Love Chronicles

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Love Chronicles
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Studio album by
Al Stewart
ReleasedSeptember 1969 (UK), January 1970 (US)
Recorded1968–1969
Genre Folk
Length43:03
Label CBS (UK), Epic (US)
Producer Roy Guest, John Wood, Al Stewart
Al Stewart chronology
Bed-Sitter Images
(1967)		Love Chronicles
(1969)		 Zero She Flies
(1970)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [2]

Love Chronicles is the second studio album of folk artist Al Stewart, released in September 1969. It was his first album to be released in the US (and was also the only one of his first four albums). Among the supporting musicians were Jimmy Page and four members of Fairport Convention: bassist Ashley Hutchings, guitarist Simon Nicol (listed as "Simon Breckenridge"), drummer Martin Lamble (as Martyn Francis) and guitarist Richard Thompson (listed as "Marvyn Prestwick").

Contents

Love Chronicles was released in the UK as part of the double CD To Whom It May Concern, which is an anthology of Stewart's first three albums. In 2007, Love Chronicles was re-issued with three bonus tracks.

Track listing

All tracks composed and arranged by Al Stewart

Original LP release

  1. "In Brooklyn" – 3:42
  2. "Old Compton Street Blues" – 4:25
  3. "The Ballad of Mary Foster" – 8:01
  4. "Life and Life Only" – 5:47
  5. "You Should Have Listened to Al" – 3:01
  6. "Love Chronicles" – 18:06

Cassette release

  1. "You Should Have Listened to Al"
  2. "Old Compton Street Blues"
  3. "The Ballad of Mary Foster"
  4. "Life and Life Only"
  5. "In Brooklyn"
  6. "Love Chronicles"

2007 Collectors' Choice Music edition

  1. "In Brooklyn" – 3:43
  2. "Old Compton Street Blues" – 4:26
  3. "The Ballad of Mary Foster" – 8:02
  4. "Life and Life Only" – 5:49
  5. "You Should Have Listened to Al" – 3:02
  6. "Love Chronicles" – 18:04

Bonus tracks

  1. "Jackdaw" – 3:20
  2. "She Follows Her Own Rules" (Al Stewart, Peter White) – 3:18
  3. "Fantasy" – 2:15

Personnel

Technical

References

  1. ↑ Unterberger, Richie. "AllMusic review". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved 13 March 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ↑ Peter Vacher (22 December 2010). "Brian Brocklehurst obituary". London: Guardian. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
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