Looking Back with Love

Looking Back with Love
Studio album by Mike Love
Released	October 8, 1981
Recorded	1980–1981
Studio	Santa Barbara Sound and Mike Love's mobile studio, Santa Barbara, California
Genre	Pop rock
Length	32:26
Label	Boardwalk
Producer	Curt Boettcher [1]
Mike Love chronology
Looking Back with Love (1981) Unleash the Love (2017)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	woof! [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Looking Back with Love is the debut album by American musician Mike Love of the Beach Boys, released in 1981 by Boardwalk Records. ^[5] Produced by Curt Boettcher, the album includes a mix of covers and originals.

Songs

The lyrics to the title track were written by Love's manager, Dan Parker. ^[6]

"On and On and On" is a cover of an ABBA song which was itself influenced by the 1968 Beach Boys song "Do It Again".^{[ citation needed ]}

Love's cover of "Be My Baby" originates from July 1980 sessions produced by (and featuring keyboards by) his Beach Boys bandmate and cousin Brian Wilson. ^{[7] [8]} However, the released track features additional overdubs and production completed without Wilson, and Curt Boettcher receives the sole production credit.^{[ citation needed ]}

Critical reception

The Rolling Stone Album Guide called the album "notable only for its title track: an egregious 'salute' to those crazy ol' '60s that would probably make a dandy Republican campaign jingle." ^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Looking Back with Love"	Jim Studer, Craig Thomas, Dan Parker	3:38
2.	"On and On and On"	Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus	3:02
3.	"Runnin' Around the World"	James Haymer, Blair Aaronson	2:48
4.	"Over and Over"	Robert James Byrd	2:16
5.	"Rockin' the Man in the Boat"	Studer, Jim Arnold, Michael Brady	3:20
6.	"Calendar Girl"	Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield	3:16
7.	"Be My Baby"	Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector	2:39
8.	"One Good Reason"	Studer, Brady	4:08
9.	"Teach Me Tonight"	Sammy Cahn, Gene De Paul	3:28
10.	"Paradise Found"	Mike Love, Studer	3:51

References

1. "Top Album Picks". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 31, 1981 – via Google Books.
2. Looking Back with Love at AllMusic
3. Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide . Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p.  84. ISBN   1-57859-061-2.
4. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 41–42.
5. "Mike Love | Biography & History". AllMusic.
6. Grove, Lloyd (July 3, 1981). "Beach Boys Surf In for The Fourth" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
7. "gigs80". www.esquarterly.com. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
8. Doe, Andrew G.; et al. "Guest Appearances". Bellagio10452.com. Retrieved July 11, 2024.