Love an Adventure (song)

"Love an Adventure" is a song by the Australian pop group Pseudo Echo. It was released in January 1986 as the second single from their second studio album, Love an Adventure (1985). The song became the band's third Australian top ten single, peaking at number 6 on the Australian Kent Music Report.

"Love an Adventure"
Single by Pseudo Echo
from the album Love an Adventure
ReleasedJanuary 1986
StudioPlatinum Studios, Melbourne
GenrePop, synth-pop
Length4:14
LabelEMI Music
Songwriter(s)Brian Canham
Producer(s)Mark Barry
Pseudo Echo singles chronology
"Don't Go"
(1985)
"Love an Adventure"
(1986)
"Living in a Dream"
(1986)

Reception

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Cash Box magazine said "Australia's Psuedo Echo [sic] has a punchy, synth-based pop sound with strong commercial potential."[1]

Track listing

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7" (EMI-1657)

  • Side A "Love an Adventure" - 4:14
  • Side B "All Tied Up" (J. Leigh)

12" (EMI – ED 168)

  • Side A "Love an Adventure" (extended)
  • Side B "All Tied Up"
  • Side B "Love an Adventure" - 4:14

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3] 50

Year-end charts

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Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 48

References

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  1. ^ "Feature Picks" (PDF). Cash Box. 31 January 1987. p. 8. Retrieved 8 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  3. ^ "Pseudo Echo – Love an Adventure". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  4. ^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1986". Kent Music Report. No. 650. December 1986. Retrieved 24 January 2023 – via Imgur.