Love were clearly on a roll here, with two albums in close proximity on the 1001 albums list.
I hadn't listened to this one in a while, and I kind of remembered it being a bit 'soft'. Like it was nice, but lacking something. I enjoyed it much more on this listen.
I think that some of the plaudits received by the band (as great as the Doors but overlooked because of their band being multi-racial) are overselling it a wee bit. Arthur Lee is a more than competent lyricist, but he's still not up to the standard of Morrison (IMO).
The music is interestingly arranged and well put together, ("alone again or..." and "the red telephone" being my favourites) but to my ears, they were kind of lacking the 'it factor', they made some really good music with a bit of 'it' but a little bit, but a little bit of it doesn't quite put them up alongside the big-hitters from the second half of the 60s.
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