Da Capo (Love album)

Da Capo
Studio album by Love
Released	November 1966 (1966-11)[1]
Recorded	June 17 and 20, 1966 ("7 and 7 Is") September 27 – October 2, 1966
Studio	Sunset Sound (Hollywood) RCA Victor (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Psychedelia hard rock jazz rock garage rock[2]
Length	35:54
Label	Elektra
Producer	Paul A. Rothchild Jac Holzman
Love chronology
Love (1966) Da Capo (1966) Forever Changes (1967)
Singles from Da Capo
"7 and 7 Is" / "No. Fourteen" Released: July 1966 "Stephanie Knows Who" / "Orange Skies" Released: January 1967 "She Comes in Colors" / "Orange Skies" Released: December 1966 "¡Que Vida!" / "Hey Joe" Released: March 1967

Da Capo is the second studio album by American rock band Love, released in November 1966 by Elektra Records. The album was recorded during September and October 1966 at RCA Studios in Hollywood, California, with the exception of lead single "7 and 7 Is", recorded the previous June. The single was a departure for the band and became their highest charting, reaching No. 33 on the Billboard Hot 100. Despite the success of "7 and 7 Is", a string of well received live performances at the time and contemporary critical acclaim for the album upon its release, it peaked at No. 80 on the Billboard 200.

Prior to the album's recording, the band had grown dissatisfied with Elektra and attempted to leave the label but were placated with a cash advance and an increased royalty rate. The album marked several significant changes for the band, including a new studio (RCA), engineer (Dave Hassinger) and producer (Paul A. Rothchild). Additionally, there were several lineup changes in the band, with drummer Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer moving to keyboards and Michael Stuart recruited to take his place on drums, as well as the addition of jazz saxophonist and flautist Tjay Cantrelli. The songs were composed by frontman Arthur Lee but "rewritten and rearranged in the studio", with the band members developing their own parts.

In contrast to the band's first album, Love (1966), which had been dominated by garage rock and folk rock, Da Capo features a wide range of musical styles, including psychedelia, baroque pop, jazz, Latin music and proto-punk. The album is also regarded as one of the first examples of "jazz rock", and Lee and guitarist Johnny Echols credited jazz musicians Miles Davis and John Coltrane as having influenced the sound. Some critics have considered Da Capo to be a stylistic bridge between Love and their acclaimed third studio album, Forever Changes (1967), regarding Lee's smoother vocal tone and more autobiographical lyrics on Da Capo to be a harbinger of his work on Forever Changes and later Love albums. The album's title derives from the Italian musical term "da capo", meaning "from the beginning".

Da Capo has been included in several critics' record guides and all-time lists, including John Tobler's 100 Great Albums of the Sixties (1994), Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000), Tom Moon's 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008) and Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005).