Blind Love (album)

Blind Love
Studio album by
Ratcat
Released20 May 1991 (1991-05-20)
Genre
Length40:19
LabelrooArt
ProducerNick Mainsbridge
Ratcat chronology
Tingles (EP)
(1990) 		Blind Love
(1991) 		Alive
(1991)

Blind Love is the second studio album by Australian indie pop band Ratcat.[1][2] It was released on 20 May 1991. It was their most successful album and went to peak at No.1 in Australia.

It was nominated for Breakthrough Artist - Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 1992.[3]

Reception

Blind Love was given 3 out of 5 in a review by All Music.[4]

In The Sell-In, Craig Mathieson said the album, "lived up to Simon Day's belief in the disposability ethic. It spat out one buzzsaw, troublegum tune after another, delivered with punkish verve and given the sheen rooArt hoped for by producer Nick Mainsbridge. It sounded impossibly simple, but that's what distinguished it from the pack."[5]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Yes I Wanna Go"Simon Day2:40
2."Run & Hide"Day3:04
3."Baby Baby"Day3:43
4."Hopeless Mind"Day4:17
5."Pieces"Day, Amr Zaid3:18
6."Racing"Day, Zaid3:32
7."That Ain't Bad"Day4:05
8."The Wonder of You"Day3:04
9."Don't Go Now"Robyn St.Clare3:11
10."Strange"Day4:07
11."The End"Day5:13
  • Note: On the LP/Cassette version, tracks 1-6 are "side A" and tracks 7-11 are "side B"

Credits

  • Artwork by [Illustrations] – Simon Day
  • Photography – Linda Marlin
  • Producer, Recorded By – Nick Mainsbridge
  • Producer [Assistant] – Rob Lowlands, Scott Christie
  • Backing Vocals – Margaret Urlich, Robyn St. Clare

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1991) Position
Australia (ARIA)[7] 35

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[8] Platinum 70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Label Catalogue Ref.
Australia June 1991
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See also

List of number-one albums in Australia during the 1990s

References

  1. ^ Arundel, Jim (12 October 1991). "Blind Love by Ratcat". Melody Maker. 67 (41): 37.
  2. ^ Malkin, Nina (February 1992). "Blind Love by Ratcat". Interview. 22 (2): 30.
  3. ^ "ARIA Award search "RatCat"". ARIA Awards. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Ratcat - Blind Love". allmusic.com. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  5. ^ Mathieson, Craig (2000). The Sell-in: How the Music Business Seduced Alternative Rock. Allen & Unwin. p. 75. ISBN 1-86508-412-3.
  6. ^ "RatCat – {{{song}}}". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  7. ^ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Albums 1991". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  8. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1991 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 8 August 2022.


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