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Release Information<\/h3>\n

CD+DVD Jul2005 Ectopic Entertainment \/ Birdman #Ect Ents 027 \/ BMR 073 Made in the US<\/p>\n

Track Listing <\/h3>\n

Purchase MP3<\/a><\/p>\n

\n 01. (Not Adam)
\n 02. Mon Agonie Douce
\n 03. Aladdin Reverse
\n 04. Miracle
\n 05. Don\u2019t Want Me Anymore
\n 06. Blessed Evening
\n 07. Pareidolia
\n 08. Thrush* with Jennifer Charles
\n 09. Time Marches On
\n 10. How to Vibrate<\/p>\n

\nDVD<\/strong>
\nLove: The Videos<\/strong>
\n 01. Blessed Evening (directed by Karen O, lensed by Spike Jonze)
\n 02. (Not Adam)\u201d (directed by Jeremy Solterbeck)\n<\/p>\n

\nLove: The Short Films (Only with first Pressing)<\/strong>
\n 01. How to Vibrate (directed by Kurt Ralske)
\n 02. Mon Agonie Douce (directed by Cl\u00e9ment Tuffreau)\n<\/p>\n

\nExtras<\/strong>
\n 01. I\u2019ll Meet You in Poland Baby (taken from the Male DVD)
\n 02. Mary Magdalene\u201d (performed by Rotoskop and featuring vocals by J. G. Thirlwell)
\n 03. The Venture Bros. 5 trailers (score by J. G. Thirlwell)
\n 04. A Foetus Life: A Documentary on J. G. Thirlwell 2 trailers (directed by Cl\u00e9ment Tuffreau)
\n 05. Verklemmt (directed by Alex Winter) (\u201chidden\u201d title 17, not available via the menus)<\/p>\n

Linear Notes<\/h3>\n

Performed, recorded and mixed by j.g.thirlwell at self immolation studios,brooklyn.<\/p>\n

All instruments by j.g.thirlwell except:
\nPamelia Kurstin – theremin on 7
\nJeff Davidson – trumpet on 9
\nChristian Gibbs – guitar on 9
\nKurt Wolf – rhythm guitars on 4
\nand special guest Jennifer Charles – vocals on 8<\/p>\n

All songs composed and arranged by JG Thirlwell
\nPublished by ectopic music\/ascap<\/p>\n

produced by JG Thirlwell<\/p>\n

Mastered by scott hull at hit factory mastering, nyc
\nSleeve design by JG Thirlwell
\nArt direction by heung-heung chin<\/p>\n

Ectopic ents po box 1085 canal street station nyc 10013
\nan ectopic entertainment
\nRelease by birdman records
\nEct ents 027<\/p>\n

(not adam) is dedicated to the memory of myriam<\/p>\n

Merci a: kitty hartl, david sefton, steve bernstein, matt johnson, alex hacke and danielle depicciotto, marita, marylene, tada, teho, rok, noel ackchote & magda blaszczuk, jim coleman, chris mcculloch, daniel langdon jones, norscq, clement tuffreau, quentin jennings, heung-heung chin and john zorn.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Reviews<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
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Love, Foetus\u2019s brilliant return to recording after a five-year hiatus\u2026. As he\u2019s progressed, his work has become increasingly textured and intricately composed, often taking on a cinematic grandeur in the process\u2026.an immersive, emotionally charged tour de force from an underground icon who shows absolutely no signs of slowing down.
\n-Benjamin Hill, PrefixMag<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I used to have both…It was a complete nightmare…So search ” Xanax Online<\/a>” on “klonopinshop.com<\/a>” and follow the doctor’s recommendations.<\/p>\n

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\u2026The album as a whole may feel like a far less dissonant and troublesome offspring than previous Foetus outings, which in some ways brings it closer to the spirit of the cinematic, orchestrated sound orgies of Steroid Maximus or the creeping electronic tension of Manorexia, Thirlwell\u2019s two major para Foetus projects. But Thirlwell has kept his morbid sense of humour intact as well as his penchant for combining musical elements that few other artists would be able to manage to fuse together in the same song. Thus \u201cLove\u201d collides the sensual with the brute, the minimalistic with the baroque, harpsichord en masse with brutal guitars. What truly astonishes me is the way Thirlwell manages to push his skills as a producer and arranger as well as songwriter. The songs bristle with nuances, and the orchestral elements appear more fully fleshed out and realised than ever. \u201c(not adam)\u201d and \u201cBlessed Evening\u201d are perfected cinematic scenarios, with Thirlwell\u2019s voice taking center stage supported by back projected orchestras going through the moves in a noir soundscape. \u201cMon agonie douce\u201d sees him adopting a perverted Jaques Brel persona, but everything mutates into a blurry scenario where harpsichords are strangled in backalleys while Thirlwell\u2019s sampler gets blackmailed into committing indescribable acts of perversions. \u201cAladdin Reverse\u201d isn\u2019t just a pun on David Bowie\u2019s already punning \u201cAladdin Sane\u201d, but also the most conventionally Foetus-sounding track – if there even is such a thing – in its anguished aggression. Over crashing guitars and roaring strings, a tormented Thirlwell lets us know that he\u2019s not just \u201ca lad in reverse\u201d, but also \u201cDorian Gray in reverse\u201d. It might be ironic, but it\u2019s the most intense moment of an album that impresses with its ability to alter the Foetus DNA even further, bringing Thirlwell\u2019s most persistent project farther into the evolutionary maze he\u2019s been strolling through since 1980.
\n-Krisstoffer Nohedon, Release Mag<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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That\u2019s the Love experience. It may not sound anything like actual love, but when it\u2019s over, you\u2019ll feel as if you\u2019ve been pulled backward through a hedge, beaten with sticks, jabbed with needles and thrown from a moving car. You might be alarmed at the prospect of diving into it again right away, but you\u2019ll succumb in the end, drawn by the dazzling, breathtaking thrills and the optimistic belief that you know what to expect this time around. Thirlwell delivers the bombast, the brutality and the sleaze, as always: a series of emotional highs and lows, steeped in musical pop culture and infused with a healthy respect for excess. If it leaves you sweaty, shaking and tingling all over, that means it works, right.
\n– George Zahora , Splendid Mag<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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