Laser Love (album)

Laser Love
Studio album by
After the Fire
Released21 September 1979[1]
RecordedJuly–August 1978 Record Plant NY
GenreNew wave
Length38:17
LabelCBS
ProducerMuff Winwood (Tracks A1, A3, A5, B1, B3-B4)
Rhett Davies (Co-producer on A1, B3)
Rupert Hine (Tracks A2, B2)
After the Fire (Track A4)
John Leckie (Track B5)
After the Fire chronology
Signs of Change
(1978) 		Laser Love
(1979) 		80-f
(1980)

Laser Love is the second album by UK band After the Fire.[2][3] Released in 1979, the album showcased more of a new wave approach,[4] including much shorter songs than had been featured on the band's more progressive rock-oriented debut album, Signs of Change. It was produced primarily by Muff Winwood.[5]

The album includes the band's biggest hit in the UK, "One Rule For You". Laser Love peaked at No. 57 on the UK Albums Chart.[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]

The Bristol Evening Post called Laser Love a "pleasant album which showcases After the Fire's rich music and melodic instrumental work."[8]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Laser Love" (Andy Piercy, Peter "Memory" Banks) (3:28)
  2. "Joy" (Banks, Piercy, John Russell, Ivor Twidell) (3:17)
  3. "Take Me Higher" (Piercy, Banks) (4:31)
  4. "Life in the City" (Piercy, Banks) (4:13)
  5. "Suspended Animation" (Piercy, Banks) (4:52)

Side two

  1. "Like the Power of a Jet" (Piercy, Banks) (3:07)
  2. "One Rule For You" (Piercy, Banks) (3:24)
  3. "Time to Think" (Piercy, Banks) (3:28)
  4. "Timestar" (Banks) (4:36)
  5. "Check It Out" (Piercy, Banks) (3:21)

References

  1. ^ "After The Fire – Official website – Biography". afterthefire.co.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  2. ^ "After the Fire". Trouser Press. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  3. ^ "After the Fire Biography by Mike Edmunds". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  4. ^ Watson, Albert (11 October 1979). "After the Fire, a still small voice". Weekly Examiner. Huddersfield. p. 9.
  5. ^ Paul, Gary (23 December 1979). "Record Review". Bedfordshire on Sunday. p. 5.
  6. ^ "After the Fire". Official Charts. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Laser Love After the Fire". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  8. ^ Belsey, James (29 September 1979). "Pops". Bristol Evening Post. p. 6.


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