Love and Rockets (album)

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Love and Rockets
Studio album by Love and Rockets
Released	4 September 1989
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	41:44 (original), 127:20 (reissue)
Label	Beggar's Banquet/RCA
Producer(s)	John Fryer, Love and Rockets
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Love and Rockets chronology
Earth, Sun, Moon (1987)	Love and Rockets (1989)	Hot Trip to Heaven (1994)

Love and Rockets is the fourth album by the British band Love and Rockets, released in 1989 on Beggar's Banquet.

Love and Rockets dismissed Earth, Sun, Moon's folk sound in favor of a stronger rock & roll sound. Hints of the band's former psychedelic and gothic rock sound remained.

The album featured Love and Rockets' biggest hit, "So Alive". The song was a #3 hit, and stayed at #1 for five weeks on the US Mainstream 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. Afterwards, instead of recouping to record a new album and a follow-up single to "So Alive", bassist David J and guitarist Daniel Ash both focused on their solo careers. Both released two solo albums in the break 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 stranger output, but the material was never released, except for "Bad Monkey", which ended up on the Glittering Darkness EP in 1996.

"The Purest Blue" is a radical reworking of "Waiting for the Flood" from Earth, Sun, Moon, and "**** (Jungle Law)" is a reworking of "Bad Monkey" from the Swing! project.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Original release 1.2 2002 reissue 1.2.1 Disc one 1.2.2 Disc two

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Original release

1. "**** (Jungle Law)" – 4:32
2. "No Big Deal" – 4:56
3. "The Purest Blue" – 3:43
4. "Motorcycle" – 3:31
5. "I Feel Speed" – 3:24
6. "Bound for Hell" – 6:01
7. "The Teardrop Collector" – 4:09
8. "So Alive" – 4:16
9. "Rock and Roll Babylon" – 3:22
10. "No Words No More" – 3:50

[edit] 2002 reissue

[edit] Disc one

1. "**** (Jungle Law)" – 4:32
2. "No Big Deal" – 4:56
3. "The Purest Blue" – 3:43
4. "Motorcycle" – 3:31
5. "I Feel Speed" – 3:24
6. "Bound for Hell" – 6:01
7. "The Teardrop Collector" – 4:09
8. "So Alive" – 4:16
9. "Rock and Roll Babylon" – 3:22
10. "No Words No More" – 3:50
11. "Bike" – 3:54
12. "Bikedance" – 7:07
13. "No Big Deal (Remix)" – 7:11
14. "Dreamtime" – 8:41

[edit] Disc two

1. "Wake Up!" – 3:58
2. "Cuckoo Land" – 2:48
3. "The Early Worm" – 2:13
4. "1000 Watts of Your Love" – 2:48
5. "Bad Monkey" – 4:20
6. "Intro" (Radio Session) – 0:58
7. "1000 Watts of Your Love" (Radio Session) – 3:08
8. "No Words No More" (Radio Session) – 4:11
9. "Interview" (Radio Session) – 34:19