Love is the third album by Scottish

Scotland

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 group Aztec Camera

Aztec Camera

Aztec Camera were a Scottish New Wave band from the Glasgow suburb of East Kilbride, formed in 1980 and centered around teenage singer-songwriter, Roddy Frame. Their album Love was among the nominations for Best British Album at the 1989 BRIT Awards....

, released in November 1987 on the WEA label.

Love was something of a stylistic departure for the group. Various big-name producers were involved in the recording of the album which, with its radio-friendly hooks and glossy production values was an attempt to break the group in the American

United States

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 market. It failed to do so, but did become Aztec Camera's most commercially successful album in the United Kingdom, where it reached #10 on the albums chart

UK Albums Chart

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. The single "Somewhere in My Heart

Somewhere In My Heart

"Somewhere in My Heart" is the twelfth single and biggest hit by the Scottish band Aztec Camera. It was released as the third single from their 1987 studio album Love. The song was produced by Michael Jonzun and written by Roddy Frame....

" was also the group's most successful, peaking at #3.

Inevitably the nature of the album led to some accusations of sell out

Selling out

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, and it remains an album which divides opinion.

Track listing

All tracks written by Roddy Frame

Roddy Frame

Roddy Frame is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician, who was the founder of the 1980s indie band, Aztec Camera, and more recently is a solo performer.-Career:...

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1. "Deep & Wide & Tall" 4:07
2. "How Men Are" 3:41
3. "Everybody Is a Number One" 3:30
4. "More Than a Law" 4:43
5. "Somewhere in My Heart" 4:02
6. "Working in a Goldmine" 5:44
7. "One and One" 4:14
8. "Paradise" 4:34
9. "Killermont Street" 3:17

Singles

"How Men Are" (UK #25)

"Somewhere in My Heart" (UK #3)

"Working in a Goldmine" (UK #31)

"Deep & Wide & Tall" (UK #55)