Tony Mott - Photography
• Paul - Assistant Engineer
• Jim "The Royster" Perry - Mixing Assistant
• Quiffboy Polanski - Executive Producer
• Robyn St. Clare - Photography
• Paul Tatz - Design, Layout Design
• Mark Williams - Mixing
• Mark Williams - Engineer