Pour les amoureux du groupe Love, Cet album de demos acoutiques, contient de nombreuses version épurées de morceaux que l'on retrouvera sur le premier album de Love, sur "Da Capo" et "Forever Changes". Un album d'une grande sobriété et d'une très grande beauté.
This collection of home recordings & demos from Bryan Maclean, the somewhat hidden light of Love eclipsed by the astonishing Arthur Lee, brings home just how much Love owed to Maclean. Not to take away from the fire that was Arthur Lee by any means -- but hearing these deceptively simple, beautiful songs makes one realize how much more Love could have been, if only they'd made it to vinyl then. There's an intertwining of tenderness & intensity to this work, something deeply honest & touching, that epitomizes the best of the 1960s. It's fearless & wholehearted; and even when it's a bit rough-edged, it deserves to be heard as more than just an afterthought to a great band. Not just for fans of Love, but for anyone who appreciates strong songwriting -- recommended!
Pretty fascinating. I wish Love had recorded some of these songs. One tries to imagine how Arthur Lee would have orchestrated them. Also gives additional understanding of how these songs work and how Maclean thinks so you can hear better what's going on in the classic Love recordings. If you're interested in the band Love, I would certainly recommend this.
5つ星のうち1.0shows again the whole to be greater than its parts
1999年8月10日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
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I've been a fan of LOVE since introduced to Forever Changes back in 1969. That remains my favorite LOVE album, so I was excited when the news that Bryan Maclean had put out an album began to circulate. After seeking it out in record stores for several years, I finally found it here. My disappointment is profound. Instead of new material, all I found was a weak collection of musical doodlings which would have been better off consigned to the trash bin. There is almost nothing even tolerably listenable on this album. Like Simon and Garfunkel, the team of Lee and MacLean was a much stronger unit together than apart.