Looking Back With Love (Mike Love)

[Charles LePage @ ComicList]

Discuss, review and rate Looking Back With Love, released October 1981.

[Jason]

It's not great, it's not bad, but it's a lot of fun. Sometimes Mike at his nasal worst is fun to listen to. The lyrics are mostly horrible (and Mike only contributes to one track, Paradise Found). First Love is technically a better effort, and destined to remain unreleased.

Death to Be My Baby, however.

[I. Spaceman]

A great record to break over your knee. I've done it twice, and I hope to again in the near future.

[JRauch]

This record does not excist. This record does not excist. This record does not excist. This record does not excist....

[donald]

I own a signed copy.  I do not listen to it.

The ML solo material makes me doubt that he actually cowrote those songs with Brian.

If he were that talented a lyricist he could hire Bacarach to come up with some tunes.

[st2580smile]

I think I'm allergic to Looking Back With Love.
Everytime I've played it I get sick!

Pete

[Susan]

Terrible album.  From the smarmy grinning face on the cover to the disgusting, obscene cover of "Teach Me Tonight," this album fails to do anything but produce bile and vomit.  Pleh.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Well, I've got a book right here in my hot little hand that says, and I quote, "a largely enjoyable clutch of songs", and I agree entirely with the sentiments of that author, who is obviously a jolly good egg and perceptive to boot. Bought it the first day it was released (in Sacremento, but that's another story) and liked it ever since. This is one CD reissue who's day is long overdue.

[I. Spaceman]

Man, don't listen to that cat. He's insane, the Lester Bangs of the Isles. Perverse and a bad influence on minds everywhere. 

[Jason]

Well, I've got a book right here in my hot little hand that says, and I quote, "a largely enjoyable clutch of songs", and I agree entirely with the sentiments of that author, who is obviously a jolly good egg and perceptive to boot. Bought it the first day it was released (in Sacremento, but that's another story) and liked it ever since. This is one CD reissue who's day is long overdue.

I'm with you Andrew.

[Matinee Idyll]

This record does not excist. This record does not excist. This record does not excist. This record does not excist....

That word does not exist.  That word does not exist.  That word does not exist.  That word does exist...

[Jason]

BURN!

[JRauch]

  Sorry, but I was so confused by the album-cover.

[Matinee Idyll]

Haha, don't be sorry mate...

Just a little fun

[Susan]

Well, I've got a book right here in my hot little hand that says, and I quote, "a largely enjoyable clutch of songs", and I agree entirely with the sentiments of that author, who is obviously a jolly good egg and perceptive to boot. Bought it the first day it was released (in Sacremento, but that's another story) and liked it ever since. This is one CD reissue who's day is long overdue.

The author is obviously as mad as cats.  A nutter.  Off his tree.  Around the bend.  And a whack job, to boot. 

The album is pure, unmitigated dreck.  The day it sees an official release on CD is the day i...i....i don't know what i'll do.  But it won't be pretty.

[I. Spaceman]

Did I mention breaking over the knee?

[Andrew G. Doe]

Well, I've got a book right here in my hot little hand that says, and I quote, "a largely enjoyable clutch of songs", and I agree entirely with the sentiments of that author, who is obviously a jolly good egg and perceptive to boot. Bought it the first day it was released (in Sacremento, but that's another story) and liked it ever since. This is one CD reissue who's day is long overdue.

The author is obviously as mad as cats.  A nutter.  Off his tree.  Around the bend.  And a whack job, to boot. 

The album is pure, unmitigated dreck.  The day it sees an official release on CD is the day i...i....i don't know what i'll do.  But it won't be pretty.

Suze, Suze, Suze... as a teacher (and a damn fine one too), you should know there's nothing so sad as a closed mind. 

[JRauch]

No, there's nothing so sad as this album.

[I. Spaceman]

We agree again!

[Susan]

Suze, Suze, Suze... as a teacher (and a damn fine one too), you should know there's nothing so sad as a closed mind. 

Andrew, Andrew, Andrew...and you should know that flattery of the most obvious sort will get you nowhere.  At least, not in this instance. 

The album is crap.  And i know, the more i say so, the more you will defend it.  That's the little game that we play, no?  But i also know that deep in your heart of hearts, you know that it's crap.  You know that it's indefensible.  And, tho you'll never admit it, you know that i'm right.

[JRauch]

"We agree again!"

That´s about the only good thing about this album: ALL people can agree on hating it!  (Sorry, Andrew)

[Rocker]

Probably the orst thing I've ever heard in my life. Makes M.I.U. sound like a great album....

[Jason]

I don't hate this album.....I don't care what anyone thinks of me either for liking it.

[Rocker]

I don't hate this album.....I don't care what anyone thinks of me either for liking it.

I don't see why you shouldn't like it. If it sounds good to your ears, than it's allright, but from a musical point of view it kinda....erm...sucks. Nothing against personal taste btw

[Jason]

I don't see why you shouldn't like it. If it sounds good to your ears, than it's allright, but from a musical point of view it kinda....erm...sucks. Nothing against personal taste btw

That was a comment directed at JRauch, whose head of steam pretty much exploded because more than one person posting here likes Looking Back With Love.