Longing Was a Safe Place to Hide

Longing Was a Safe Place to Hide
A woman is shown in upper body shot and side profile. She has dark hair and wears dark clothes. The background depicts large, purple-black flowers over green-blue dappled screen. The group's name is written in large, white coloured lower case script at middle right. The title is printed in small lower case type at bottom left.
Studio album by
Love Outside Andromeda
Released18 September 2006 (2006-09-18)
Recorded2005–06
StudioMelbourne
GenrePop rock
Length41:06
LabelShock
Producer
Love Outside Andromeda chronology
Love Outside Andromeda
(2004) 		Longing Was a Safe Place to Hide
(2006)

Longing Was a Safe Place to Hide is the second studio album released by Australian guitar pop, rock band, Love Outside Andromeda on 18 September 2006. It peaked at No. 8 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums chart.[1] Overall, it is significantly mellower than their self-titled debut, distancing itself from some of the more frantic songs.

Lead single, "Bound by Hurt Dissolved", received radio play in late 2005, and later singles, "Measuring Tape" and "Sparrow", began to receive play in July to August 2006, closer to the album's appearance. Its title is a lyric from the fourth track, "A Room Full of People". The group effectively disbanded in December 2006, with an announcement of the hiatus on their website, "we've decided it's time to take a serious break. Effective immediately."[2]

Track listing

Shock Records (LOA004) All tracks are written by Sianna Lee,[3] except as noted.

  1. "Razor Stone Free" – 2:06
  2. "Enora" – 4:05
  3. "Bound by Hurt Dissolved" – 3:43
  4. "A Room Full of People" – 3:16
  5. "Sparrow" – 2:48
  6. "Keep Looking at the Sky" (S Lee, Joseph Hammond) – 4:17
  7. "You and Me Amplified" – 2:45
  8. "Measuring Tape" – 3:36
  9. "Hook in My Throat" – 3:28
  10. "Past Tense (But a Prayer Nonetheless)" (Jamie Slocombe, S Lee, Hammond) – 7:32
  11. "A Pretty Girl for a Power Game" – 3:26

Personnel

Love Outside Andromeda
  • Jesse Lee – bass guitar, double bass, keyboards, guitar
  • Jamie Slocombe – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, percussion, horns arranger
  • Joseph Hammond – drums, keyboards, guitars, backing vocals, percussion, horns arranger
  • Sianna Lee – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards
Other musicians
  • Alastair Watts – cello, double bass, extra keyboards, strings arranger
  • Russell Fawcus – violin
  • Raphael Hammond – trumpet
  • Sebastian Hammond – saxophone
  • Raph, Cedric, Ali, Jeremy Lee, Ashleigh Flanders – backing vocals (track 11)
Production work

References

  1. ^ Wallace, Ian (9 October 2006). "Week Commencing ~ 9th October 2006 ~ Issue #866" (PDF). The ARIA Report (866). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  2. ^ Hammond, Joe; Lee, Jesse; Slocombe, Jamie; Lee, Sianna (5 December 2006). "News". Love Outside Andromeda Official Website. Archived from the original on 26 April 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  3. ^ "'Razor Stone Free' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 22 August 2018. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'