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Track Listings
| 1. Alone Again Or |
| 2. A House Is Not A Motel |
| 3. Andmoreagain |
| 4. The Daily Planet |
| 5. Old Man |
| 6. The Red Telephone |
| 7. Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale |
| 8. Live And Let Live |
| 9. The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This |
| 10. Bummer In The Summer |
| 11. You Set The Scene |
| 12. Hummingbirds (Demo) |
| 13. Wonder People (I Do Wonder) (Outtake) |
| 14. Alone Again Or (Alternate Mix) |
| 15. You Set The Scene (Alternate Mix) |
| 16. Your Mind And We Belong Together (Tracking Sessions Highlights) |
| 17. Your Mind And We Belong Together |
| 18. Laughing Stock |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
One of rock's most overlooked masterpieces, this third album by the L.A. folk-rock outfit led by inscrutable singer-songwriter Arthur Lee sounds as fresh and innovative today as it did upon its original release in 1968. With David Angel's atmospheric string and horn arrangements giving the work a conceptual underpinning, Lee explores mainstream America's penchant for paranoia ("The Red Telephone") and violence ("A House is Not a Motel") with songs that are as sonically subtle and lilting as they are lyrically blunt and harrowing. Add two gems by Love's secret weapon, second guitarist Bryan Maclean ("Alone Again Or" and "Old Man") and you've got one of the truly perfect albums in rock history. --Billy Altman
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LOVE Forever Changes (2001 issue UK Expanded Edition 18-track digitally remastered CD album expanded with 7 Bonus Recordings featuring demos outtakes & alternate mixes including You Set The Scene and Wonder People picture sleeve)
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I wanted to write this review for Amazon UK because while this album was slow to take off in the US , the Brits seemed to embrace it much more easily and it is no coincidence that Arthur Lee and Love devoted a lot of tours throughout Britain to perform this album. Whether this album is one of the greatest of all time or not, or sold poorly in the beginning , or ranks with the Beatles best or the Beach Boys or whoever, is of little importance. I believe it is a rock master work and add my opinion with the rest of the enthusiastic reviewers on this site only in hope of encouraging others to listen. It's reputation is enough to make many curious to give it a try. The album is largely acoustic as was much of Love's early recordings , and while Love's lead guitarist John Echols does let loose here and there don't expect anything like what the Jimi Hendrix Experience or Cream were serving up at the time. I believe the albums strength is in the lyrics of Lee and Maclean and the unique way they are delivered. The approach is not verse chorus verse. There is a lot being said on these songs as befits performers who have something to say and want to say it in the normally constrictive confines of a rock and roll album. It doesn't matter if every line is not the most profound statement. Lee was writing about what he knew (alienation ) or what others related to him ( soldiers home from Vietnam telling him blood mixed with mud turns grey in color ). As has been mentioned here, Lee has said he believed this album was " his last words to the planet ". It is a psychedelic album in a sense but that label alone is too limiting. Roger Waters used to get annoyed when Pink Floyd's music was described as being about "outer space"- it was all about "inner space", he said . In the end the best recommendation you can give a recording is the staying power it has. I've listened to this album far too many times to accurately know and I never get tired of it, I'm quite sure I never will.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This one has been on my desert island list since 1967. It is an acoustic/ electric/ mariachi/ flamenco/ psychedelic classic of the highest order. Every moment is glorious and no drugs needed.
A couple of months after my wife died in 2002, Arthur Lee came to Newcastle with the final incarnation of Love - just when I needed him most. I saw the 'Forever Changes' gig in 2003 and in 2004 I took my new (and continuing) love to see Love at Newcastle University. The place was packed with undergraduates and 50-somethings. The kids new all the words!
In his final years Arthur Lee and Love performed brilliantly and he was a contender for the title of 'Coolest Man on the Planet'. Buy both the studio and the live version of this album.
Thank you Arthur Lee wherever you are now.
A couple of months after my wife died in 2002, Arthur Lee came to Newcastle with the final incarnation of Love - just when I needed him most. I saw the 'Forever Changes' gig in 2003 and in 2004 I took my new (and continuing) love to see Love at Newcastle University. The place was packed with undergraduates and 50-somethings. The kids new all the words!
In his final years Arthur Lee and Love performed brilliantly and he was a contender for the title of 'Coolest Man on the Planet'. Buy both the studio and the live version of this album.
Thank you Arthur Lee wherever you are now.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
That rare breed. An album which actually lives up to and, almost certainly, exceeds the hype that surrounds it. There is so much going on in the record, so many surprises and exciting turns that it's difficult to know where to start. The instrumentation is superb. Not only the way they are played but the choice of instrument. There are some great melodies and wonderfully atmospheric chord sequences. My favourite track is the impossible-to-remember-it's name "Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark and Hilldale," though "Alone Again Or" "Old Man" and "You Set The Scene" are not far behind. I love the guitar playing throughout but Ken Forssi's bass and Michael Stuart's percussion contribute massively also. Then there's the use of brass, which completes the wonderful musical fabric. Whenever I've played this album to people, they ask what it is and are invariably instant converts. Just excellent!!
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Published 1 month ago by Digestive
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I absolutely love this CD. I also ordered a copy for my 21 year old daughter who is also addicted! My husband has stolen it so i may need to purchase another.
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It has caused a fall out!
I've fallen out with a friend over this album.
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Published 9 months ago by Dr. Trang
Like Nothing Else!
I've had this wonderful record in my life for nearly thirty years and i still regard it as the best album i've ever heard. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Rob C.
One of the best records ever
This is one of the best albums I have ever heard. I first heard it back in the 70s when I was 17 when I went out and bought the LP on the strength of what I had read about it. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Tony
Work of Genius
I bought this as soon as it came out, I went into a record shop in Manchester on my way home from school, it had just come in and they were playing it in the shop. Read more
Published 16 months ago by deepinmusic
Wondrous
beautiful haunting sweet disturbing colourful insightful unique alluring wise funny dark folk psyche rock. There is nothing quite like this album.
Published 18 months ago by P. G. Welsh
Forever Changes
if ever you want to go back in time to an age when things seemed more innocent but wasn't then listen to this album. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Nala Scoorb
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I bought this album on vinyl when it came out having heard "Alone Again Or" and "A House is not a Motel" on John Peel's programme. Read more
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