LOVE
FOREVER CHANGES (1967)
REMASTERED & EXPANDED
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One of rock's most overlooked masterpieces, this third album by the L.A. folk-rock outfit led by inscrutable singer-songwriter Arthur Lee sounds as fresh and innovative today as it did upon its original release in 1968. With David Angel's atmospheric string and horn arrangements giving the work a conceptual underpinning, Lee explores mainstream America's penchant for paranoia ("The Red Telephone") and violence ("A House Is Not a Motel") with songs that are as sonically subtle and lilting as they are lyrically blunt and harrowing. Add two gems by Love's secret weapon, second guitarist Bryan MacLean ("Alone Again Or" and "Old Man"), and you've got one of the truly perfect albums in rock history. Rhino's deluxe reissue serves up seven bonus tracks, including outtakes, alternates, and the "Your Mind and We Belong Together"/"Laughing Stock" single.
1. Alone Again Or
2. A House Is Not A Motel
3. Andmoreagain
4. The Daily Planet
5. Old Man
6. The Red Telephone
7. Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale
8. Live And Let Live
9. The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This
10. Bummer In The Summer
11. You Set The Scene
Bonus Tracks
12. Hummingbirds
13. Wonder People (I Do Wonder)
14. Alone Again Or (Alternate Mix Version)
15. You Set The Scene (Alternate Mix Version)
16. Your Mind And We Belong Together (Tracking Sessions Highlights Version)
17. Your Mind And We Belong Together
18. Laughing Stock
2 comments:
Je tiens à vous féliciter pour le choix musical que vous offrez. Cela m'a permis de découvrir pas mal d'artistes.
En ce qui concerne LOVE, cet album est magique !!
slaJ66
The Chattering Classes here in the UK (I think the French Translation is intelligentsia but the meanings slightly different) tried to claim Arthur Lee for their own and do a Johnny Cash style number on him, sure I didn't play Forever Changes for a couple of years but when I played it recently it struck me that this is an album that defies any sort of gentrification, yowsah !!!
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