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| 1. August |
| 2. Your Friend And Mine |
| 3. Im With You |
| 4. Good Times |
| 5. Singing Cowboy |
| 6. Dream |
| 7. Robert Montgomery |
| 8. Nothing |
| 9. Talking In My Sleep |
| 10. Always See Your Face |
| 11. Robert Montgomery (Alternate Vocal) (Bonus Track) |
| 12. Talking In My Sleep (Alternate Mix) (Bonus Track) |
| 13. Singing Cowboy (Unedited Version) (Bonus Track) |
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2002 remastered reissue of the West Coast folk-rock/psychedelic band's 1969 album for Elektra includes three previously unreleased bonus tracks, 'Robert Montgomery' (Alternate Vocal Version), 'Talking In My Sleep' (Alternate Mix) & 'Singing Cowboy' (Unedited Version). Updated liner notes include contributions from frontman Arthur Lee. Elektra.
When the songs on Four Sail are good, they're REALLY good--the opener, "August" is ethereal and spacey, rocking in a way that Love's earlier lineup would never have attempted, with some wicked, spiraling lead guitar. Lee's voice is a comfort--despite the difference in musical style, those signature vocals casually drawl out the mysterious, dark lyrics. On first listen, I felt pretty good about the new Love after the first track (I admit it, I was unsure whether I'd be into it). The highlights continue, especially on the hard rockers--"Singing Cowboy" is a well-known Love classic with a stormy ending sequence, and the guitars on "Robert Montgomery" cut with surprising force. A couple of the midtempo tracks are also pretty great--"Talking In My Sleep" is an interesting stylistic detour, and the closer "Always See Your Face" contains some of Lee's classic ironic lyrics.
There are two things that hold this album back from getting 5 stars from me. The first is the lyrics. They're usually pretty good, especially on the aforementioned highlights, but many of them just don't have that magic spark. On Forever Changes, it seemed like Lee was cutting down the curtains that obscure the workings of the world we live in with every ironic, bitter line he spat out of his mouth. With such transcendent, revelatory, and clever lyrics to be compared to, Four Sail's lyrics often don't hold up--where Lee sang about questioning the nature of society's laws and factored mortality into human beings' place in the world on Forever Changes, on Four Sail he sometimes sings about much less compelling (for me) topics like having fun ("Good Times") or friendship and the good old days ("Your Friend and Mine - Neil's Song"). While these are identifiable subjects that most people have experienced, they're pretty pedestrian. Countless people have written these kinds of songs, some better (some much worse, though). Very few people manage to reach the clarity that results in the kind of writing that Arthur Lee produced on Forever Changes. I guess I expected a little more out of the same guy on the next album and was slightly disappointed. However, this is just in comparison with the phenomenal Forever Changes, so it's not a serious problem with Four Sail by any measurement.
The second thing that holds me back from giving Four Sail 5 stars is the relative lack of stylistic diversity. It's mostly blues rock (identified strongly by the lead guitar style), with a few forays into some more psychedelic hard rock (would have liked to hear more of those) and some strutting grooves. Eventually though, a lot of it sounds the same. A lot of "I'm With You" sounds pretty similar to "August," and several of the midtempo jazzier numbers sound like slight tweaks of the same song. I realize that it's unrealistic to expect the cosmopolitan diversity of Forever Changes, I just wish the individual songs on Four Sail sounded a little different from each other.
For all these minor gripes (most of them are in comparison to the incomparable Forever Changes), Four Sail is a strong album and a repeatedly enjoyable listen, and I recommend it to fans of earlier Love. Just keep an open mind--it sounds a fair bit different. Anybody who tells you Love never produced any worthwhile music after Forever Changes is clearly turning a blind eye to some really great material.
This album featured the last of any serious incarnations of Love and it rocks, but very differently from "Forever Changes" or "Da Capo". There's no angry venting, as in "7 and 7 Is" or "Stephanie Knows Who"; no comments on the world at large, as in most of "Forever Changes"...just rocking, stream-of-consciousness tunes that stick with you after you put the album back in its case. "August" is the first cut, and it's a good one, with a snap-out guitar jam at the end reminiscent of the ending of "A House Is Not A Hotel". "Your Friend And Mine" is one of two songs on the album that are very similar, with ruminations and promises concerning long-term friendships. "Dream" dwells on this to a degree, too. Apparently friends were very important to Lee, who wrote everything on the album, collaborating on only one, "Singing Cowboy", which has a vaguely homo-erotic tinge to it. "Robert Montgomery" is one of the few songs Lee or Love had done that actually has a character title or subject matter for a whole song, telling the tale of a bourgeois cipher who has trouble communicating with his friends. It has EXCELLENT guitar work! "Nothing" is rather reminiscent of "Forever Changes" in that it has a lyrical, pretty lilt to it, and some wizard guitar work, (not to mention good drumming!) It will put you in mind of "Orange Skies". but does the same thing a lot better. It's almost MOR in flavor, it's so nice! Then there's my personal favorite of the piece "Talking In My Sleep", a song where he lays down the law after being irked by a lady friend. Very country-flavored, with a Hendrix-like vocal by Lee, who sounds like he's trying to imitate Mick Jagger on the rest of the album, especially as the songs trail off. Finally, of the non-reprieves, there's "Always See Your Face", the OTHER "friendship" song. A fitting closer, it runs down what's important to Lee, as he tries to remember important people, places and things, taking care to remember his friend of the moment.
Lee and his incarnations of Love were perhaps the most undervalued and estimated groups in Rock, and his passing will make it impossible to see them live ever...I always missed him when he came to my town.
MAN, I hate mortality!!
Highly recommended.
That being said, when Arthur Lee emerged in 1968 with a new version of the band, many felt that the chance of another great LOVE album was nothing but a dream. That was totally untrue! "Four Sail" may feature a completely new line-up, but it can certainly stand up to the first three. It doesn't quite match any of them song for song, but it IS a wonderful collection of music overall.
One listen to "August," "Robert Montgomery," "Your Song And Mine - Neil's Song," "Singing Cowboy," and the fabulous "Always See Your Face" proves that Arthur Lee could still write some incredible music - post "classic-LOVE."
This album was released in August, 1969, a month of both love & peace and brutality & murder - in the forms of Woodstock and a creepy little ex-con named Charles Manson. That month love and death stood side by side, forever linked. And once again Arthur Lee and LOVE fit in perfectly with the times that were "forever changing" if you will. A time they were very much a special part of.
"Four Sail" is widely considered the last great LOVE album. Sadly, that is probably true. But it should never be overlooked because it no longer featured the classic line-up. Or because it had so much to live up to by constanly (and unfairly) being compared to the "big three." It rightfully deserves its place among the best LOVE had to offer. This one is well worth the listen.
LOVE on!
Me, i'm a fan of all the Love albums on Elektra and grew up on them as my father is a big fan but "four sail" is the one i find myself listening to the most these days. I can see why the Love purists and the fans of THAT album don't like this and find it a crude return to the raw rock of the debut on songs like "my flash on you" and "revelation" from "da capo" (a song which polarizes opinion in Love fans) but, with all due respect, they're all deaf 50 year old decrepit freaks with poor taste because this album absolutely rocks like a mutha.
Arthur Lee stopped using an orchestra and scrapped the Ennio Morricone-ish arrangements and went back to his blues roots, both musically and lyrically, on here with his new band members after he fired Brian Maclean and the original Love line-up. Lee's songs still retain their strong Byrds-influenced melodies but Jay Donnellan's wah-wah guitaring on here is so raw and stripped down. Hendrix was an obvious influnce and reference point but when Donnellan cuts loose i think he's more comprable to Ron Asheton on the Stooges debut which was also released in 1969 on Elektra. The only weak track is "your friend and mine" which is kinda corny and obviously Beatles-ey but still retains a certain charm.
As with all the remastered Love reissues the sound quality is superlative and the c.d booklet is just as good containing an in depth interview with Lee, the band and analysis of each song with excellent pictures of the band. The one of Arthur and his dog, in particular, is a gem.
2002 remastered reissue of the West Coast folk-rock/psychedelic band's 1969 album for Elektra includes three previously unreleased bonus tracks, 'Robert Montgomery' (Alternate Vocal Version), 'Talking In My Sleep' (Alternate Mix) & 'Singing Cowboy' (Unedited Version). Updated liner notes include contributions from frontman Arthur Lee. Elektra.
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Four Sail [Original recording remastered] [Import]
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ASIN: B000071497 Release Date: 2002-11-19 |
Tracks:
- August
- Your Friend And Mine
- Im With You
- Good Times
- Singing Cowboy
- Dream
- Robert Montgomery
- Nothing
- Talking In My Sleep
- Always See Your Face
- Robert Montgomery (Alternate Vocal) (Bonus Track)
- Talking In My Sleep (Alternate Mix) (Bonus Track)
- Singing Cowboy (Unedited Version) (Bonus Track)
Album Description
2002 remastered reissue of the West Coast folk-rock/psychedelic band's 1969 album for Elektra includes three previously unreleased bonus tracks, 'Robert Montgomery' (Alternate Vocal Version), 'Talking In My Sleep' (Alternate Mix) & 'Singing Cowboy' (Unedited Version). Updated liner notes include contributions from frontman Arthur Lee. Elektra.Album Details
Released in Spring 1969, "Foursail" Saw a Change in Direction and Personnel after Constant Touring Behind "Forever Changes" Took It's Toll on the First Line Up. The Usual Exemplary Album Remastering Comes Complete with Three Bonus Tracks (All Previously Unreleased) and Housed in a Superb Package Crammed with Unseen Photos, Memorabilia and Liner Notes with Direct Contributions from Arthur Lee Himself.Customer Reviews:
Four Sail is a underrated piece, and should be given more attention.......2007-01-12
Approaches the greatness of Forever Changes, from a different angle.......2007-01-09
When the songs on Four Sail are good, they're REALLY good--the opener, "August" is ethereal and spacey, rocking in a way that Love's earlier lineup would never have attempted, with some wicked, spiraling lead guitar. Lee's voice is a comfort--despite the difference in musical style, those signature vocals casually drawl out the mysterious, dark lyrics. On first listen, I felt pretty good about the new Love after the first track (I admit it, I was unsure whether I'd be into it). The highlights continue, especially on the hard rockers--"Singing Cowboy" is a well-known Love classic with a stormy ending sequence, and the guitars on "Robert Montgomery" cut with surprising force. A couple of the midtempo tracks are also pretty great--"Talking In My Sleep" is an interesting stylistic detour, and the closer "Always See Your Face" contains some of Lee's classic ironic lyrics.
There are two things that hold this album back from getting 5 stars from me. The first is the lyrics. They're usually pretty good, especially on the aforementioned highlights, but many of them just don't have that magic spark. On Forever Changes, it seemed like Lee was cutting down the curtains that obscure the workings of the world we live in with every ironic, bitter line he spat out of his mouth. With such transcendent, revelatory, and clever lyrics to be compared to, Four Sail's lyrics often don't hold up--where Lee sang about questioning the nature of society's laws and factored mortality into human beings' place in the world on Forever Changes, on Four Sail he sometimes sings about much less compelling (for me) topics like having fun ("Good Times") or friendship and the good old days ("Your Friend and Mine - Neil's Song"). While these are identifiable subjects that most people have experienced, they're pretty pedestrian. Countless people have written these kinds of songs, some better (some much worse, though). Very few people manage to reach the clarity that results in the kind of writing that Arthur Lee produced on Forever Changes. I guess I expected a little more out of the same guy on the next album and was slightly disappointed. However, this is just in comparison with the phenomenal Forever Changes, so it's not a serious problem with Four Sail by any measurement.
The second thing that holds me back from giving Four Sail 5 stars is the relative lack of stylistic diversity. It's mostly blues rock (identified strongly by the lead guitar style), with a few forays into some more psychedelic hard rock (would have liked to hear more of those) and some strutting grooves. Eventually though, a lot of it sounds the same. A lot of "I'm With You" sounds pretty similar to "August," and several of the midtempo jazzier numbers sound like slight tweaks of the same song. I realize that it's unrealistic to expect the cosmopolitan diversity of Forever Changes, I just wish the individual songs on Four Sail sounded a little different from each other.
For all these minor gripes (most of them are in comparison to the incomparable Forever Changes), Four Sail is a strong album and a repeatedly enjoyable listen, and I recommend it to fans of earlier Love. Just keep an open mind--it sounds a fair bit different. Anybody who tells you Love never produced any worthwhile music after Forever Changes is clearly turning a blind eye to some really great material.
Arthur Lee..........2006-10-09
This album featured the last of any serious incarnations of Love and it rocks, but very differently from "Forever Changes" or "Da Capo". There's no angry venting, as in "7 and 7 Is" or "Stephanie Knows Who"; no comments on the world at large, as in most of "Forever Changes"...just rocking, stream-of-consciousness tunes that stick with you after you put the album back in its case. "August" is the first cut, and it's a good one, with a snap-out guitar jam at the end reminiscent of the ending of "A House Is Not A Hotel". "Your Friend And Mine" is one of two songs on the album that are very similar, with ruminations and promises concerning long-term friendships. "Dream" dwells on this to a degree, too. Apparently friends were very important to Lee, who wrote everything on the album, collaborating on only one, "Singing Cowboy", which has a vaguely homo-erotic tinge to it. "Robert Montgomery" is one of the few songs Lee or Love had done that actually has a character title or subject matter for a whole song, telling the tale of a bourgeois cipher who has trouble communicating with his friends. It has EXCELLENT guitar work! "Nothing" is rather reminiscent of "Forever Changes" in that it has a lyrical, pretty lilt to it, and some wizard guitar work, (not to mention good drumming!) It will put you in mind of "Orange Skies". but does the same thing a lot better. It's almost MOR in flavor, it's so nice! Then there's my personal favorite of the piece "Talking In My Sleep", a song where he lays down the law after being irked by a lady friend. Very country-flavored, with a Hendrix-like vocal by Lee, who sounds like he's trying to imitate Mick Jagger on the rest of the album, especially as the songs trail off. Finally, of the non-reprieves, there's "Always See Your Face", the OTHER "friendship" song. A fitting closer, it runs down what's important to Lee, as he tries to remember important people, places and things, taking care to remember his friend of the moment.
Lee and his incarnations of Love were perhaps the most undervalued and estimated groups in Rock, and his passing will make it impossible to see them live ever...I always missed him when he came to my town.
MAN, I hate mortality!!
Highly recommended.
LEE'S NEW LOVE.......2006-05-28
That being said, when Arthur Lee emerged in 1968 with a new version of the band, many felt that the chance of another great LOVE album was nothing but a dream. That was totally untrue! "Four Sail" may feature a completely new line-up, but it can certainly stand up to the first three. It doesn't quite match any of them song for song, but it IS a wonderful collection of music overall.
One listen to "August," "Robert Montgomery," "Your Song And Mine - Neil's Song," "Singing Cowboy," and the fabulous "Always See Your Face" proves that Arthur Lee could still write some incredible music - post "classic-LOVE."
This album was released in August, 1969, a month of both love & peace and brutality & murder - in the forms of Woodstock and a creepy little ex-con named Charles Manson. That month love and death stood side by side, forever linked. And once again Arthur Lee and LOVE fit in perfectly with the times that were "forever changing" if you will. A time they were very much a special part of.
"Four Sail" is widely considered the last great LOVE album. Sadly, that is probably true. But it should never be overlooked because it no longer featured the classic line-up. Or because it had so much to live up to by constanly (and unfairly) being compared to the "big three." It rightfully deserves its place among the best LOVE had to offer. This one is well worth the listen.
LOVE on!
Please.........2005-08-08
Me, i'm a fan of all the Love albums on Elektra and grew up on them as my father is a big fan but "four sail" is the one i find myself listening to the most these days. I can see why the Love purists and the fans of THAT album don't like this and find it a crude return to the raw rock of the debut on songs like "my flash on you" and "revelation" from "da capo" (a song which polarizes opinion in Love fans) but, with all due respect, they're all deaf 50 year old decrepit freaks with poor taste because this album absolutely rocks like a mutha.
Arthur Lee stopped using an orchestra and scrapped the Ennio Morricone-ish arrangements and went back to his blues roots, both musically and lyrically, on here with his new band members after he fired Brian Maclean and the original Love line-up. Lee's songs still retain their strong Byrds-influenced melodies but Jay Donnellan's wah-wah guitaring on here is so raw and stripped down. Hendrix was an obvious influnce and reference point but when Donnellan cuts loose i think he's more comprable to Ron Asheton on the Stooges debut which was also released in 1969 on Elektra. The only weak track is "your friend and mine" which is kinda corny and obviously Beatles-ey but still retains a certain charm.
As with all the remastered Love reissues the sound quality is superlative and the c.d booklet is just as good containing an in depth interview with Lee, the band and analysis of each song with excellent pictures of the band. The one of Arthur and his dog, in particular, is a gem.
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- Three Swedish Tunes: III. Walking Tune From Appelbo
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UK import. Song list: 01. August; 02. Your Friend and Mine; 03. I'm With You; 04. Good Times; 05. Singing Cowboy; 06. Dream; 07. Robert Montgomery; 08. Nothing; 09. Talking In My Sleep; 10. Always See Your Face.Rap Music:
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