Love Is Dead is an album by the Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience, released in 1996 by Lookout! Records.[5] It was the band's second album as a three-piece, and the first with bassist Joel Reader and drummer Jim "Jym" Pittman, replacing Aaron Rubin and Alex Laipeneiks, respectively, who had departed the group the previous year.[6]
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| Released | January 19, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1995 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock, pop punk | |||
| Label | Lookout![1] | |||
| Producer | Kevin Army[2] | |||
| The Mr. T Experience chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [2] |
| Punknews.org |  [4] |
The song "I Just Wanna Do it With You" was used in the soundtrack to the 1996 movie Glory Daze, and was included on the film's soundtrack album.[citation needed]
Critical reception edit
Trouser Press called the release "a wonderful album," writing that "Dr. Frank and a half-new rhythm section fill Love Is Dead with nothing but loud, catchy and lovable singalongs, roaringly produced by [Kevin] Army as if he were erecting the sonic safety barrier around a particularly dangerous radioactive dumpsite."[7] Metroactive called it "the year's can't-miss record, an addictive tome about self-loathing."[8]
In an appreciation published in 2004, Stylus Magazine wrote that the album "is easily the finest work of the second wave of US punk, and arguably one of the finest Stateside three-chord racket albums ever dropped on wax."[9]
Track listing edit
All tracks are written by Dr. Frank except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sackcloth and Ashes" | |
| 2. | "Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba" | |
| 3. | "I Just Wanna Do it With You" | |
| 4. | "Somebody's Song" (lyrics by Dorothy Parker) | |
| 5. | "Thank You (For Not Being One of Them)" | |
| 6. | "Dumb Little Band" | |
| 7. | "Hangin' on to You" | |
| 8. | "The Future Ain't What it Used to Be" | |
| 9. | "I Fell for You" | |
| 10. | "Deep Deep Down" | |
| 11. | "Can I Do the Thing?" | |
| 12. | "I'd Do Anything for You" | |
| 13. | "Semi-OK" | |
| 14. | "I'm Like Yeah, But She's All No" | |
| 15. | "That Prozac Moment" | |
| 16. | "You're The Only One" |
Personnel edit
Album information edit
- Produced and engineered by Kevin Army
- Mixed by Kevin Army and Bernd Burgdorf at Hyde Street Studios
- Assistant tracking engineer: Jim Ruzicka
- Additional assistant engineer: Marty Main
- Mastered by John Golden at Newbury Park, California on October 31, 1995
- Recorded at Bay Records, Emeryville Recording Company in Emeryville, California, and Smooth Hyde Street Studios
- Artwork by Christopher Appelgren, Dr. Frank, and others
- Back cover photo by Cathy Bauer
- Live photos by Brian Medley and Robyn Draheim
References edit
- ^ Prested, Kevin (November 28, 2014). Punk USA: The Rise and Fall of Lookout Records. Microcosm Publishing. p. 103. ISBN 9781621069201 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 768.
- ^ "Love Is Dead - The Mr. T Experience | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "The Mr. T Experience - Love is Dead". www.punknews.org.
- ^ "The Mr. T Experience | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "Perfect Sound Forever: Mr. T Experience". www.furious.com.
- ^ "Mr. T Experience". Trouser Press. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "Metroactive Music | Mr. T Experience". www.metroactive.com.
- ^ "Mr T. Experience - Love Is Dead - On Second Thought - Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com.