Love an Adventure
{{about|the album|the song|Love an Adventure (song)|}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Love an Adventure
| type = Studio
| artist = Pseudo Echo
| cover = Love an Adventure - Pseudo Echo.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1985
| recorded = 1985
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Dance-rock
| length = 42:35
| label = EMI Australia
| producer = * Mark Berry
- Brian Canham
| prev_title = Autumnal Park
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = Long Plays 83–87
| next_year = 1987
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Love an Adventure
| type = studio
| single1 = Don’t Go
| single1date = October 1985
| single2 = Love an Adventure
| single2date = January 1986
| single3 = Living in a Dream
| single3date = April 1986
| single4 = Try
| single4date = September 1986
| single5 = Funky Town
| single5date = November 1986
}}
{{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = studio
| cover = Love_An_Adventure_2_-_Pseudo_Echo.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| caption = North American / European version
}}
}}
Love an Adventure is the second studio album by Australian new wave band Pseudo Echo, released in 1985 by EMI Australia. The album peaked at No. 14 in Australia and produced three Australian top twenty singles, including "Don’t Go", which peaked at No. 4.
In 1986, the album was reissued to include the hit single "Funky Town", and in 1987, the album was released in North America with an alternate track listing.
Background
Following the success of Autumnal Park, Pseudo Echo returned to the studio in 1985, with an altered line up. Tony Lugton and Anthony Argiro both left and joined other bands. They were replaced by brothers James Leigh and Vince Leigh (aka Vincent Dingli).{{Cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121008180543/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/p/pseudoecho.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/p/pseudoecho.html |work = passagen.se | title = Pseudo Echo | publisher = Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | last2 = Warnqvist | first2 = Stefan | last3 = McAlister | first3 = Karen | archivedate = 8 October 2012 | url-status = usurped | accessdate = 28 May 2014 }}
Critical reception
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, critic Michael Sutton gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, and wrote of the album, "Their cover of Lipps Inc.'s ‘’Funkytown’’ was sadly misrepresentative of the album's stylish, hook-loaded dance rock. Pseudo Echo want people to move their feet and this album is stocked with dancefloor scorchers such as "Living in a Dream", "Listening" and the funky "Try". "Funkytown" may have given Pseudo Echo a glimpse of commercial success, but the rest of Love an Adventure proved that they were capable of more."{{cite web|url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-an-adventure-mw0000192548| title=Pseudo-Echo-Love An Adventure LP USalbum|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=1 December 2014}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Love an Adventure {{nobold|– 1985 Australian release}}
| title1 = Love an Adventure
| writer1 = Brian Canham
| length1 = 4:14
| title2 = Don’t Go
| writer2 = {{hlist|Canham|James Leigh}}
| length2 = 3:53
| title3 = Try
| writer3 = {{hlist|Canham|James Leigh}}
| length3 = 4:16
| title4 = I Will Be You
| writer4 = {{hlist|Canham|Anthony Argiro}}
| length4 = 5:26
| title5 = Girl
| writer5 = James Leigh
| length5 = 3:14
| title6 = Living in a Dream
| writer6 = Canham
| length6 = 3:24
| title7 = I Ask You Why
| writer7 = {{hlist|Canham|James Leigh|Argiro}}
| length7 = 3:52
| title8 = Lonely Without You
| writer8 = {{hlist|Canham|James Leigh}}
| length8 = 4:33
| title9 = Lies Are Nothing
| writer9 = {{hlist|Canham|James Leigh}}
| length9 = 3:55
| title10 = Tell Me
| writer10 = {{hlist|Canham|James Leigh|Vince Leigh}}
| length10 = 3:14
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Love an Adventure {{nobold|– 1986 Australian reissue}}
| title6 = Funky Town (Dance Mix)
| writer6 = Steven Greenberg
| length6 = 6:35
| title7 = Living in a Dream
| writer7 = Canham
| length7 = 3:24
| title8 = I Ask You Why
| writer8 = {{hlist|Canham|James Leigh|Argiro}}
| length8 = 3:52
| title9 = Lonely Without You
| writer9 = {{hlist|Canham|James Leigh}}
| length9 = 4:33
| title10 = Lies Are Nothing
| writer10 = {{hlist|Canham|James Leigh}}
| length10 = 3:55
| title11 = Tell Me
| writer11 = {{hlist|Canham|James Leigh|Vince Leigh}}
| length11 = 3:14
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Love an Adventure {{nobold|– 1987 international release}}
| title1 = A Beat for You
| writer1 = Canham
| length1 = 3:42
| title2 = Living in a Dream
| writer2 = Canham
| length2 = 3:31
| title3 = Try
| writer3 = {{hlist|Canham|James Leigh}}
| length3 = 4:16
| title4 = Listening
| writer4 = {{hlist|Canham|Tony Lugton}}
| length4 = 3:05
| title5 = I Will Be You
| writer5 = {{hlist|Canham|Argiro}}
| length5 = 5:25
| title6 = Love an Adventure
| writer6 = Canham
| length6 = 4:19
| title7 = Destination Unknown
| writer7 = {{hlist|Canham|Pierre Gigliotti}}
| length7 = 4:59
| title8 = Don't Go
| writer8 = {{hlist|Canham|James Leigh}}
| length8 = 3:53
| title9 = Lonely Without You
| writer9 = {{hlist|Canham|James Leigh}}
| length9 = 4:33
| title10 = Lies Are Nothing
| writer10 = {{hlist|Canham|James Leigh}}
| length10 = 3:55
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Love an Adventure {{nobold|– 1987 international reissue}}
| title8 = Funky Town
| writer8 = Steven Greenberg
| length8 = 4:54
| title9 = Lonely Without You
| writer9 = {{hlist|Canham|James Leigh}}
| length9 = 4:33
| title10 = Lies Are Nothing
| writer10 = {{hlist|Canham|James Leigh}}
| length10 = 3:55
}}
Chart positions
=Weekly charts=
Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=Pseudo Echo|title=Love An Adventure|award=Platinum|certyear=1986|certref=}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Pseudo Echo|title=Love An Adventure|award=Gold|certyear=1987|relyear=1985|access-date=August 22, 2022}}
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Personnel
- Brian Canham – lead and backing vocals, electric guitars
- Pierre Gigliotti – synthesizer, bass guitar, backing vocals
- James Leigh – keyboards, synthesizers, drum machine, sequencer, backing vocals
- Vince Leigh – acoustic drums, electronic drums, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Alex Pertout – percussions
- James Valentine – saxophone
- Greg Flood – trombone
- Peter Salt – trumpet
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{discogs master|79690}}
{{Pseudo Echo}}
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