Love – Love

Love were a pioneering psychedelic folk rock band from Los Angeles, active from 1966 to the mid-seventies. Their self-titled debut gathered together beautiful tunes, most of which were penned by Love mastermind Arthur Lee. Songs like "My Little Red Book," "Mushroom Clouds" and "Signed D. C." especially stand out.

The album turned out to be a brilliant launching pad for a career in which the no less glorious albums "Da Capo" and "Forever Changes" followed in 1967. Nevertheless, Love was not granted the mainstream successes of her contemporaries from The Byrds. Love's music, however, remains a jewel of the wild sixties to be treasured by music lovers well into the future.

Reviews

"Love's debut is both their hardest-rocking early album and their most Byrds-influenced. Arthur Lee's songwriting muse hadn't fully developed at this stage, and in comparison with their second and third efforts, this is the least striking of the LPs featuring their classic lineup, with some similar-sounding folk-rock compositions and stock riffs" Allmusic