Love Agenda

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Love Agenda
Band of Susans Love Agenda.jpg
Studio album by
Band of Susans
ReleasedApril 17, 1989 (1989-04-17)
RecordedDecember 1988 (1988-12)
StudioPlanet Studio
(New York City, NY)
GenreNoise rock, alternative rock
Length45:50 (CD)
38:15 (vinyl)
LabelBlast First/Restless
ProducerRobert Poss
Band of Susans chronology
Hope Against Hope
(1988) 		Love Agenda
(1989) 		The Word and the Flesh
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4/5 stars[1]
Chicago Tribune3.5/4 stars[2]
Trouser Pressfavorable[3]

Love Agenda is the second album by Band of Susans, released on April 17, 1989 by Blast First and Restless Records. Page Hamilton, later frontman for Helmet, played guitar on the album and sang the lead vocals on the track "It's Locked Away". Also notable was bassist Susan Stenger singing her first lead vocals on the songs "The Pursuit of Happiness", "Birthmark" and "Hard Light".[4] Robert Poss was an admirer of the Rolling Stones and CD versions of Love Agenda features a cover of "Child of the Moon".

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Robert Poss, except "The Pursuit of Happiness", "Birthmark" and "Hard Light" co-written with Susan Stenger.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."The Pursuit of Happiness"5:29
2."It's Locked Away"5:10
3."Birthmark"4:09
4."Tourniquet"3:21
5."Thorn in My Side"2:55
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Sin Embargo"3:43
2."Because of You"3:52
3."Hard Light"4:41
4."Which Dream Came True"4:55
CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
10."Child of the Moon" (The Rolling Stones cover)4:10
11."Take the Express"3:25

Personnel[]

Adapted from Love Agenda liner notes.[5]

Charts[]

Chart (1989) Peak
position
UK Indie Chart[6] 6

Release history[]

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1989 Restless CD, CS, LP 7 71425
United Kingdom Blast First BFFP 43

References[]

  1. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Band of Susans: Love Agenda > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ [2]
  4. ^ Neate, Wilson; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Band of Susans". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  5. ^ Love Agenda (sleeve). Band of Susans. London, United Kingdom: Blast First. 1989.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2014.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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