Love and Rockets (album)
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| Studio album by Love and Rockets | ||||
| Released | May 1989 | |||
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album recorded 1988 at Blackwing Studios, South-East London, England except "The Purest Blue" at Far Heath Studios, Northampton, England radio sessions recorded 05th July 1989 on "SNAP with Deirdre O'Donoghue", on KCRW, Santa Monica College for NPR |
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| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 41:44 (original), 127:20 (reissue) | |||
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Beggars Banquet, Sonolux, Vertigo, Big Time, RCA |
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| Producer | John Fryer, Love and Rockets | |||
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Love and Rockets is the fourth studio album by English alternative rock band Love and Rockets; released in 1989 by Beggar's Banquet Records on Cassette, Vinyl, and Compact Disc.
Love and Rockets dismissed Earth, Sun, Moon's folk sound in favour of a stronger rock sound. Hints of the band's former psychedelic and gothic rock sound remains. Chief songwriters Daniel Ash and David J had begun concentrating strictly on their own material (rather than writing together) on Earth, Sun, Moon.
The album featured Love and Rockets' biggest hit, the Ash-penned "So Alive". The song was a surprising number 3 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, and stayed at number 1 for five weeks on the US Modern Rock chart. Because of the popularity of the single in the US, Love and Rockets became the band's best-selling album in America.
After the release of the album, the band embarked on a long worldwide tour. Afterward, instead of recording a new album and a follow-up single to "So Alive", J and Ash both focused on their solo careers, continuing in the directions represented on this album. They each released two solo albums after the break (with drummer Kevin Haskins working primarily with Ash) before returning as a band to record Hot Trip to Heaven in 1994.
In 2002, the album was remastered and expanded into a double album. The bonus tracks featured a single remix, three b-sides, all five songs from the aborted Swing! EP, and a radio session. The Swing! project was to be an outlet for some of the band's eccentric output, but the material was never released, except for "Bad Monkey", which ended up on the Glittering Darkness EP in 1996.
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