Love Bomb (Lynsey de Paul album)

Love Bomb is the third album by the British singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul and was released in 1975 on Jet Records in the UK and in January 1976 on Mercury records in the United States.^[1][2][3][4] The album was produced by de Paul and arranged by Tony Hymas.^[5] The album has been critically acclaimed^[6] including by de Paul's peers, such as musician, journalist, author Bob Stanley^[7] and was a notable album.^[8][9] As well as containing the hit single, "No, Honestly" (which was also the theme for the TV comedy series of the same name^[10]), the album includes the singles "Love Bomb" and "Hug and Squeeze Me". "Sugar Shuffle" was released as a single in Japan only and received airplay in the UK.^[11] The track "Love Bomb" was covered in 1979 by US soul diva Cheryl Lynn^[12][13]. "Sugar Shuffle" was covered by Japanese artist Asami Kobayashi on her 1984 album "Cryptography" ^[14]

Track listing

A side

1. "Sugar Shuffle" (Lynsey de Paul,Barry Blue)
2. "Shoobeedoo Wey Doobee How" (de Paul, Blue)
3. "Love Bomb" (de Paul, Blue)
4. "Dreams" (de Paul)
5. "Crystal Ball" (de Paul)

B side

1. "Hug and Squeeze Me" (de Paul)
2. "Hungry for Love" (de Paul, Blue)
3. "You Are The Happiest Day of My Life" (de Paul, Blue)
4. "No Honestly" (de Paul)
5. "Season to Season" (de Paul)

Re-issues

It was re-issued on CD in Japan in 1990 on the Century label, but on this version the track "Crystal Ball" was replaced by "Rhythm and Blue Jean Baby" (originally a single only release).^[15] It was released again in 1999 in Japan on the Vivid label with "Crystal Ball" re-instated but also with "Nothing Really Lasts Forever" (The B-side to "Ooh I Do").^[16] In 2010, it was released in the U.S. on the Renaissance label^[17] with additional tracks "Sugar Me", "Getting a Drag", "Won't Somebody Dance With Me", "If I Don't Get You The Next One Will" and "Rock Bottom".^[18]

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