Love Stories & Other Musings

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Love Stories & Other Musings
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 3, 2012
Recorded2011
Genre Post-grunge, alternative rock, hard rock
Length36:37 (60:40 w/ bonus tracks)
Label
Producer Ken Andrews
Candlebox chronology
Into the Sun
(2008)
Love Stories & Other Musings
(2012)
Disappearing in Airports
(2016)
Singles from Love Stories & Other Musings
  1. "Believe in It"
    Released: 2012
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Love Stories & Other Musings is the fifth studio album by the alternative rock band Candlebox. It was released in 2012 on Audionest.

Contents

Reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic thought the album to be Candlebox's best and richest album, and that this is due to a combination of "the melodicism of post-grunge and bear the lightness and nimble chops that come with middle age." [2]

The album debuted at No. 82 on the Billboard 200, [3] and No. 25 on Top Rock Albums. [4] with around 5,000 copies sold in its first week. The album has sold 21,000 copies as of April 2016. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Youth in Revolt"3:19
2."Sweet Summertime"3:50
3."Believe in It"3:49
4."She Come Over Me"4:54
5."Turn Your Heart Around"4:04
6."Lifelike Song"4:37
7."Come Home"3:58
8."Baby Love Me"3:34
9."Them Eyes"4:32
10."Far Behind (rerecording) (bonus)"4:52
11."You (rerecording) (bonus)"5:01
12."Cover Me (rerecording) (bonus)"4:44
13."Change (rerecording) (bonus)"6:18
14."Simple Lessons (rerecording) (bonus)"3:08
No.TitleLength
15."Out Here All Night (Damone cover) (Amazon Exclusive)"3:23
No.TitleLength
15."No Lights (iTunes Exclusive)"3:42

Tracks 10–14 are rerecordings of band's previous hits.

Personnel

Candlebox

Additional musicians

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [6] 82
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [7] 16
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [8] 7
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [9] 12
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [10] 25

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References

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