I'm currently writing about Mirror Moves' 40th anniversary but I want to give a quick shout out to the first self-titled album by Richard Butler's side project Love Spit Love, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month.
The album, released in 1994, was produced by Dave Jerden (who worked with Alice In Chains and Jane's Addiction) and had Richard Butler on vocals, Tim Butler on bass, Richard Fortus on guitar, and Frank Ferrer on drums. Richard Fortus and Frank Ferrer would eventually join Guns N' Roses in the future, and Fortus became the producer of The Psychedelic Furs' eighth album Made Of Rain in 2020.
The music on Love Spit Love is very different from The Psychedelic Furs. It has a grunge feel to it and it is more dark and mature. The album contains the two singles "Am I Wrong", which was a hit on the alternative charts and appeared on the soundtrack to the movie Angus in 1995; and "Change In The Weather", one of my favorite songs of all time and my favorite song from Love Spit Love. Love Spit Love also has the beautiful "Half A Life", the cabaret sounding "Jigsaw", the fast-paced "Seventeen", and other great songs like "Superman" (I love the sound of Tim Butler's bass guitar in the verses), "Wake Up", "Green", "Please", "Codeine", "St. Mary's Gate", and "More". There's another song called "All She Wants" but it was only available on the British version of Love Spit Love.
If there are any of you who never listened to Love Spit Love, I highly recommend checking it out. Happy 30th to this great album!
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