Love Spit Love (album)

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Love Spit Love
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 2, 1994
RecordedJanuary to March 1994
Genre Alternative rock
Length51:52
Label Imago
Producer Dave Jerden
Love Spit Love chronology
Love Spit Love
(1994)
Trysome Eatone
(1997)
Singles from Love Spit Love
  1. "Change in the Weather"
    Released: 1994
  2. "Am I Wrong"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly B− [4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Love Spit Love is the debut studio album by the rock band Love Spit Love. [7] [8] It was released in 1994 on Imago Records. [3] [9]

Contents

Production

The album was recorded in New York City, and produced by Dave Jerden. [10]

Critical reception

The Riverfront Times called the album a "fantastic moodpiece" and a "bargain bin treasure." [11] Trouser Press wrote that Richard Butler's "nicotine-coated growl has, over the years, mellowed into a powerful scratchy croon that shimmers on his most accessible record since the Furs’ glory days." [10]

Track listing

  1. "Seventeen" (Richard Butler, Tim Butler, Richard Fortus) – 4:17
  2. "Superman" (R. Butler, T. Butler) – 4:14
  3. "Half a Life" (R. Butler, T. Butler) – 4:10
  4. "Jigsaw" (R. Butler, Fortus) – 4:08
  5. "Change in the Weather" (R. Butler) – 3:11
  6. "Wake Up" (R. Butler, Fortus) – 4:02
  7. "Am I Wrong" (R. Butler, T. Butler) – 3:34
  8. "Green" (R. Butler, Fortus) – 5:11
  9. "Please" (R. Butler, T. Butler) – 4:46
  10. "Codeine" (R. Butler, Eric Schermerhorn) – 4:51
  11. "St. Mary's Gate" (R. Butler, Fortus) – 5:26
  12. "More" (R. Butler, T. Butler) – 4:00

Some international versions included the bonus track "All She Wants".

Personnel

Love Spit Love

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [12] 195

References

  1. Love Spit Love at AllMusic
  2. Webber, Brad. "Love Spit LoveLove Spit Love (Imago) (STAR)(STAR)..." chicagotribune.com.
  3. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 346.
  4. "Love Spit Love". EW.com.
  5. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 903.
  6. "Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. No. 697. 15 December 1994.
  7. "Rocker Still Raucous at 40 : Richard Butler Is Making Fur Fly With New Band, Love Spit Love". Los Angeles Times. 24 September 1994.
  8. "The PSYCHEDELIC FURS biography". The Great Rock Bible.
  9. Jenkins, Mark (9 September 1994). "BUTLER SANS FURS" via www.washingtonpost.com.
  10. 1 2 "Psychedelic Furs". Trouser Press. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  11. Zaleski, Annie. "Appreciation for Love Spit Love, the Richard Fortus-Richard Butler '90s Band". Riverfront Times.
  12. "Love Spit Love Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2019.