Standing in the Dark (album)

Standing in the Dark is the debut studio album by Platinum Blonde. Released by Columbia/CBS Records Canada in January 1984, it expanded on the band's original six-track EP. With the addition of four new tracks ("Standing in the Dark", "Sad Sad Rain", "Cast A Shadow", and "Leaders In Danger"), the album garnered the band their first taste of attention after going triple platinum in Canada. It reached a high of 23 on the Canadian charts.

Standing in the Dark
Studio album by Platinum Blonde
Released	January 1984
Studio	Metalworks, Mississauga, Ontario
Genre	Pop rock new wave
Label	CBS Canada
Producer	David Tickle
Platinum Blonde chronology
Platinum Blonde (1983) Standing in the Dark (1984) Alien Shores (1985)
Singles from Standing in the Dark
"Doesn't Really Matter" Released: January 1983 "Standing in the Dark" Released: April 1983 "Not In Love" Released: October 1984 "Take It From Me" Released: 1985

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Two of the music videos for this album, "Standing in the Dark" and "Doesn't Really Matter", were nominated for Juno Awards for Video of the Year in 1984.

The album spawned four singles: "It Doesn't Really Matter," "Standing In The Dark," "Not In Love" and "Take It From Me". "Not In Love" was covered by Toronto-synth duo Crystal Castles, who are friends of lead Blonde Mark Holmes.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Doesn't Really Matter"	Mark Holmes, Sergio Galli	4:05
2.	"Standing In The Dark"	Holmes	3:19
3.	"Sad Sad Rain"	Holmes, Galli	3:50
4.	"Take It From Me"	Holmes, Galli	4:01
5.	"Cast A Shadow"	Holmes	3:40

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Leaders In Danger"	Holmes	4:19
7.	"Not In Love"	Holmes, Galli	4:07
8.	"Video Disease"	Holmes	3:46
9.	"All Fall Down"	Holmes	4:15
10.	"Cinderella Story"	Galli	1:54

Credits

Platinum Blonde:

• Sergio Galli: guitar, backing vocals
• Mark Holmes: lead vocals, bass, keyboards
• Chis Steffler: drums, percussion

with "assisting musicians":

• Bruce Barrow
• Claude Desjardins
• Steve Sexton
• Jo-Anne Bates - backing vocal

The instruments these musicians played are not noted on the actual album package, but Barrow is normally a bassist, Desjardins a drummer/keyboardist, and Sexton a keyboard player.

Engineer:

• David Tickle, assisted by Hugh Cooper