| Love over Rage | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Tom Robinson |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | 1994 |
| Label: | Cooking Vinyl |
| Producer: | Al Scott |
| Prev Title: | Living in a Boom Time |
| Prev Year: | 1992 |
| Next Title: | Having It Both Ways |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
Love over Rage is an album by the English musician Tom Robinson, released in 1994.[1] [2] It is dedicated to Dez Tozer, a former lover.[3] Robinson promoted the album by playing the 1994 Glastonbury Festival and embarking on a North American tour that included shows with Barenaked Ladies.[4] The first single was "Hard".[5]
Robinson used studio musicians as a backing band. Chris Rea contributed to the album.[6] "Green" criticizes corporations that use environmental oratory to draw attention from the polluting effects of business. "DDR" describes life in the former East Germany. "Days" looks back on the music of Robinson's young manhood. "Chance" and "Silence" examine the AIDS epidemic.[3]
Trouser Press wrote that "Robinson can still sound preachy, but overall this is a stunningly mature work."[7] The Philadelphia Daily News deemed the album "a punchy, provocative grouping of rock anthems, the sort only Brits seem capable of writing."[8] The Boston Globe called it "catchy, soulful and still politically charged."[9] The Age noted that Robinson shows "enough self-deprecating humor, wry observation and the ability to pen the occasional catchy melody."[10]
Robert Christgau praised "Fifty" and "Green". The New York Times concluded that "the songs on Love over Rage may be more complex and personal than the moralizing of Mr. Robinson's early recordings, but they are no less passionate in their search for truth."[3] The Washington Post opined that "the liveliest track is the lite-reggae "Loved", a bouncy pitch for no-strings lust."[11]