Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams

Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams is a BoDeans album released in May 1986 on Slash/Warner Bros.^[1] The album was produced by T-Bone Burnett. The album title comes from the lyrics to the Rolling Stones song "Shattered."

Overview

In 1985, the band was signed to Slash/Warner Bros and traveled to Los Angeles to begin work on their debut record shortly thereafter. The album was recorded at Sunset Sound with T-Bone Burnett along with engineers David Tickle and Tchad Blake. Due to his in-demand role as a producer, Burnett was often absent for days at a time during tracking and would return to check the band's progress and give direction. There was some tension during the sessions over how elaborate the production should be. Burnett believed that some of the band's ideas did not fit the simplicity of their songs.^[2] In addition, the band was running up high studio costs and was forced to complete the album before they felt it was finished. Despite this, the band was happy with the album and it has often been regarded as their finest work.

Track listing

1. "She's a Runaway"
2. "Fadeaway"
3. "Still the Night"
4. "Rickshaw Riding"
5. "Angels"
6. "Misery"
7. "The Strangest Kind"
8. "Say You Will"
9. "Ultimately Fine"
10. "That's All"
11. "Lookin' for Me Somewhere"

Personnel

• Kurt Neumann: Lead Vocal, guitars
• Sam Llanas: Lead Vocal, acoustic guitar
• Guy Hoffman: Drums, (vocal-track 3)
• Bob Griffin: Bass

Additional musicians

• T-Bone Burnett: Acoustic guitar (tracks 3 and 10)
• Alex Acuña: Percussion
• Mitchell Froom: Organ

References