Love Agenda

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Love Agenda
Band of Susans Love Agenda.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 17, 1989 (1989-04-17)
RecordedDecember 1988 (1988-12)
StudioPlanet Studio
(New York City, NY)
Genre Noise rock, alternative rock
Length45:50 (CD)
38:15 (vinyl)
Label Blast First/Restless
Producer Robert Poss
Band of Susans chronology
Hope Against Hope
(1988)
Love Agenda
(1989)
The Word and the Flesh
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Trouser Press favorable [3]

Love Agenda is the second album by Band of Susans, released on April 17, 1989 by Blast First and Restless Records. Page Hamilton, later frontman for Helmet, played guitar on the album and sang the lead vocals on the track "It's Locked Away". Also notable was bassist Susan Stenger singing her first lead vocals on the songs "The Pursuit of Happiness", "Birthmark" and "Hard Light". [4] Robert Poss was an admirer of the Rolling Stones and CD versions of Love Agenda features a cover of "Child of the Moon".

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Robert Poss, except "The Pursuit of Happiness", "Birthmark" and "Hard Light" co-written with Susan Stenger.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."The Pursuit of Happiness"5:29
2."It's Locked Away"5:10
3."Birthmark"4:09
4."Tourniquet"3:21
5."Thorn in My Side"2:55
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Sin Embargo"3:43
2."Because of You"3:52
3."Hard Light"4:41
4."Which Dream Came True"4:55
CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
10."Child of the Moon" (The Rolling Stones cover)4:10
11."Take the Express"3:25

Personnel

Adapted from Love Agenda liner notes. [5]

Charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
UK Indie Chart [6] 6

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1989 Restless CD, CS, LP 7 71425
United Kingdom Blast First BFFP 43

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References

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