Play by Numbers (album)

Play by Numbers
Studio album by Little Heroes
Released August 1982
Recorded February & June-July 1982
Studio Studios 301, Sydney
Genre Rock, pop, new wave
Label EMI Music
Producer David Marett
Little Heroes chronology
Little Heroes
(1981)Little Heroes1981		 Play by Numbers
(1982)		 Watch the World
(1983)Watch the World1983
Singles from Play by Numbers
  1. "One Perfect Day"
    Released: March 1982
  2. "Young Hearts"
    Released: July 1982
  3. "Saturday (Afternoon Inside)"
    Released: September 1982

Play by Numbers is the second studio album by Australian rock and pop band Little Heroes. The album was released in August 1982 and peaked at number 37.

Reception

The T.V Scene Mag said "The Little Heroes are capable of provoking a blitting party mood at the twirl of a synthesiser knob" and said "the strategy is straight beat, bent words and slurred vocals" A Newspaper reviewer said "...all [the songs] seem to suffer from a deep loneliness, an alienation where all their actions are meaningless in the face of this isolation." adding "The elegane simplicity of the songs and their similarity tends to make the album pale after a while. Basically none of the songs are spectacular, but given the craftsmanship of Dave Marett's production and Hart's voice, they are certainly appealing enough."[1]

Track listing

Vinyl/cassette (EMX-114)
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Melbourne's Just Not New York"Roger Hart-Wells4:08
2."Saturday Afternoon Inside"Hart-Wells3:30
3."Something's Got to Happen"Hart-Wells4:24
4."Running Round in Circles"Hart-Wells3:41
5."Ophelia"Hart-Wells3:55
6."One Perfect Day"Hart-Wells3:30
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sound and Vision"Hart-Wells3:25
2."Pretty Shadow"Hart-Wells3:48
3."Young Hearts"Hart-Wells, David Crosbie3:38
4."To Be Her Cat"Hart-Wells3:42
5."Stay Away from Sarah"Hart-Wells4:26
6."Dusseldorf"Hart-Wells4:10

Charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report [2] 37

References

  1. ↑ "The Little Heroes - Play By Numbers". Rock on Vinyl. 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 178. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
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