Express (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Express
Type = Album
Artist = Love and Rockets


Released = September 15, 1986
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 40:08 (original LP), 70:18 (2001 reissue)
Label = Beggar's Banquet/Big Time
Producer = John A. Rivers, Love and Rockets
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:j9c1z81a3yv8 link]
*"Rolling Stone" (mixed) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/loverockets/albums/album/237448/review/5940371/express link]

Last album = "Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven"
(1985)
This album = "Express"
(1986)
Next album = "Earth, Sun, Moon"
(1987)

"Express" is the second album by the British band Love and Rockets, released in 1986 on Beggar's Banquet.

The band continued in the same musical direction as their first album, Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven, with a strong psychedelic and glam rock sound. Although still retaining a bit of their gothic rock sound, the band continued to distance themselves away from their previous work with Bauhaus.

The album contains two versions of "All in My Mind", one of which is labeled as an acoustic version. Although both feature similar lyrics and chord structures, the songs are clearly distinct from each other.

In 2001, the album was remastered and expanded to include two single remixes and several contemporaneous b-sides, including a cover of Pink Floyd's "Lucifer Sam". Two short experimental pieces that had been found on the studio tape masters labeled as "B Side #1" and "B Side #2" were also added. Note that "Ball of Confusion" was released before "Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven", but since the USA mix could not be fit on the reissue of that album, it was appended to the "Express" reissue.

Track listing

Original LP Release

# "It Could Be Sunshine" – 5:00
# "Kundalini Express" – 5:47
# "All in My Mind" – 4:45
# "Life in Laralay" – 3:35
# "Yin and Yang (The Flowerpot Man)" – 5:56
# "Love Me" – 3:54
# "All in My Mind (acoustic)" – 5:08
# "An American Dream" – 6:04

US LP Release (Bigtime Records)

# "It Could Be Sunshine" – 5:00
# "Kundalini Express" – 5:47
# "All in My Mind" – 4:45
# "Life in Laralay" – 3:35
# "Ball Of Confusion" - 6:16
# "Yin and Yang (The Flowerpot Man)" – 5:56
# "Love Me" – 3:54
# "All in My Mind (acoustic)" – 5:08
# "An American Dream" – 6:04The original CD release also included "Angels and Devils", "Ball of Confusion (USA Mix)", and "Holiday on the Moon".

2001 CD Reissue

# "It Could Be Sunshine" – 4:59
# "Kundalini Express" – 5:52
# "All in My Mind" – 4:43
# "Life in Laralay" – 3:31
# "Yin and Yang (The Flowerpot Man)" – 5:56
# "Love Me" – 3:54
# "All in My Mind (acoustic)" – 5:08
# "An American Dream" – 6:09
# "Angels and Devils" – 6:10
# "Holiday on the Moon" – 6:07
# "Lucifer Sam" – 3:21
# "B Side #1" – 1:16
# "B Side #2" – 1:31
# "Yin and Yang (The Flowerpot Man) (Remix)" – 5:29
# "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) (USA Mix)" – 6:18

Personnel

*Daniel Ash — guitar, saxophone, and vocals
*David J — bass and vocals
*Kevin Haskins — drums and synthesizers