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 Love and RocketsLove and Rockets Release Date: 1989 04 zz Running Time: 37:11 Label: Beggars Banquet 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, All Music Guide
Tracks:
| Title | Composer | Time | |
| 1 | **** (Jungle Law) | David J, Love and Rockets | 4:34 |
| 2 | No Big Deal | Love and Rockets, Lash | 4:59 |
| 3 | Purest Blue | Love and Rockets, David J | 3:44 |
| 4 | Motorcycle | Ash, Love and Rockets | 3:30 |
| 5 | I Feel Speed | Ash, Love and Rockets | 3:24 |
| 6 | Bound for Hell | David J, Love and Rockets, Traditional | 6:00 |
| 7 | Teardrop Collector | Ash, Love and Rockets | 4:09 |
| 8 | So Alive | Ash, Love and Rockets | 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 |
Other Releases:
| Love and Rockets [Japan] Release Date: 1989 Label: Teichiku Records |
| Love and Rockets [Expanded] Release Date: 1989 Label: Beggars Banquet |
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