Reel to Real (Album)

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Reel to Real
Studio album by Love

Publication
(s)

1975

Label (s) RSO records

Format (s)

LP

Genre (s)

Soul
folk-rock
rhythm and blues

Title (number)

11

running time

34 min: 05 sec

occupation
  • Wilber Brown, Fred Carter, John Clauder, Alan DeVille, Clifford Solomon and Billy Sprague - brass instruments
  • Robert Rozelle - bass
  • Art Fox - guitar
  • Joe Deaguro - vocals, vibraphone

production

Arthur Lee

chronology
False Start
(1970) 		Reel to Real Out There
(1988)

Reel to Real (dt. About (From) tape to reality , at the same time a reference to the recording technique reel-to-reel ) is the seventh album by the American band Love , which was released in 1975. As the only album by the band, it was not re-released in CD format.

background

Reel to Real was the first love album in four years and remained the last for the next twenty years. It was released two years after Lee's solo album Vindicator was released. The same musicians played on the album who played on Lee's solo album. Through the mediation of Skip Taylor , who was a long-time admirer of Arthur Lee, the until then commercially unsuccessful Lee received the largest advance to date from the Robert Stigwood label RSO. The album remained the only one that the label released. Love was the opening act on tours with Eric Clapton and Lou Reed . Due to Lee's unpredictable behavior, the tours turned out to be unfortunate. Because of Lee's deteriorating reputation, the engagement was the last Lee received for a long time.

reception

The album didn't get good reviews. Robert Christgau awarded a B- and wrote:

“On side one the Jimi Hendrix tribute of (Arthur Lee's) Vindicator gives way to an Otis Redding, from simple songs to rhythmic gutturals, although Lee the ironic popmeister sticks his head in twice, which makes the naive optimism of With a Little Energy seem a little less one-dimensional. Different Lees contend for side two - Otis, Jimi, Arthur, the weirdo who thought of "Singing Cowboy," and sewer designer William DeVaughn, whose top-five hit from earlier this year Lee has the audacity to cover. ”

“On the first page, the Jimi Hendrix Tribute from (Arthur Lee's) Vindicator gives way to Otis Redding, from simple songs to rhythmic throat sounds, although Lee, the ironic pop master thought carefully, which makes the naive optimism of With a Little Energy less one-dimensional seems to make. Various Lees appeared on the second page - Otis, Jimi, Arthur, the weirdo who came up with Singing Cowboy, and sewer designer William DeVaughn , whose top five hit earlier this year Lee had the audacity to cover it. "

Track list

  • All tracks were composed by Arthur Lee unless otherwise noted
  1. "Time Is Like a River" - 3:03
  2. "Stop the Music" - 3:02
  3. "Who Are You" - 3:04
  4. "Good Old Fashion Dream" - 2:48
  5. "Which Witch Is Which?" - 2:01
  6. "With a Little Energy" - 2:54
  7. "Singing Cowboy" (Lee, Jay Donnellan) - 3:02
  8. "Be Thankful For What You Got" ( William DeVaughn ) - 4:30
  9. "You Said You Would" - 3:02
  10. "Busted Feet" (Lee, Charles Karp) - 2:44
  11. "Everybody's Gotta Live" - ​​3:18

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reel to Real at discogs. Retrieved February 22, 2013 .
  2. ^ Review of Reel to Real. Retrieved February 22, 2013 .