Love Among the Cannibals

Love Among the Cannibals
Studio album by
Starship
ReleasedAugust 1989
Recorded1988–1989
StudioStudio 55, Hollywood; Record Plant Studios and Studio D, Sausalito; Different Fur, San Francisco; The Kiva and Soundcastle, Los Angeles; Fantasy Studios, Berkeley; and Maison Rouge, London
Genre
Length53:27
LabelRCA Records
ProducerMike Shipley, Larry Klein, Starship, Phil Galdston, Tom Lord-Alge, Arne Frager (co-producer)
Starship chronology
No Protection
(1987) 		Love Among the Cannibals
(1989) 		Greatest Hits (Ten Years and Change 1979–1991)
(1991)
Singles from Love Among the Cannibals
  1. "Wild Again"
    Released: December 1988 (US)[1]
  2. "It's Not Enough"
    Released: July 1989 [2]
  3. "I Didn't Mean to Stay All Night"
    Released: November 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Hi-Fi News & Record ReviewA:2[4]

Love Among the Cannibals is the third album released in 1989 by rock band Starship. It was the first album after Grace Slick's departure from the band, and their last full-length studio release until Loveless Fascination in 2013. The album marks a shift in the band's musical direction, featuring a harder edged, AOR style as opposed to the synth pop of their first two albums. Another departure from the preceding albums is the decrease in outside writers, as this album features four songs written by Thomas, Morgan, or Chaquico. The song "Wild Again" had previously been produced for the soundtrack to Cocktail (1988), and was included as a bonus track for the album's CD release. The album had one top 20 single on the Billboard charts, "It's Not Enough", which peaked at No. 12 in October 1989 and was their final Top-40 hit, but the album itself only climbed to No. 64 and single "I Didn't Mean To Stay All Night" was No. 75. The track "I'll Be There" was featured in the end credits of Gross Anatomy (1989).

  1. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 431. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. ^ "Starship singles". Archived from the original on 2022-10-20. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
  3. ^ Viglione, Joe (2011). "Love Among the Cannibals - Starship | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  4. ^ Douthwaite, Karen (December 1989). "Review: Starship — Love Among the Cannibals" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 12. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. p. 139. ISSN 0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021 – via World Radio History.