Laser Love Explained

Laser Love
Type:studio
Artist:After the Fire
Cover:After The Fire – Laser Love.jpg
Released:21 September 1979[1]
Recorded:July–August 1978 Record Plant NY
Genre:New wave
Length:38:17
Label:CBS
Producer:Muff Winwood (Tracks A1, A3, A5, B1, B3-B4)
Rhett Davies (Co-producer on A1, B3)
Rupert Hine (Tracks A2, B2)
After the Fire (Track A4)
John Leckie (Track B5)
Prev Title:Signs of Change
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:80-f
Next Year:1980

Laser Love is the second album by UK band After the Fire.[2] [3] Released in 1979, the album showcased more of a new wave approach,[4] including much shorter songs than had been featured on the band's more progressive rock-oriented debut album, Signs of Change. It was produced primarily by Muff Winwood.[5]

The album includes the band's biggest hit in the UK, "One Rule For You". Laser Love peaked at No. 57 on the UK Albums Chart.[6]

Critical reception

The Bristol Evening Post called Laser Love a "pleasant album which showcases After the Fire's rich music and melodic instrumental work."[7]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Laser Love" (Andy Piercy, Peter "Memory" Banks) (3:28)
  2. "Joy" (Banks, Piercy, John Russell, Ivor Twidell) (3:17)
  3. "Take Me Higher" (Piercy, Banks) (4:31)
  4. "Life in the City" (Piercy, Banks) (4:13)
  5. "Suspended Animation" (Piercy, Banks) (4:52)

Side two

  1. "Like the Power of a Jet" (Piercy, Banks) (3:07)
  2. "One Rule For You" (Piercy, Banks) (3:24)
  3. "Time to Think" (Piercy, Banks) (3:28)
  4. "Timestar" (Banks) (4:36)
  5. "Check It Out" (Piercy, Banks) (3:21)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: After The Fire – Official website – Biography. afterthefire.co.uk. 2022-12-31.
  2. Web site: After the Fire . Trouser Press . 9 January 2024.
  3. Web site: After the Fire Biography by Mike Edmunds . AllMusic . 9 January 2024.
  4. News: Watson . Albert . After the Fire, a still small voice . Weekly Examiner . 11 Oct 1979 . Huddersfield . 9.
  5. News: Paul . Gary . Record Review . Bedfordshire on Sunday . 23 Dec 1979 . 5.
  6. Web site: After the Fire . Official Charts . 9 January 2024.
  7. News: Belsey . James . Pops . Bristol Evening Post . 29 Sep 1979 . 6.