Love discography

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Love in 1966

This is a list of the records issued by American band Love.

Contents

Studio albums

YearAlbum information [1] Peak chart positions
UK
[2]
US
[3]
1966 Love
  • Released: March 1966
  • Label: Elektra Records
  • Formats: CD, DL, LP
57
Da Capo
  • Released: November 1966 [4]
  • Label: Elektra Records
  • Formats: CD, DL, LP
80
1967 Forever Changes
  • Released: November 1967
  • Label: Elektra Records
  • Formats: CD, DL, CS, LP
24154
1969 Four Sail
  • Released: September 1969
  • Label: Elektra Records
  • Formats: CD, DL, LP
102
Out Here
  • Released: December 1969
  • Label: Blue Thumb /Harvest
  • Formats: CD, LP
29176
1970 False Start
  • Released: December 1970
  • Label: Blue Thumb
  • Formats: CD, LP
184
1974 Reel to Real
  • Released: December 1974
  • Label: RSO Records, High Moon Records (CD release)
  • Formats: CD,LP
-
1992 Arthur Lee & Love
  • Released: May 1992, reissued in 2001 as Five String Serenade
  • Label: New Rose
  • Formats: CS, CD, LP
2009 Love Lost
  • Originally recorded in 1971, previously unreleased
  • Label: Sundazed (recorded for CBS)
  • Formats: CD, DL, LP
2012 Black Beauty
  • Originally recorded in 1973, previously unreleased
  • Label: High Moon Records
  • Formats: CD, DL, LP
2015 Reel to Real (Deluxe)
  • Originally released in 1974. Deluxe edition includes new liner notes, archival photos and bonus tracks.
  • Label: High Moon Records
  • Formats: CD, DL, LP

Live albums

Compilation albums

Singles and EPs

DateTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
UK US
March 1966"My Little Red Book"
b/w "A Message to Pretty"
52 Love
July 1966"7 and 7 Is"
b/w "No. Fourteen"
33 [5] Da Capo
December 1966"She Comes in Colors"
b/w "Orange Skies"
March 1967"¡Que Vida!"
b/w "Hey Joe"
January 1968"Alone Again Or"
b/w "A House Is Not a Motel"
58 [upper-alpha 1] 123 [6] Forever Changes
September 1968"Your Mind and We Belong Together"
b/w "Laughing Stock"
Non-album single
1970"Alone Again Or"
b/w "Good Times"
99 [7]
1994"Girl on Fire"
b/w "Midnight Sun"
2004"On Earth Must Be"
Five track EP
EP, self-released

Notes

  1. Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".

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