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1987 studio album by Aztec Camera
Love is the third studio album by Scottish pop group Aztec Camera , released in November 1987 on Sire .[9] While it was released under the Aztec Camera name, Roddy Frame was the only remaining permanent member of the group and he recorded the album alongside a group of session musicians.[10] Departing from the indie and folk-rock approach of earlier records, Love incorporated R&B influences, seemingly to break the American market. It failed to do so but did achieve commercial success in the UK, reaching No. 10 on the albums chart , following the success of its third single "Somewhere in My Heart ", which reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart . As a result, it became the band's most commercially successful album.[11]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Roddy Frame
Side one Title 1. "Deep & Wide & Tall" 4:02 2. "How Men Are" 3:38 3. "Everybody Is a Number One" 3:25 4. "More Than a Law" 4:39 5. "Somewhere in My Heart " 4:00
Side two Title 1. "Working in a Goldmine" 5:36 2. "One & One" 4:10 3. "Paradise" 4:29 4. "Killermont Street" 3:16
Personnel
Roddy Frame - vocals, guitar (all tracks)
Rob Mounsey - bass (1), keyboards (3,6,9) keyboard programming (1,6,7,9) drum programming (7)
Carroll Thompson - lead vocals (7)
Marcus Miller (2,8), Kent Wagner (5), Will Lee (6,9) - bass
Peter Beckett - keyboards (3)
David Frank - keyboards, programming (2,8)
Robbie Kilgore - bass synthesizer (3)
Dave Weckl (1-3), Steve Jordan (6,9), Steve Gadd (8) - drums
Carol Steele - percussion (1,6,7)
Dan Hartman (1,3), Jill Dell'Abate (1,3), Lani Groves (1,2,6-8), Tawatha Agee (1,3), Gordon Grody (2,6-8), Robin Clark (2,6-8), Scott Parker (4), Loria Jonzun (5) - backing vocals
Jimmy Bralower - drums (4), drum programming (1,3)
Jeff Bova - bass, keyboard programming (4)
Michael Jonzun - drums, keyboard programming, backing vocals (5)
Soni Jonzun - saxophone (4)
Technical
Singles
"How Men Are" (UK No. 25)
"Somewhere in My Heart" (UK No. 3)
"Working in a Goldmine" (UK No. 31)
"Deep & Wide & Tall" (UK No. 55)
References
^ "New Albums" (PDF) . Music Week . 7 November 1987. p. 42. Retrieved 5 November 2022 .
^ "Top 15 Sophisti-Pop Albums" . Classicpopmag.com . 20 August 2018.
^ Mason, Stewart. "Stray - Aztec Camera" . AllMusic . Retrieved 22 July 2020 .
^ Ruhlmann, William. "Love - Aztec Camera" . AllMusic . Retrieved 22 July 2020 .
^ Arcand, Rob (3 September 2021). "Aztec Camera: Backwards and Forwards (The WEA Recordings 1984-1995) Album Review" . Pitchfork . Retrieved 12 June 2022 .
^ Robbins, Ira; Schoemer, Karen; Young, Jon. "Aztec Camera" . Trouser Press . Retrieved 22 July 2020 .
^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "A" . Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s . Pantheon Books . ISBN 0-679-73015-X . Retrieved 16 August 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ Taylor, Neil (14 November 1987). "33". New Musical Express . p. 34. ISSN 0028-6362 .
^ "Love - Aztec Camera | Releases" . AllMusic . Retrieved 13 November 2019 .
^ "Aztec Camera | Biography & History" . AllMusic . Retrieved 13 November 2019 .
^ "Love - Aztec Camera | Songs, Reviews, Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved 13 November 2019 .
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