Earth, Sun, Moon
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Earth, Sun, Moon is the third studio album
by English alternative rock
band Love and Rockets
, released in 1987 on Beggar's Banquet.
The album was remastered, but not expanded (unlike their previous albums), in 2001.
vein, the band also experimented with a folkier
sound. Vestiges of a gothic rock
sound remained, but the band continued to sound less like their previous outfit, Bauhaus
.
Earth, Sun, Moon featured Love and Rockets' first hit, "No New Tale to Tell". The song reached number 18 on the US Mainstream Rock chart.
The flurry of activity that bridges Earth, Sun, Moon to the self-titled album
that followed just over a year later remains incompletely documented on CD. The punched-up 1988 version of "Mirror People", released as a follow-up to "No New Tale to Tell", can only be found on 2003's hits collection Sorted! The Best of Love and Rockets. The B-side of "Mirror People" ("David Lanfair"), in which a somewhat bumbling fan tapes himself asking a number of one-sided interview questions—mostly about Bauhaus—over which the band themselves play a gentle but characteristic instrumental track, remains relegated to an audio-only track on the Sorted! DVD. The contents of the following novelty 12" single by the band's alter ego The Bubblemen
can also be found on the Sorted! DVD, though the complete version of "The Bubblemen Are Coming" is excluded in favor of the video edit that closes the Haunted Fishtank part of the program. The live B-sides of "No New Tale to Tell" ("Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven" and "Love Me", recorded live on 6 December 1987) remain unreleased on remastered CD, as does the newer, cleaner remix of "Dog-End of a Day Gone By" released to promote the 1988 international reissue of Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven
and featured as a B-side to the "Lazy" single. The other B-side from "Lazy", a devolved version of "Waiting for the Flood" called "The Purest Blue", appears on the 1989 self-titled album.
"Mirror People (Slow Version)" is only available on the CD releases.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by English alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band Love and Rockets
Love and Rockets (band)
Love and Rockets were an English alternative rock band formed in 1985 by former Bauhaus members Daniel Ash , David J , and Kevin Haskins . Former Bauhaus vocalist Peter Murphy had embarked on a solo career after Bauhaus split in 1983...
, released in 1987 on Beggar's Banquet.
The album was remastered, but not expanded (unlike their previous albums), in 2001.
Background
While the album continued in a psychedelicPsychedelic music
Psychedelic music covers a range of popular music styles and genres, which are inspired by or influenced by psychedelic culture and which attempt to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues-rock bands in the...
vein, the band also experimented with a folkier
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
sound. Vestiges of a gothic rock
Gothic rock
Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...
sound remained, but the band continued to sound less like their previous outfit, Bauhaus
Bauhaus (band)
Bauhaus was an English rock band formed in Northampton in 1978. The group consisted of Peter Murphy , Daniel Ash , Kevin Haskins and David J . The band was originally Bauhaus 1919 before they dropped the numerical portion within a year of formation...
.
Earth, Sun, Moon featured Love and Rockets' first hit, "No New Tale to Tell". The song reached number 18 on the US Mainstream Rock chart.
The flurry of activity that bridges Earth, Sun, Moon to the self-titled album
Love and Rockets (album)
Love and Rockets is the fourth studio album by English alternative rock band Love and Rockets, released in 1989 on Beggar's Banquet.- Background :...
that followed just over a year later remains incompletely documented on CD. The punched-up 1988 version of "Mirror People", released as a follow-up to "No New Tale to Tell", can only be found on 2003's hits collection Sorted! The Best of Love and Rockets. The B-side of "Mirror People" ("David Lanfair"), in which a somewhat bumbling fan tapes himself asking a number of one-sided interview questions—mostly about Bauhaus—over which the band themselves play a gentle but characteristic instrumental track, remains relegated to an audio-only track on the Sorted! DVD. The contents of the following novelty 12" single by the band's alter ego The Bubblemen
The Bubblemen
The Bubblemen were a side project formed in 1988 by the members of alternative rock band Love and Rockets. Love and Rockets members Daniel Ash , David J and Kevin Haskins dressed up in bee-like costumes and released one single consisting of the songs "The Bubblemen Are Coming" The Bubblemen were...
can also be found on the Sorted! DVD, though the complete version of "The Bubblemen Are Coming" is excluded in favor of the video edit that closes the Haunted Fishtank part of the program. The live B-sides of "No New Tale to Tell" ("Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven" and "Love Me", recorded live on 6 December 1987) remain unreleased on remastered CD, as does the newer, cleaner remix of "Dog-End of a Day Gone By" released to promote the 1988 international reissue of Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven
Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven
Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven is the debut studio album by English alternative rock band Love and Rockets, released in 1985 on Beggar's Banquet.- Background :...
and featured as a B-side to the "Lazy" single. The other B-side from "Lazy", a devolved version of "Waiting for the Flood" called "The Purest Blue", appears on the 1989 self-titled album.
Track listing
All tracks written by Love and Rockets.- "Mirror People" – 4:05
- "The Light" – 4:16
- "Welcome Tomorrow" – 3:36
- "No New Tale to Tell" – 3:26
- "Here on Earth" – 3:10
- "Lazy" – 3:12
- "Waiting for the Flood" – 3:38
- "Rain Bird" – 3:17
- "The Telephone Is Empty" – 3:59
- "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" – 5:13
- "Earth, Sun, Moon" – 3:34
- "Youth" – 4:42
- "Mirror People (Slow Version)" – 4:26
"Mirror People (Slow Version)" is only available on the CD releases.
Personnel
- Daniel AshDaniel AshDaniel Gaston Ash is the guitarist for Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets, and solo projects.-Life and work:After going to concerts in his teenage years, Ash made a decision to be on a stage in some way...
– guitar, saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
, and vocals - David JDavid JDavid John Haskins , better known as David J, is a British alternative rock musician. He was the bassist for the gothic rock band Bauhaus and Love and Rockets....
– bass and vocals - Kevin HaskinsKevin HaskinsKevin Haskins also known as Kevin Michael Dompe is a drummer best known from the British rock group Bauhaus. He was also a member of Tones on Tail and Love and Rockets...
– drums and synthesizers