Looking Back with Love

Looking Back with Love
Studio album by
Mike Love
ReleasedOctober 8, 1981
Recorded1980–1981
StudioSanta Barbara Sound and Mike Love's mobile studio, Santa Barbara, California
GenrePop rock
Length32:26
LabelBoardwalk
ProducerCurt Boettcher[1]
Mike Love chronology
Looking Back with Love
(1981) 		Unleash the Love
(2017)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guidewoof![3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Looking Back with Love is the debut album by American musician Mike Love of the Beach Boys, released in 1981 by Boardwalk Records.[5] 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.[6]

"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".[citation needed]

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.[7][8] However, the released track features additional overdubs and production completed without Wilson, and Curt Boettcher receives the sole production credit.[citation needed]

Critical 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."[4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Looking Back With Love"Jim Studer, Craig Thomas, Dan Parker3:38
2."On and On and On"Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus3:02
3."Runnin' Around the World"James Haymer, Blair Aaronson2:48
4."Over and Over"Robert James Byrd2:16
5."Rockin' the Man in the Boat"Studer, Jim Arnold, Michael Brady3:20
6."Calendar Girl"Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield3:16
7."Be My Baby"Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector2:39
8."One Good Reason"Studer, Brady4:08
9."Teach Me Tonight"Sammy Cahn, Gene De Paul3:28
10."Paradise Found"Mike Love, Studer3:51

References

  1. ^ "Top Album Picks". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 31, 1981 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Looking Back with Love at AllMusic
  3. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 84. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  4. ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 41–42.
  5. ^ "Mike Love | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ^ Grove, Lloyd (July 3, 1981). "Beach Boys Surf In for The Fourth" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  7. ^ "gigs80". www.esquarterly.com. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  8. ^ Doe, Andrew G.; et al. "Guest Appearances". Bellagio10452.com. Retrieved July 11, 2024.