Looking Back with Love explained

Looking Back with Love
Type:Album
Artist:Mike Love
Cover:Mike_Love_-_Looking_Back_With_Love_-_1981.jpg
Released:February 16, 1981
Recorded:1980–1981
Studio:Santa Barbara Sound and Mike Love's mobile studio, Santa Barbara, California
Genre:Pop rock
Length:32:26
Label:Boardwalk
Producer:Curt Boettcher[1]
Next Title:Unleash the Love
Next Year:2017

Looking Back with Love is the debut album by American musician Mike Love of the Beach Boys, released in 1981 by Boardwalk Records.[2] Produced by Curt Boettcher, the album includes a mix of covers and originals.

Songs

The lyrics to the title track were written by Love's manager, Dan Parker.[3]

"On and On and On" is a cover of an ABBA song which was itself influenced by the 1968 Beach Boys song "Do It Again".

Love's cover of "Be My Baby" originates from July 1980 sessions produced by (and featuring keyboards by) his Beach Boys bandmate and cousin Brian Wilson.[4] [5] However, the released track features additional overdubs and production completed without Wilson, and Curt Boettcher receives the sole production credit.

Reception

The Rolling Stone Album Guide called the album "notable only for its title track: an egregious 'salute' to those crazy ol' '60s that would probably make a dandy Republican campaign jingle."

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Top Album Picks. Billboard. October 31, 1981. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
  2. Web site: Mike Love | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  3. Web site: Beach Boys Surf In for The Fourth. Lloyd. Grove. July 3, 1981. www.washingtonpost.com.
  4. Web site: gigs80. www.esquarterly.com. 2017-12-08.
  5. Web site: et al. . Doe . Andrew G. . Guest Appearances . Bellagio10452.com . July 11, 2024.