Memories of Love

Memories of Love
Memories of Love
Studio album by Future Bible Heroes
Released	1997
Genre	Synthpop; electropop;
Length	42:03
Label	Slow River/Rykodisc (US); Elefant (Europe, Korea); Setanta (UK);
Future Bible Heroes chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Chicago Tribune	^[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	^[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[4]
Pitchfork	7.4/10^[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[6]

Memories of Love is the debut studio album by American indie pop band Future Bible Heroes, released in 1997 in the U.S., the U.K., Europe and Korea. Its accompanying booklet features twelve word puzzles and games that, if solved correctly, reveal the name of the band and the title of the album, plus the lyrics to each of the album's eleven songs.

Track listing[edit]

All lyrics are written by Stephin Merritt; all music is composed by Stephin Merritt (vocal melodies) and Christopher Ewen (music and instrumentation)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lonely Days"	4:10
2.	"She-Devils of the Deep"	4:01
3.	"Hopeless"	3:38
4.	"Death Opened a Boutique"	3:49
5.	"You Pretend to Be the Moon"	4:08
6.	"Blond Adonis"	4:49
7.	"But You're So Beautiful"	4:13
8.	"A You You Never Knew"	2:14
9.	"Real Summer"	3:50
10.	"Memories of Love"	3:27
11.	"You Steal the Scene"	3:45

Personnel[edit]

Future Bible Heroes

Stephin Merritt – vocals
Claudia Gonson – vocals
Christopher Ewen – instrumentation

References[edit]

^ Jourdan, Michael. "Memories of Love – Future Bible Heroes". AllMusic. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
^ Klein, Joshua (December 19, 1997). "Future Bible Heroes: Memories of Love (Slow River)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
^ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Future Bible Heroes". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
^ Smith, Ethan (June 6, 1997). "Memories of Love". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
^ Schreiber, Ryan (June 1997). "Future Bible Heroes: Memories of Love". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on November 16, 2005. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
^ Randall, Mac (2004). "The Magnetic Fields". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 509–10. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

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[1] Jourdan, Michael. "Memories of Love – Future Bible Heroes". AllMusic. Retrieved June 10, 2017.

[2] Klein, Joshua (December 19, 1997). "Future Bible Heroes: Memories of Love (Slow River)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 10, 2017.

[3] Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Future Bible Heroes". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.

[4] Smith, Ethan (June 6, 1997). "Memories of Love". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 10, 2017.

[5] Schreiber, Ryan (June 1997). "Future Bible Heroes: Memories of Love". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on November 16, 2005. Retrieved June 10, 2017.

[6] Randall, Mac (2004). "The Magnetic Fields". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 509–10. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

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