Love Zombies
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Love Zombies is the second album by The Monochrome Set
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Trouser Press
described the album as possessing "a smoother and more accessible sound" than the band's debut, "Strange Boutique"
, praising its melodies, as well as "lyrics that take sharp, light jabs at emotional traps and social mores."http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=monochrome_set
The liner notes on the front of the original LP
sleeve described the album as:
"An unashamed look at their weird lives.....their wild loves...in a jazz-haunted, desire-tormented world."
On the back of the sleeve was written:
"Once this record is in the house two's company and four is a party. Roll back the carpet, switch out the light and dance in the glow of the firelight as 'The Monochrome Set' provide your very own music far from the maddening crowd of the dance halls."
The cover of the album featured an illustration of a female nude by Gill Thompson. The original LP also included a lithograph of three nude sketches by Thompson.
The Monochrome Set
The Monochrome Set are an English post-punk band originally formed in 1978 from the remnants of a college group called The B-Sides...
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Trouser Press
Trouser Press
Trouser Press was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow Who fan Dave Schulps and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" ...
described the album as possessing "a smoother and more accessible sound" than the band's debut, "Strange Boutique"
Strange Boutique (album)
Strange Boutique is the debut album by The Monochrome Set.-Side one:#"The Monochrome Set " #"The Lighter Side of Dating" #"Espresso" #"The Puerto Rican Fence Climber" #"Tomorrow Will Be Too Long" Strange Boutique is the debut album by The Monochrome Set.-Side one:#"The Monochrome Set (I Presume)"...
, praising its melodies, as well as "lyrics that take sharp, light jabs at emotional traps and social mores."http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=monochrome_set
The liner notes on the front of the original LP
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
sleeve described the album as:
"An unashamed look at their weird lives.....their wild loves...in a jazz-haunted, desire-tormented world."
On the back of the sleeve was written:
"Once this record is in the house two's company and four is a party. Roll back the carpet, switch out the light and dance in the glow of the firelight as 'The Monochrome Set' provide your very own music far from the maddening crowd of the dance halls."
The cover of the album featured an illustration of a female nude by Gill Thompson. The original LP also included a lithograph of three nude sketches by Thompson.
Side one
- "Love Zombies" (Bid, J.D. Haney, Lester Square)
- "Adeste Fideles" (Bid, Square, Andy Warren)
- "405 Lines" (Square)
- "B-I-D Spells BID" (Bid)
- "R.S.V.P." (Bid, Square, Haney)
Side two
- "Apocalypso" (Bid, Haney, Square, Warren)
- "Karma Suture" (Bid, Haney, Square)
- "The Man with the Black Moustache" (Bid, Haney, Warren, Square)
- "The Weird, Wild and Wonderful World of Tony Potts" (Bid, Potts, Square)
- ""In Love, Cancer?"" (Square)
Personnel & credits
- Bid - Lead vocals, guitar, etc.
- Lester SquareLester SquareLester Square is the lead guitarist for The Monochrome Set. He also sings backing vocals, designed some of the band's record sleeves, and co-wrote much of their music...
- Lead guitar, wasp, etc. - Andy Warren - Bass guitar, etc.
- J.D. Haney - Drums, etc.
- Tony Potts - Etc.
- Alvin Clark - Keyboards