Four Sail

Four Sail is the fourth studio album by the American rock band, Love, released in 1969.

Four Sail
Studio album by
Love
ReleasedSeptember 1969
Recorded1969
Genre
Length36:52
LabelElektra
ProducerArthur Lee
Love chronology
Forever Changes
(1967)		 Four Sail
(1969)		 Out Here
(1969)

Background

By mid-1968, Arthur Lee was the only remaining member of the Forever Changes line-up of Love. Three LPs worth of material were recorded in a makeshift studio in a Los Angeles warehouse, with Elektra Records given the rights to first choice of tracks to fulfill Lee's contractual obligation, and the remainder released as the Blue Thumb LP Out Here. The album features a significant amount of vocal double-tracking by Lee.[1]

"Always See Your Face" was featured in the 2000 film High Fidelity and was included on the official soundtrack. The song was also featured on the soundtrack of Lady Bird (2017).

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

In 2014, Four Sail was ranked number 1 on NME's list of 101 Albums To Hear Before You Die.[4] In 2019, Bob Stanley wrote in Record Collector that "[t]here was a time when people dismissed Love’s very fine 1969 album Four Sail simply because it didn’t sound like the sequel to Forever Changes," but noted the album had been "reclaimed" in later times.[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Arthur Lee, except where noted.

Side One
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."August" 5:00
2."Your Friend and Mine - Neil's Song" 3:40
3."I'm with You" 2:45
4."Good Times" 3:30
5."Singing Cowboy"Lee, Jay Donnellan4:30
Side Two
No.TitleLength
6."Dream"2:49
7."Robert Montgomery"3:34
8."Nothing"4:44
9."Talking in My Sleep"2:50
10."Always See Your Face"3:30
2002 Reissue Bonus Tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Robert Montgomery" (alternate vocal) 3:41
12."Talking in My Sleep" (alternate mix) 2:55
13."Singing Cowboy" (unedited version)Lee, Donnellan5:52

Personnel

According to the 2002 CD booklet.[6]

  • Arthur Lee – lead vocal, piano, harmonica, rhythm guitar, congas
  • Jay Donnellan – lead guitar
  • Frank Fayad – bass, background vocals on "Dream" and "Robert Montgomery"
  • George Suranovich – drums except on "Good Times" and "I'm With You", background vocals on "Dream" and "Robert Montgomery"
  • Drachen Theaker – drums on "Good Times" and "I'm With You"

References
  1. Kyle Hoffman. "Review:Love - Four Sails". www.staticdistance.com.
  2. "Four Sail - Love". Allmusic. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  4. "101 Albums To Hear Before You Die". NME. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
  5. Stanley, Bob (2019). "Bob Stanley - Record Collector". Record Collector. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  6. Love (2002). Four Sail (CD booklet). Elektra. 8122 73640-2.
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