Fight for Love (54-40 album) explained

Fight for Love
Type:Album
Artist:54-40
Cover:54-40_Fight_For_Love.jpg
Released:1989
Studio:Mushroom Studios, Vancouver
Genre:Rock
Length:43:49
Label:Reprise
Producer:Dave Ogilvie, Neil Osborne
Prev Title:Show Me
Prev Year:1987
Next Year:1991

Fight for Love is the fourth album by the Canadian band 54-40, released in 1989.[1] [2] The band supported the album with a Canadian tour.[3]

Production

The album was coproduced by Dave Ogilvie and frontman Neil Osborne.[4] The band used a mellotron that had belonged to King Crimson, loaned to them by Bob Rock.[5] Some of the songs were inspired by Osborne's wife's drawings of Don Quixote.[6]

Critical reception

The Calgary Herald deemed the album "a blend of guitar-driven rock numbers and lofty lyrics."[7] The Globe and Mail wrote that "Osborne and co-producer David Ogilvie focus attention on the hopeful, even naive humanism of the songs and on the subtle but powerful interplay."[8] The Windsor Star noted the "guitar-driven sound derived from late-1960s folk-rock." The Washington Post labeled the album "Vancouver's entry in the R.E.M. sweepstakes," writing: "Sweetly melodic and—it almost goes without saying—jangly, Fight for Love also has some guts."[9]

Track listing

  1. "Here in My House" – 3:49
  2. "Kissfolk" – 3:33
  3. "Over My Head" – 3:25
  4. "Miss You" – 4:34 (Neil Osborne, Phil Comparelli)
  5. "Baby Have Some Faith" – 5:51 (Osborne, Comparelli)
  6. "Fight for Love" – 2:55 (Osborne)
  7. "Laughing" – 3:51 (Osborne)
  8. "Walk Talk Madly" – 4:42
  9. "Where Is My Heart" – 3:25
  10. "Journey" – 7:44 (Osborne)

Personnel

Production

Notes and References

  1. News: Harrison . Tom . 54-40 has completed its fourth album... . The Province . 20 Apr 1989 . Living . 61.
  2. News: Muretich . James . Disc Drive . Calgary Herald . 3 Aug 1989 . F5.
  3. News: Stoute . Lenny . 54 40 band on dangerous ground . Toronto Star . 10 Aug 1989 . C1.
  4. News: Mackie . John . Catching the Fury of Rock's Underground . Vancouver Sun . 22 July 1989 . D3.
  5. News: MacInnis . Craig . 54-40 keeps it in the family . Toronto Star . 4 Aug 1989 . E12.
  6. News: Metella . Helen . Auras guided Osborne through crisp 54.40 LP . Edmonton Journal . 22 Nov 1989 . C19.
  7. News: Muretich . James . Simple, sincere, successful . Calgary Herald . 10 Aug 1989 . F1.
  8. News: Dafoe . Chris . Another good effort put forward by 54-40 . The Globe and Mail . 10 Aug 1989 . C6.
  9. News: Jenkins . Mark . The latest album from 54-40... . The Washington Post . 13 Oct 1989 . N24.

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