Book of Love

Book Of Love | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 12, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: NOBLE ROT
• ASIN: B0021TVYDA
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #66,062 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Modigliani (Lost In Your Eyes)

2. You Make Me Feel So Good

3. Still Angry

4. White Lies

5. Lost Souls

6. Late Show

7. I Touch Roses

8. Yellow Sky

9. Boy

10. Happy Day

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Boy (Demo)

2. Lost Souls (Demo)

3. White Lies (Demo)

4. You Make Me Feel So Good (Demo)

5. I Touch Roses (Demo)

6. Boy (Live)

7. Happy Day (Live)

8. I Touch Roses (Daniel Miller Mix)

9. Modigliani (Instrumental)

10. We Three Kings

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Re-Issue!....not so excellent packaging!, June 18, 2009

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David Tiberi "Anthony999" (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Book of Love (Audio CD)

I have received my last installment of this amazing collection...and it is superb!...especially that it is a 2 disc edition makes it even more inviting!

Disc 1 is the full album (minus the bonus tracks from the previous cd re-issue version), and they are remastered beautifully!

Disc 2 is the real treat!...2 live recordings, demo recordings that ended up signing them to Sire records, the main remix of I Touch Roses, and some other goodies....if you want to really complete your collection...download the Mp3 versions of the bonus tracks from the 1990 version...I did!.....

and as I have stated before...the packaging is not the best...the flimsy digipack must be handled with extreme care....

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars "You Make Me Feel So Sad", August 5, 2009

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Juan Sablan "juanito" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Book of Love (Audio CD)

Book of Love were just one of the many bands I was in love with, when I was a teenager. I love them today as much as I did 23 years ago. So, when I saw their re-issued cds at my local independent record store, I immediately picked them up without hesitation. There are many things wrong with this re-issued cd. First, the cover art is over-exposed, so they look really dark on the cover. The ugly "noble rot" stamp on the bottom left-hand corner of the album cover just makes it worse. No, let me say that the unattractive florescent green promo sticker on the cd is hideous.
Now, for the songs. There isn't a significant difference in sound from the original issue of the cd. The extra tracks on the original cd are forgotten in this re-issue. The "live" versions of "Happy Day" and "Boy" were taken from san francisco's KRON TV AIDS awareness benefit concert. It sounds as if someone put a tape recorder up to the tv and hit the record button. The sound quality is lousy. Why not contact KRON TV and ask them to dig in their vaults, to perhaps get a better sound quality of the songs? I don't know...The only thing that is positive about this re-issue are the demo recordings.
In summary, the album artwork is really bad. The lyrics printed are tiny. For a band that hit the music scene very fast and made a big impression on those of us listening to the Cure and Depeche Mode and Erasure, this re-issue does not do this band justice. They deserve much better. Especially for this cd, which I consider their masterpiece.
Do get it if you are a Book of Love completist, as I am. Do not get it if you are not a big admirer of this band. Stick to the original issue of the cd.
This was a project that could have been much better:

--better sound quality of live songs
--All the remixes for "Modigliani"
--All the remixes ofr "You Make Me Feel So Good"
--All the remixes for "I Touch Roses"
--All the remixes for "Boy"
--exclusive photos for this time period.
--A complete discography for this recording period (including pictures of all the 12" record sleeves).
--packaging such as the re-issued CURE cds.

That would have been a perfect, top-notch re-issue.
Sorry, but this re-issue makes me feel so sad...
I expect nothing but the best, for a band that deserves it. Love you, Book of Love, despite my horrible review.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Essential synth-pop, June 25, 2009

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Penn Carter (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Book of Love (Audio CD)

I agree with the above reviewer that the packaging on these reissues is pretty bad. The cover art is very poorly reproduced and there are typos, not to mention the difficulty in getting the CDs out without scratching them. Though it's hard to read, at least they reproduced the lyric sheet for this CD.

But the music sounds as good as it did 20 years ago - maybe better. It's great to have the bonus disc with demos, remixes and rarities. Love having the instrumental version of "Modigliani" on CD. I wish they had included the 5 bonus remixes that were on the previous CD issue but maybe we'll get lucky and get another CD release with just remixes.