Listen to Love - Forever Changes

[Sepstrup]

Just thought that everyone who hasn't already heard this should go check it out:

http://www.nme.com/artists/love/media/286

Alternatively, you can discuss how awesome the album is here, too.

[PECOAE]

This album is pretty good.

Alone Again Or is a gem.

[Schyma]

Forever Changes is one of the best albums of the 60's, a hidden Psychedelic gem that should have sold millions but instead became a cult classic. It's a shame more people don't know about this album. Arthur Lee was an incredible songwritter and he also organized the orchestration, which is wonderful. (probably the best ochestration heard on any Rock record) This album captured the times better than any album that came out of 1967, which is saying something. If you're a fan of music, get this, if already haven't.

Arthur Lee also died a week ago. Sad thing when you lose 2 psychedelic legends in a matter of a month. :(

R.I.P.

[PECOAE]

Yeah.

To Arthur and Syd.

*lifts glass*

[Zappa]

I was in the slsk chat with Zappa and we had a very eloquent argument over whether this album is a masterpiece or not.

Love = <3

Remember when I was right about this album being a steaming pile and you were wrong cause you thought it was good?

[Tangy zizzle]

Highly, highly...HIGHLY overrated album. I could go on for a while with my reasons why, but no.

[Horrorshow34]

I've only heard 'Alone Again Or' so far but it's great. Maybe consider getting this record . . . .need to buy 'Odessey And Oracle' by The Zombies though too.:confused:

[Broken Arrow]

I would buy this before Odessey and Oracle.

[ATM]

The bass on this album is ace.

[enkelin]

Forever changes is defenitly on my top 5 of the best albums ever made.

But what about their other album Da Capo? Am I the only one loving that album too?

[enkelin]

Da Capo is good, but Love is better.

I agree. thought I had made that clear in my previous comment.

[Zebra]

I'm listening to this right now and so far I'm not to amazed. It's good and all but nothing spectacular.

[Sepstrup]

You say "it's nothing spectacular/amazing" a lot :).

I really like it, but I fell in love with Odessey & Oracle after listening to 1 minute of the first track, so for me that's the better album of the two.

[AlienEater]

It's a masterpiece.

[6Stringer]

I love it. It is one of my favorite albums of the 60s along with Odyessey and Oracle.

[I'm The Face]

First post here... and it's about Love - nice.

It's a brilliant album. I have a friend who on first listen said it was absolute ****e, and could not stand Lee's vocals. He's a tosser anyway. ;) Of course it sounds dated by today's standards; but so does everything else from that era, particularly anything from San Francisco in the 1960s. Da Capo, and the debut are both great records, even if the debut s/t relies heavily on The Byrds (nothing wrong with that IMO). After Forever Changes, it was hit or miss.

Instead of Forever Changes, pick up Love Story instead. It contains all of Forever Changes, Da Capo ('cept for Revolution), most of the debut and scattered bits from post-FC Love.

I love Love :)

Oh yah, and Odyssey & Oracle is just as amazing. The harmonies, songwriting and melodies are all there. My copy of the album is from Repertoire, and contains the original 12 tracks, and like 16 "bonus" cuts... a mixed bag of pre- and post- Zombies. Strange collection, but worth it :)

Similar "album albums" from that era that are really digable: Ogden's Nut Gone Flake - Small Faces, Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks, Would You Believe - Billy Nicholls, Millenium - Begin.

[Robert Crumb]

Bans: Dime, a dozen.

Since it was mentioned, Odessey and Oracle blows this out of the water for me personally. Forever Changes is an ok album book-ended by two songs that stand comparatively well among the best from the decade. Don't feel quite the same about some of the songs in between. I like it much more now than I did when I first heard it.