Life Sentence to Love

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Life Sentence to Love
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Studio album by
Released1988
Genre Punk rock
Length36:46
Label MCA
Producer Dave Jerden
Legal Weapon chronology
Interior Hearts
(1985)
Life Sentence to Love
(1988)
Take Out the Trash
(1991)

Life Sentence to Love is an album by the American punk rock band Legal Weapon, released in 1988 on MCA Records. [1] It was produced by Dave Jerden. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Robert Christgau B− [4]

Trouser Press gave the album a poor review, calling it "a keyboard-laden cross between Heart and the Cult over which [Kat] Arthur tries to emote." [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."SKB (Skateboard)"Kat Arthur/Brian Hansen3:54
2."Hurt"Brian Hansen3:59
3."Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"Brian Hansen5:00
4."Just Like a Rose"Kat Arthur/Brian Hansen4:18
5."Life Sentence to Love"Kat Arthur/Brian Hansen4:34
6."Indigo Blue"Kat Arthur/Brian Hansen4:05
7."Interior Hearts"Kat Arthur/Brian Hansen3:17
8."Tears of Steel"Kat Arthur/Brian Hansen3:32
9."Midnight"Kat Arthur/Brian Hansen/Adam Maples4:07

Personnel

Legal Weapon
Additional musicians and production

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References

  1. "The Death of Innocence: Legal Weapon's Kat Arthur Passes Away". LA Weekly. October 16, 2018.
  2. Healy, James (August 28, 1988). "'Aura of Spontaneity, Excitement' Legal Weapon Has Lesson for Others". Omaha World-Herald. p. SD.
  3. "Life Sentence to Love". AllMusic. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  4. Christgau, Robert. "Legal Weapon: Life Sentence to Love". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  5. "Legal Weapon". Trouser Press. Retrieved 20 July 2020.