Love (Aztec Camera album)

Love
Studio album by
Aztec Camera
Released9 November 1987[1]
RecordedApril–August 1987
Genre
Length38:37
LabelWEA, Sire
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

Love is the third studio album by Scottish pop group Aztec Camera, released in November 1987 on Sire.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]

  1. ^ Dalton ed. 1987, p. 42
  2. ^ Hurley, Oliver (25 August 2021). "Top 15 Sophisti-Pop Albums". Classic Pop. Retrieved 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. ^ Scapelliti, Christopher (1998). "Aztec Camera". In Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 55–56.
  8. ^ "Love - Aztec Camera | Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Aztec Camera | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
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