Love Spit Love (album)

Love Spit Love
Studio album by
Love Spit Love
ReleasedAugust 2, 1994
RecordedJanuary to March 1994
GenreAlternative rock
Length51:52
LabelImago
ProducerDave Jerden
Love Spit Love chronology
Love Spit Love
(1994) 		Trysome Eatone
(1997)
Singles from Love Spit Love
  1. "Change in the Weather"
    Released: 1994
  2. "Am I Wrong"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[5]
Rolling Stone[6]

Love Spit Love is the debut studio album by the rock band Love Spit Love.[7][8] It was released in 1994 on Imago Records.[3][9]

Production

The album was recorded in New York City, and produced by Dave Jerden.[10]

Critical reception

The Riverfront Times called the album a "fantastic moodpiece" and a "bargain bin treasure."[11] Trouser Press wrote that Richard Butler's "nicotine-coated growl has, over the years, mellowed into a powerful scratchy croon that shimmers on his most accessible record since the Furs’ glory days."[10]

Track listing

  1. "Seventeen" (Richard Butler, Tim Butler, Richard Fortus) – 4:17
  2. "Superman" (R. Butler, T. Butler) – 4:14
  3. "Half a Life" (R. Butler, T. Butler) – 4:10
  4. "Jigsaw" (R. Butler, Fortus) – 4:08
  5. "Change in the Weather" (R. Butler) – 3:11
  6. "Wake Up" (R. Butler, Fortus) – 4:02
  7. "Am I Wrong" (R. Butler, T. Butler) – 3:34
  8. "Green" (R. Butler, Fortus) – 5:11
  9. "Please" (R. Butler, T. Butler) – 4:46
  10. "Codeine" (R. Butler, Eric Schermerhorn) – 4:51
  11. "St. Mary's Gate" (R. Butler, Fortus) – 5:26
  12. "More" (R. Butler, T. Butler) – 4:00

Some international versions included the bonus track "All She Wants."

Personnel

Love Spit Love

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[12] 195

References

  1. ^ Love Spit Love at AllMusic
  2. ^ Webber, Brad. "Love Spit LoveLove Spit Love (Imago) (STAR)(STAR)..." chicagotribune.com.
  3. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 346.
  4. ^ "Love Spit Love". EW.com.
  5. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 903.
  6. ^ "Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. No. 697. 15 December 1994.
  7. ^ "Rocker Still Raucous at 40 : Richard Butler Is Making Fur Fly With New Band, Love Spit Love". Los Angeles Times. 24 September 1994.
  8. ^ "The PSYCHEDELIC FURS biography". The Great Rock Bible.
  9. ^ Jenkins, Mark (9 September 1994). "BUTLER SANS FURS" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  10. ^ a b "Psychedelic Furs". Trouser Press. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  11. ^ Zaleski, Annie. "Appreciation for Love Spit Love, the Richard Fortus-Richard Butler '90s Band". Riverfront Times.
  12. ^ "Love Spit Love Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2019.


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