Express (album)

Express
Studio album by Love and Rockets
Released	15 September 1986
Genre	Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia
Length	40:08 (original LP) 70:18 (2001 reissue)
Label	Beggars Banquet, Big Time
Producer	John A. Rivers, Love and Rockets
Love and Rockets chronology
Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven (1985) Express (1986) Earth, Sun, Moon (1987)

Express is the second studio album by English alternative rock band Love and Rockets. It was released on 15 September 1986 on Beggars Banquet Records. The album is an even greater departure from the band members' previous work as Bauhaus, incorporating even more of a pop sound.

Release history

In 2001, the album was remastered and expanded to include two single remixes and several contemporaneous B-sides, including a cover of Pink Floyd's "Lucifer Sam". Two short experimental pieces that had been found on the studio tape masters labeled as "B Side #1" and "B Side #2" were also added. "Ball of Confusion" was released before Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven, but since the USA mix could not be fit on the reissue of that album, it was appended to the Express reissue.

Track listings

All songs written and composed by Love and Rockets, except "Ball of Confusion", written by Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield. 

Original LP release
No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"It Could Be Sunshine"	Daniel Ash	5:00
2.	"Kundalini Express"	David J	5:47
3.	"All in My Mind"	Ash	4:45
4.	"Life in Laralay"	J	3:35
5.	"Yin and Yang and the Flower Pot Man"	Ash, J	5:56
6.	"Love Me"	Ash	3:54
7.	"All in My Mind (Acoustic)"	Ash	5:08
8.	"An American Dream"	Ash	6:04

Original US and UK CD releases
No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Angels and Devils"		6:00
2.	"It Could Be Sunshine"	Ash	5:00
3.	"Kundalini Express"	J	5:47
4.	"All in My Mind"	Ash	4:45
5.	"Life in Laralay"	J	3:35
6.	"Ball of Confusion (Special Mix)"		6:16
7.	"Holiday on the Moon"	J	6:01
8.	"Yin and Yang the Flower Pot Man (Remix)"	Ash, J	6:06
9.	"Love Me"	Ash	3:54
10.	"All in My Mind (Acoustic Version)"	Ash	5:08
11.	"An American Dream"	Ash	6:04

1986 US vinyl release
No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"It Could Be Sunshine"	Ash	5:00
2.	"Kundalini Express"	J	5:47
3.	"All in My Mind"	Ash	4:45
4.	"Life in Laralay"	J	3:35
5.	"Ball of Confusion"		6:16
6.	"Yin and Yang The Flower Pot Man (Remix)"	Ash, J	6:06
7.	"Love Me"	Ash	3:54
8.	"All in My Mind (Acoustic)"	Ash	5:08
9.	"An American Dream"	Ash	6:04

2001 remastered reissue
No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"It Could Be Sunshine"	Ash	4:58
2.	"Kundalini Express"	J	5:52
3.	"All in My Mind"	Ash	4:43
4.	"Life in Laralay"	J	3:32
5.	"Yin and Yang and the Flower Pot Man"	Ash, J	5:56
6.	"Love Me"	Ash	3:54
7.	"All in My Mind (Acoustic)"	Ash	5:04
8.	"An American Dream"	Ash	6:09
9.	"Angels and Devils"		6:10
10.	"Holiday on the Moon"	J	6:07
11.	"Lucifer Sam"		3:21
12.	"B Side #1"		1:16
13.	"B Side #2"		1:31
14.	"Yin and Yang (The Flowerpot Man) (Remix)"	Ash, J	5:29
15.	"Ball of Confusion (USA Mix)"		6:16

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Piero Scaruffi	6/10
Kerrang!

In their retrospective review, Allmusic gave the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, writing "Rich in sonic detail, the neo-psychedelic Express offers a listening experience like no other album -- guitars spiral to dizzying heights from beds of sound, arrangements swirl, songs change and mutate."

Personnel

Love and Rockets

• Daniel Ash – guitar, saxophone, vocals
• David J – bass guitar, vocals
• Kevin Haskins – drums, synthesizer

Additional personnel

• Allan Baker – choir master

• Alan Brookes – choir vocalist on "An American Dream"
• James Lowry – choir vocalist on "An American Dream"

• John A. Rivers – additional keyboards
• Robert Willey – choir vocalist on "An American Dream"

Production

• Love and Rockets – sleeve design
• Mitch Jenkins – sleeve photography

External links

• Express at Allmusic
• Express at Discogs (list of releases)