Love (Aztec Camera album)

Love is the third studio album by Scottish pop group Aztec Camera, released in November 1987 on Sire.[10] While it was released under the Aztec Camera name, Roddy Frame was the only remaining permanent member of the group and he recorded the album alongside a group of session musicians.[11] Departing from the indie and folk-rock approach of earlier records, Love incorporated R&B influences, seemingly to break the American market. It failed to do so but did achieve commercial success in the UK, reaching No. 10 on the albums chart, following the success of its third single "Somewhere in My Heart", which reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart. As a result, it became the band's most commercially successful album.[12]

Love
Studio album by
Aztec Camera
Released9 November 1987[1]
RecordedApril–August 1987
Genre
Length38:37
LabelSire/Warner Bros.
Producer
Aztec Camera chronology
Knife
(1984)		 Love
(1987)		 Stray
(1990)
Singles from Love
  1. "Deep & Wide & Tall"
    Released: October 1987
  2. "How Men Are"
    Released: January 1988
  3. "Somewhere in My Heart"
    Released: April 1988
  4. "Working in a Goldmine"
    Released: July 1988
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
Christgau's Record GuideA−[7]
New Musical Express9/10[8]
Record Mirror[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Roddy Frame.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Deep & Wide & Tall"4:02
2."How Men Are"3:38
3."Everybody Is a Number One"3:25
4."More Than a Law"4:39
5."Somewhere in My Heart"4:00
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Working in a Goldmine"5:36
2."One & One"4:10
3."Paradise"4:29
4."Killermont Street"3:16

Personnel
  • Roddy Frame - vocals, guitar (all tracks)
  • Rob Mounsey - bass (1), keyboards (3,6,9) keyboard programming (1,6,7,9) drum programming (7)
  • Carroll Thompson - lead vocals (7)
  • Marcus Miller (2,8), Kent Wagner (5), Will Lee (6,9) - bass
  • Peter Beckett - keyboards (3)
  • David Frank - keyboards, programming (2,8)
  • Robbie Kilgore - bass synthesizer (3)
  • Dave Weckl (1-3), Steve Jordan (6,9), Steve Gadd (8) - drums
  • Carol Steele - percussion (1,6,7)
  • Dan Hartman (1,3), Jill Dell'Abate (1,3), Lani Groves (1,2,6-8), Tawatha Agee (1,3), Gordon Grody (2,6-8), Robin Clark (2,6-8), Scott Parker (4), Loria Jonzun (5) - backing vocals
  • Jimmy Bralower - drums (4), drum programming (1,3)
  • Jeff Bova - bass, keyboard programming (4)
  • Michael Jonzun - drums, keyboard programming, backing vocals (5)
  • Soni Jonzun - saxophone (4)
Technical

Singles
  • "How Men Are" (UK No. 25)
  • "Somewhere in My Heart" (UK No. 3)
  • "Working in a Goldmine" (UK No. 31)
  • "Deep & Wide & Tall" (UK No. 55)

References
  1. "New Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 7 November 1987. p. 42. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  2. "Top 15 Sophisti-Pop Albums". 25 August 2021.
  3. Mason, Stewart. "Stray - Aztec Camera". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. Ruhlmann, William. "Love - Aztec Camera". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  5. Arcand, Rob (3 September 2021). "Aztec Camera: Backwards and Forwards (The WEA Recordings 1984-1995) Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  6. Robbins, Ira; Schoemer, Karen; Young, Jon. "Aztec Camera". Trouser Press. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  7. Christgau, Robert (1990). "A". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved 16 August 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  8. Taylor, Neil (14 November 1987). "33". New Musical Express. p. 34. ISSN 0028-6362.
  9. Dickson, Ian (21 November 1987). "Albums". Record Mirror. p. 14. ISSN 0144-5804.
  10. "Love - Aztec Camera | Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  11. "Aztec Camera | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  12. "Love - Aztec Camera | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
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