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 Love and RocketsLove and Rockets Release Date 1989 04 zz Label Blanco y Negro Records Rating:  As the band's breakthrough record in the U.S., riding high on the left-field success of the slinky T. Rex homage &"So Alive," this album still divides the band's fans to the present. Charges of sell-out are incredibly curious, because aside from &"So Alive," absolutely nothing here sounds like it would have gotten anywhere on the airwaves. While Ash and David J were clearly dividing their songwriting efforts, resulting in a rather schizophrenic album, what they were writing and performing were some of the best songs of their collected careers. David J gets to indulge rock & roll and blues traditionalism on a number of his tracks, beginning with the opening &"**** (Jungle Law)," a radical reworking of the old &"Signifying Monkey" standard with compressed production and an almost industrial beat from Haskins. Another redone oldie is &"Bound for Hell," a tale of the Devil driving a train to down below; David J runs his vocals through crackly distortion, playing harmonica while Ash plays a huge, thrashy guitar line. Perhaps his best number is his most atypical: &"Rock and Roll Babylon," a barbed study of fame with Ash's sax and a string quartet fleshing out the sound beautifully. Ash's songs do some roots revisiting as well, in their own ways. &"No Big Deal" and especially &"Motorcycle" show that the man's been listening to some Jesus and Mary Chain, but his wonderful vocal purr marks them as his own songs. An unexpected addition to everything is &"The Purest Blue," a radical reworking of Earth Sun Moon's &"Waiting for the Flood" which leaves almost nothing of the original. Ned Raggett, Rovi |
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | **** (Jungle Law) | Love and Rockets, David J | 4:34 |
| 2 | No Big Deal | Love and Rockets, Lash | 4:59 |
| 3 | Purest Blue | Love and Rockets, David J | 3:44 |
| 4 | Motorcycle | Love and Rockets, Ash | 3:30 |
| 5 | I Feel Speed | Love and Rockets, Ash | 3:24 |
| 6 | Bound for Hell | Love and Rockets, David J, Traditional | 6:00 |
| 7 | Teardrop Collector | Love and Rockets, Ash | 4:09 |
| 8 | So Alive | Love and Rockets, Ash | 4:15 |
| 9 | Rock & Roll Babylon | Love and Rockets, David J | 3:21 |
| 10 | No Words No More | Love and Rockets, Ash, Ash | 3:49 |
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