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Sweet F​.​A.

by Love and Rockets

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    -This is a double black LP with a gatefold sleeve

    -Expanded with four extra tracks:

    D1. My Dark Twin * previously unheard song outside of box set
    D2. Butterfly * previously unheard song outside of box set
    D3. Venus Child * previously unheard song outside of box set
    D4. Pick Yourself Up * previously unheard song outside of box set

    Includes unlimited streaming of Sweet F.A. via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Sweet F.A. 04:08
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Use Me 04:10
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Fever 05:01
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Pearl 04:12
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Shelf Life 03:21
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Natacha 04:53
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Clean 05:38
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Spiked 03:59
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about

*DIGITAL version is the original edition, not a new remaster and not expanded.

Having signed to Rick Rubin’s American Recordings label, the band was guided by the legendary producer in a return to more guitar-based songs for 1996's Sweet F.A. The album cover features a striking photo of a burnt guitar which was retrieved from the debris after a fire broke out at Rubin’s mansion, where the band were living while working on songs for the album. They lost all of their gear, some of their demo recordings, and nearly their lives as well. The resulting album was inspired by some of their earliest influences – The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, The Doors, Can. It spins tales of passion and loss, carried on a fluid, moody throb. Undulating, hypnotic rhythms twine around melancholy lyrics which examine life at a primal level, as ethereal electronic effects play counterpoint to earthquake reverberating guitars. The track “Sweet Lover Hangover” was an alternative radio hit.

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released October 20, 1997

1997, Beggars Banquet Records Ltd

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Love and Rockets Los Angeles, California

Love And Rockets is the seminal, groundbreaking trio of Daniel Ash (vocals and guitar), David J (vocals and bass) and Kevin Haskins (drums). They formed in 1985 after the first split of their band Bauhaus. Love and Rockets provided a clean slate and an opportunity to plumb the depths of imagination and influences. ... more

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