Fight for Love (54-40 album)

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Fight for Love
54-40 Fight For Love.jpg
Studio album by
Released1989
StudioMushroom Studios, Vancouver
Genre Rock
Length43:49
Label Reprise
Producer Dave Ogilvie, Neil Osborne
54-40 chronology
Show Me
(1987)
Fight for Love
(1989)
Sweeter Things: A Compilation
(1991)
Singles from Fight for Love
  1. "Miss You"
    Released: 1989
  2. "Baby, Have Some Faith"
    Released: 1989
  3. "Over My Head"
    Released: 1990

Fight for Love is the fourth album by the Canadian band 54-40, released in 1989. [1] [2] The band supported the album with a Canadian tour. [3]

Contents

Production

The album was coproduced by Dave Ogilvie and frontman Neil Osborne. [4] The band used a mellotron that had belonged to King Crimson, loaned to them by Bob Rock. [5] Some of the songs were inspired by Osborne's wife's drawings of Don Quixote. [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Windsor Star A− [8]

The Calgary Herald deemed the album "a blend of guitar-driven rock numbers and lofty lyrics." [9] The Globe and Mail wrote that "Osborne and co-producer David Ogilvie focus attention on the hopeful, even naive humanism of the songs and on the subtle but powerful interplay." [10] The Windsor Star noted the "guitar-driven sound derived from late-1960s folk-rock." [8] The Washington Post labeled the album "Vancouver's entry in the R.E.M. sweepstakes," writing: "Sweetly melodic and—it almost goes without saying—jangly, Fight for Love also has some guts." [11]

Track listing

  1. "Here in My House" – 3:49
  2. "Kissfolk" – 3:33
  3. "Over My Head" – 3:25
  4. "Miss You" – 4:34 (Neil Osborne, Phil Comparelli)
  5. "Baby Have Some Faith" – 5:51 (Osborne, Comparelli)
  6. "Fight for Love" – 2:55 (Osborne)
  7. "Laughing" – 3:51 (Osborne)
  8. "Walk Talk Madly" – 4:42
  9. "Where Is My Heart" – 3:25
  10. "Journey" – 7:44 (Osborne)

Personnel

Production

References

  1. Harrison, Tom (20 Apr 1989). "54-40 has completed its fourth album...". Living. The Province. p. 61.
  2. Muretich, James (3 Aug 1989). "Disc Drive". Calgary Herald. p. F5.
  3. Stoute, Lenny (10 Aug 1989). "54 40 band on dangerous ground". Toronto Star. p. C1.
  4. Mackie, John (22 July 1989). "Catching the Fury of Rock's Underground". Vancouver Sun. p. D3.
  5. MacInnis, Craig (4 Aug 1989). "54-40 keeps it in the family". Toronto Star. p. E12.
  6. Metella, Helen (22 Nov 1989). "Auras guided Osborne through crisp 54.40 LP". Edmonton Journal. p. C19.
  7. Fight for Love at AllMusic
  8. 1 2 Shaw, Ted (23 Sep 1989). "Record Review". Windsor Star. p. C2.
  9. Muretich, James (10 Aug 1989). "Simple, sincere, successful". Calgary Herald. p. F1.
  10. Dafoe, Chris (10 Aug 1989). "Another good effort put forward by 54-40". The Globe and Mail. p. C6.
  11. Jenkins, Mark (13 Oct 1989). "The latest album from 54-40...". The Washington Post. p. N24.