Love an Adventure

Love an Adventure
Love an Adventure
Studio album by Pseudo Echo
Released	1985
Recorded	1985
Genre	Dance-rock
Length	42:35
Label	EMI Australia
Producer	Mark Berry; Brian Canham;
Pseudo Echo chronology
Singles from Love an Adventure
	"Don’t Go"; Released: October 1985; "Love an Adventure"; Released: January 1986; "Living in a Dream"; Released: April 1986; "Try"; Released: September 1986; "Funky Town"; Released: November 1986;
Alternative cover
	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).^[2]

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."^[1]

Track listing

*Love an Adventure* – 1985 Australian release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love an Adventure"	Brian Canham	4:14
2.	"Don’t Go"	Canham James Leigh	3:53
3.	"Try"	Canham James Leigh	4:16
4.	"I Will Be You"	Canham Anthony Argiro	5:26
5.	"Girl"	James Leigh	3:14
6.	"Living in a Dream"	Canham	3:24
7.	"I Ask You Why"	Canham James Leigh Argiro	3:52
8.	"Lonely Without You"	Canham James Leigh	4:33
9.	"Lies Are Nothing"	Canham James Leigh	3:55
10.	"Tell Me"	Canham James Leigh Vince Leigh	3:14

*Love an Adventure* – 1986 Australian reissue
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Funky Town (Dance Mix)"	Steven Greenberg	6:35
7.	"Living in a Dream"	Canham	3:24
8.	"I Ask You Why"	Canham James Leigh Argiro	3:52
9.	"Lonely Without You"	Canham James Leigh	4:33
10.	"Lies Are Nothing"	Canham James Leigh	3:55
11.	"Tell Me"	Canham James Leigh Vince Leigh	3:14

*Love an Adventure* – 1987 international release^[1]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A Beat for You"	Canham	3:42
2.	"Living in a Dream"	Canham	3:31
3.	"Try"	Canham James Leigh	4:16
4.	"Listening"	Canham Tony Lugton	3:05
5.	"I Will Be You"	Canham Argiro	5:25
6.	"Love an Adventure"	Canham	4:19
7.	"Destination Unknown"	Canham Pierre Gigliotti	4:59
8.	"Don't Go"	Canham James Leigh	3:53
9.	"Lonely Without You"	Canham James Leigh	4:33
10.	"Lies Are Nothing"	Canham James Leigh	3:55

*Love an Adventure* – 1987 international reissue
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
8.	"Funky Town"	Steven Greenberg	4:54
9.	"Lonely Without You"	Canham James Leigh	4:33
10.	"Lies Are Nothing"	Canham James Leigh	3:55

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Chart (1985–87)	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart^[3]	14
Sweden Sverigetopplistan Albums Chart^[4]	21
US Billboard 200 Albums Chart	57

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[2]	Platinum	70,000^{^}
Canada (Music Canada)^[5]	Gold	50,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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

^ ^a ^b ^c "Pseudo-Echo-Love An Adventure LP USalbum". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan; McAlister, Karen. "Pseudo Echo". passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
^ "PSEUDO ECHO - LOVE AN ADVENTURE (ALBUM)". Australian-Charts. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Pseudo Echo – Love An Adventure". Music Canada. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

External links

Love an Adventure at Discogs (list of releases)

[allmusic.com-1] "Pseudo-Echo-Love An Adventure LP USalbum". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 December 2014.

[Pseudo_Echo-2] Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan; McAlister, Karen. "Pseudo Echo". passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2014.

[Kent-3] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.

[4] "PSEUDO ECHO - LOVE AN ADVENTURE (ALBUM)". Australian-Charts. Retrieved 1 December 2014.

[CanadaPseudo_EchoLove_An_AdventurealbumCertRef-5] "Canadian album certifications – Pseudo Echo – Love An Adventure". Music Canada. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

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