The album was released in January 1988 and peaked at number 61 on the Australian Kent Music Report.

It was full of conversational, narrative vignettes from a world where the ironic title Lovetown certainly referred to Melbourne.

"[1] In its 1987 yearbook, Rolling Stone Australia said that "Lovetown was as uncluttered, heartfelt and impacting as only the best music can be."

adding "The stripped back arrangements placed a strong emphasis on the song, and Cummings' voice.

The lyrics on the brilliant 'Everybody Wants to Get to Heaven But Nobody Wants to Die", "She Set Fire to the House' and 'Push It Up All Fall Down' consistently hit the spot as they incisively documented relationships on the skids.