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Love And Money - Strange Kind Of Love
THEY DIDN’T SCORE ANY MAJOR HITS BUT LOVE AND MONEY REMAIN ONE OF THE MOST FONDLY-REMEMBERED SCOTTISH BANDS OF THEIR ERA. THEIR SLEEPER CLASSIC FROM 1988, STRANGE KIND OF LOVE, IS EXHIBIT A.
MATT PHILLIPS
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There’s a rich 80s tradition of British bands going across the pond to record their big-budget Stateside album with a dream team of session players. Love And Money’s second record Strange Kind Of Love, produced by legendary Steely Dan helmer Gary Katz and released at the tail end of 1988, was one of the most memorable – and most overlooked. Funkier than Curiosity or Hipsway but lyrically as piquant as The The or The Smiths, its literate, musicianly songs of unrequited love and corporate skulduggery were built to last.
Love And Money – led by singer-songwriter and guitarist James Grant – released their debut collection All You Need Is… in 1986.
It didn’t set the charts alight, nor did it satisfy the band. Grant was hell-bent on doing things differently for the sophomore effort, telling Classic Pop: “I always felt the first album didn’t marry our different influences well.
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