5 Albums

by Love and Rockets, Natacha Atlas

Overview

Pitched somewhere between a lavish deluxe set and a budget box, this Love and Rockets release includes the band's first four studio albums -- Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven, Express, Earth Sun Moon, Love and Rockets -- in remastered editions and packed with bonus tracks, plus a fifth disc of rarities and live tracks. Although it may not be the type of package that fans think the trio deserves, there's little else to quibble about here. Every single track is in place, including both Canadian and U.S. mixes or edits of several early singles ("Ball of Confusion," "If There's a Heaven Above," "Haunted When the Minutes Drag") that divided fans, plus their alias single as the Bubblemen and six live tracks recorded in December 1987. The earlier editions of these albums had been showing their age (and lack of remastering) for many years, so it's a treat to have the seminal, underappreciated, prime-era work of Love and Rockets available in a pristine digital mastering. ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	05/21/2013
Label:	Beggars Banquet
UPC:	0607618210229
Rank:	64171

Tracks

Disc 1

1. If There's a Heaven Above
2. A Private Future
3. The Dog-End of a Day Gone By
4. The Game
5. Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven
6. Haunted When the Minutes Drag
7. Saudade
8. Ball of Confusion [12" UK Mix]
9. Inside the Outside
10. If There's a Heaven Above [12" Uk Mix]
11. God and Mr. Smith
12. Haunted When the Minutes Drag [USA Mix]
13. If There's a Heaven Above [Canada Mix]

Disc 2

14. It Could Be Sunshine
15. Kundalini Express
16. All in My Mind
17. Life in Laralay
18. Yin and Yang (The Flowerpot Man)
19. Love Me
20. All in My Mind [Acoustic]
21. An American Dream
22. Angels and Devils
23. Holiday on the Moon
24. Lucifer Sam
25. B Side, Pt. 1
26. B Side, Pt. 2
27. Yin and Yang (The Flowerpot Man) [Remix]
28. Ball of Confusion [USA Mix]

Disc 3

29. Mirror People
30. The Light
31. Welcome Tomorrow
32. No New Tale to Tell
33. Here on Earth
34. Lazy
35. Waiting for the Flood
36. Rain Bird
37. The Telephone Is Empty
38. Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven
39. Earth.Sun.Moon
40. Youth
41. Mirror People [Slow Version]

Disc 4

42. **** (Jungle Law)
43. No Big Deal
44. The Purest Blue
45. Motorcycle
46. I Feel Speed
47. Bound for Hell
48. The Teardrop Collector
49. So Alive
50. Rock and Roll Babylon
51. No Words No More
52. Bike
53. Bikedance
54. No Big Deal [Remix]
55. Dreamtime

Disc 5

56. Mirror People '88 [Full Length Version]
57. Wake Up
58. Cuckoo Land
59. The Early Worm
60. 1000 Watts of Your Love
61. Bad Monkey
62. David Lanfair
63. Sorted
64. Mirror People
65. No New Tale to Tell
66. Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven
67. Love Me
68. Kundalini Express
69. Lazy
70. The Bubblemen Are Coming
71. The Bubblemen Rap
72. Dub Rap
73. B Side [Edit]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Love and Rockets   Primary Artist
Natacha Atlas   Primary Artist
John A. Rivers   Keyboards
John Fryer   Synthesizer Strings
David J   Bass,Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica,Keyboards,Guitar (Electric)
Ruby James   Vocals (Background)
Sylvia Mason James   Vocals (Background)
Daniel Ash   Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Saxophone
Kevin Haskins   Drums,Keyboards,Percussion,Vibraphone
Lorna Wright   Vocals (Background)
Penny Thompson   Viola
Alan Brookes   Choir/Chorus
Bill Thorp   Violin
Brian Brooks   Violin
Josie Abbott   Cello
Robert Willey   Choir/Chorus
James Lowry   Choir/Chorus

Technical Credits

Barrett Strong   Composer
John A. Rivers   Engineer,Producer,Remastering,String Arrangements
Jeff Katz   Photography
John Fryer   Engineer,Producer
David J   Composer,Lyricist
Love and Rockets   Composer,Producer
Syd Barrett   Composer
John Dent   Remastering
Daniel Ash   Composer,Lyricist
Ted Sharp   Engineer
Peter Edwards   Mixing
Norman Whitfield   Composer
Derek Tompkins   Assistant Producer
Bill Thorp   String Arrangements
Gary Ash   Composer,Lyricist
Fin Costello   Cover Photo,Photography
Mitch Jenkins   Cover Photo,Photography
David Pine   Engineer
Whispering Angus   Engineer