| Ain't Love Grand | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Studio | Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 42:11 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | Michael Wagener | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Robert Christgau | B[2] |
| Rolling Stone | favorable[3] |
Ain't Love Grand is the fifth studio album by American rock band X, released in July 1985 by Elektra Records. The album was their first not produced by Ray Manzarek. It was reissued with four bonus tracks by Rhino Records in 2002. The album included the minor radio hit "Burning House of Love", which the band performed on American Bandstand in September 1985, their largest television exposure to date.[4][5] The album also includes a cover of the Small Faces song "All or Nothing". Lead guitarist Billy Zoom left the band after this album but he later returned to the group in 1998 during a tour and the original line-up released their next full-length studio album in 2020 with Alphabetland.
- ^ Ain't Love Grand! at AllMusic
- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: x". www.robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "X: Ain't Love Grand : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
- ^ Woodhead, Adam. "X, LA's kings of punk-noir-Americana, play two back-to-back shows". Detroit Metro Times. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ "X on "American Bandstand", Sept. 7, 1985". Youtube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 31 October 2016.