Love - Four Sail
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Free Music Review: Love For Sale
Hit: 4 Stars
"Four Sail" was Love's fourth album, and their last with Elektra ( For Sale!). The album was following their much acclaimed masterpiece "Forever Changes", but before these new recordings began, the original band had split up. They actually recorded one more single "Your Mind and We Belong Together", which is now included as bonus-tracks on "Forever Changes".
The sound on the new version of Love is not as sophisticated as on the previous two albums, but not unlike the rawer sound of their 1966 debut album. During 1968 Arthur Lee and his new Love recorded numerous new songs of which some were chosen to fulfill their contract with Elektra, which would be the album "Four Sail". Most ot the other recordings from these sessions ended up on their debut album for "Blue Thumb Records" - the double album "Out Here".
Though the material on this album is not as consistent as on "Forever Changes" there are quite a few Love gems here.
With the melodic beauty of "Your Friend and Mine", "I'm With You" and "Always See Your Face" that's where the album comes closest to the sound of "Forever Changes"
Some listeners may find that the lenghty and sometimes wild guitar solos spoil some of the tracks; especially on songs like "August", "Singing Cowboy" and "Nothing".
Free Music Review: Four Sail is a underrated piece, and should be given more attention
Hit: 4 Stars
By 1969 Lee was the only constant from the original line-up, and pretty much put this out to fufill the contract to Elektra as relationships probably got strained. It starts out with a rather nice jazz-rock song called "August" that is the longest track on the album at 5 minutes flat. There is also "Your Friend And Mine" which hints at some country rock, and this can be a wonderful album to listen to. Forget what the dj's try to tell you what's good and what's bad. If you have an open mind then use it, and listen because there's some tasty little numbers on here. "August" and the song with the line "I'll be with you my love" are my 2 favorites. Love just never got the breaks that the Doors, or other artists got because Lee stood his ground, and played with whoever he wanted, did the music his way, and anything else. If anything perhaps the group was too much of a free spirit, and that's why they didn't get more recognition. We will never know as Lee died at the age of 57 in 2003. Love would attempt to release "False Start" off the Blue Thumb record label in 1970, but it quickly disappeared, and the on the RSO label with Reel to Real in 1974, but pretty much Love never got back to the creativity of the first 4 albums.Free Music Review: The Last Great Love Album
Hit: 4 Stars
For the longest time I had this on an old, scratchy vinyl record that a friend gave me. I listened to it once and thought it so inferior to the previous Love albums that I shelved it. Then one day, on a whim, I gave it a second chance, and that time the quality of the songs and playing blew me away. The entire first side is a classic. "August," "I'm With You" and "Singing Cowboy" are among the best Arthur Lee songs (the latter was co-written with new lead guitarist, Jay Donnellan). The second side is weaker, though you can't go wrong with "Dream" and "Robert Montgomery." I searched for years for a CD version and when this import appeared, I grabbed it, despite the high price tag. This record is not as breath-taking or consistent as Forever Changes; but then, how do you follow an act like that? I would definitely rate it as one of the great Love albums though. It is better than everything that followed, as the band continued to disintegrate through the late sixties and seventies. A good companion to this record is the follow-up, Out Here, which has some more great songs from this version of the band ("Listen to My Song," "Willow Willow" and a few others), but suffers from being a double album with too much filler.Free Music Review: So Much for Them
Hit: 4 Stars
The only bad thing about it is it's not 'Forever Changes.' That said, it's hard putting it down (or giving it back to your friend) and hard not listening to the shouts for the songs at Love concerts. 'August,' 'Your Friend and Mine,' 'Singing Cowboy,' and 'Always See Your Face' are up there with anything they've done, though the sound's changed - more fuzz, less orchestra, less Byrds (since I hear them mentioned all the time). Love purists will suffer the loss, but so much for them.