Out Here
Studio album by
Love
ReleasedDecember 1969[1]
RecordedSeptember–October 1968[2]
Studio
  • A makeshift studio in a rented warehouse, Hollywood[1]
GenrePsychedelic rock, blues rock, acid rock
Length69:23
Label
ProducerArthur Lee
Love chronology
Four Sail
(1969) 		Out Here
(1969) 		False Start
(1970)
Alternative cover
Out Here (1990 CD cover)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The Village VoiceC−[5]

Out Here is the fifth album by the American rock band Love, released in December 1969 by Blue Thumb Records in the United States and Harvest in the United Kingdom. The album charted in the UK, reaching No. 29 in May 1970.[1]

Background

After the dissolution of the original Love lineup following the release of Forever Changes (1967), Arthur Lee assembled a new band, including guitarist Jay Donnellan, drummer George Suranovich and bassist Frank Fayad.[1] The quartet recorded 27 songs, ten of which were released by Elektra Records as Four Sail in August 1969, with the remaining songs being issued by Blue Thumb Records as a double LP, Out Here, that December.[1] The title came from the name of the cover painting, created by Burt Shonberg.[6]

In 1982, eight songs from Out Here were used to fill out the first side of an album titled Studio/Live, released by MCA Records. Three of the songs were edited specifically for this release: "Doggone" (from 12:00 to 3:15); "Love Is More Than Words or Better Late Than Never" (from 11:20 to 2:30); and "Gather Round" (from 5:50 to 3:30).[7] Studio/Live was issued on CD by One Way Records in 1991.[8] The live side was recorded at Bill Graham's Fillmore East.[8]

In 1988, the British label Big Beat Records put together an official compilation called Out There, featuring most of the songs from Out Here and three songs from the band's follow-up album, 1970's False Start. In 1990, Out Here was released on compact disc by MCA Records. In May 2007, the album was included in The Blue Thumb Recordings, a three-disc compilation released by Universal's Hip-O Select division.

Track listing

All songs written by Arthur Lee (as "Arthurly"), unless otherwise indicated.

Side A

  1. "I'll Pray for You" – 3:50
  2. "Abalony" – 1:50
  3. "Signed D.C." – 5:15
  4. "Listen to My Song" – 2:28
  5. "I'm Down" – 4:48

Side B

  1. "Stand Out" – 3:00
  2. "Discharged" – 1:30
  3. "Doggone" – 12:00

Side C

  1. "I Still Wonder" (Jay Donnellan, Lee) – 3:05
  2. "Love Is More Than Words or Better Late Than Never" – 11:20
  3. "Nice to Be" – 1:50
  4. "Car Lights On in the Daytime Blues" – 1:10

Side D

  1. "Run to the Top" – 3:00
  2. "Willow Willow" – 3:22
  3. "Instra-Mental" – 3:00
  4. "You Are Something" – 2:05
  5. "Gather 'Round" – 5:50

Personnel

Credits adapted from LP liner notes,[9] unless otherwise indicated.

Love

Additional musicians

Technical

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Sandoval, Andrew; Peterson, Gary (1995). Love Story (CD box set liner notes). Love. Santa Monica, California: Elektra Traditions. MCA-27025.
  2. ^ Sandoval, Andrew (2002). Four Sail (CD booklet). Love. Elektra Traditions. 8122 73640-2.
  3. ^ "Out Here - Love - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (February 26, 1970). "Consumer Guide (8)". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  6. ^ "Store - burtshonberg". Burt Shonberg. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  7. ^ Love (1982). Studio/Live (LP liner notes). Santa Monica, California: MCA Records. MCA-27025.
  8. ^ a b Love (1991). Studio/Live (CD liner notes). Albany, New York: One Way Records. MCAD-22036.
  9. ^ Love (1969). Out Here (LP liner notes). New York, New York: Blue Thumb Records. BTS-9000.
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