Leaves Me Blind

Leaves Me Blind
Studio album by Underground Lovers
Released	August 1992 (UK) December 1992 (Australia)
Recorded	Paradise Studios, Sydney
Genre	Indie rock
Length	51:03
Label	Guernica (UK) Polydor (Australia)
Producer	Wayne Connolly, Glenn Bennie, Vincent Giarrusso
Underground Lovers chronology
Underground Lovers (1991) Leaves Me Blind (1992) Dream It Down (1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Herald Sun	[1]
Allmusic	[2]

Leaves Me Blind is the second album by Australian indie rock/electronic band Underground Lovers, released in the UK in August 1992 and Australia in December. It was the first album released as part of a recording contract with the Polydor label. Three singles, "Ladies Choice" (August 1992) "I Was Right" (November 1992) and a remix of "Your Eyes" (August 1993) were taken from the album.^[3]

The band included surging, 15-minute versions of "Your Eyes" as part of their 35-minute sets supporting The Cure on their eight-date Australian tour in August 1992.^[4]

A version of "Whisper Me Nothing" by Underground Lovers featuring Stephen Cummings on vocals appeared on Cummings' 1994 CD single "September 13" .

In 2010, music writers and critics John O'Donnell, Toby Creswell and Craig Mathieson named Leaves Me Blind as the 54th greatest Australian album in their book 100 Best Australian Albums.^[5][6]

Track listing

(All music by Glenn Bennie and Vincent Giarrusso, all lyrics by Vincent Giarrusso, except where noted)

1. "Eastside Stories" (Maurice Argiro, Glenn Bennie, Vincent Giarrusso) – 7:09
2. "Promenade" – 4:31
3. "I Was Right" (Maurice Argiro, Glenn Bennie, Vincent Giarrusso) – 4:18
4. "Holiday" – 3:43
5. "Got Off On It" (Maurice Argiro, Glenn Bennie, Vincent Giarrusso, Richard Andrew, Philippa Nihill) – 4:01
6. "Daze" – 2:14
7. "Waves" – 2:55
8. "Your Eyes" – 8:29
9. "Ladies Choice" – 9:16
10. "Get To Know" – 2:09
11. "Whisper Me Nothing" – 2:17

Personnel

• Glenn Bennie – guitars, drums
• Vincent Giarrusso – vocals
• Maurice Argiro — bass
• Philippa Nihill — vocals
• Richard Andrew — drums

Technical personnel

• Wayne Connolly — recording engineer

References

1. Tek Saw, Herald Sun, 7 January 1993, page 40.
2. "Leaves Me Blind review". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
3. McFarlane, Ian (1999). The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. p. 656. ISBN 978-1-86-448768-8.
4. Mathieson, Craig (2000). The Sell-In: How the Music Business Seduced Alternative Rock. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. p. 89. ISBN 1-86-508412-3.
5. O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
6. John O'Donnell, "Oz rock's role of honour", Sunday Mail (Adelaide), 14 November 2010, pg.38