Love Agenda

Love Agenda
Studio album by Band of Susans
Released April 17, 1989 (1989-04-17)
Recorded December 1988 (1988-12)
Studio Planet Studio
(New York City, NY)
Genre Noise rock, alternative rock
Length 45:50 (CD)
38:15 (vinyl)
Label Blast First/Restless
Producer Robert Poss
Band of Susans chronology
Hope Against Hope
(1988)
Love Agenda
(1989)
The Word and the Flesh
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Love Agenda is the second album by Band of Susans, released on April 17, 1989 by Blast First and Restless Records. Page Hamilton, later frontman for Helmet, played guitar on the album and sang the lead vocals on the track "It's Locked Away". Also notable was bassist Susan Stenger singing her first lead vocals on the songs "The Pursuit of Happiness", "Birthmark" and "Hard Light".[2] Robert Poss was an admirer of the Rolling Stones and CD versions of Love Agenda features a cover of "Child of the Moon".

Track listing

All tracks written by Robert Poss, except "The Pursuit of Happiness", "Birthmark" and "Hard Light" co-written with Susan Stenger. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "The Pursuit of Happiness"   5:29
2. "It's Locked Away"   5:10
3. "Birthmark"   4:09
4. "Tourniquet"   3:21
5. "Thorn in My Side"   2:55
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Sin Embargo"   3:43
2. "Because of You"   3:52
3. "Hard Light"   4:41
4. "Which Dream Came True"   4:55

Personnel

Adapted from Love Agenda liner notes.[3]

Band of Susans

Production and additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
UK Indie Chart[4] 6

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1989 Restless CD, CS, LP 7 71425
United Kingdom Blast First BFFP 43

References

  1. Raggett, Ned. "Band of Susans: Love Agenda > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  2. Neate, Wilson; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Band of Susans". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  3. Love Agenda (sleeve). Band of Susans. London, United Kingdom: Blast First. 1989.
  4. Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/29/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.