Express (album)

Express is the second studio album by English alternative rock band Love and Rockets. It was released on 15 September 1986 on Beggars Banquet Records. An even greater departure from the band members' previous work as Bauhaus, the album's fusion of underground rock with pop stylings can be seen as an early example of alternative rock music, a genre that reached mainstream popularity in the early 1990s.

"Kundalini Express" was featured in the 1986 Italian horror film Demons 2 and appeared on an episode of the T.V. show Miami Vice.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Kerrang!	^[2]

In their retrospective review, AllMusic gave the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, writing, "rich in sonic detail, the neo-psychedelic Express offers a listening experience like no other album – guitars spiral to dizzying heights from beds of sound, arrangements swirl, songs change and mutate."^[1]

Release history

In 2001, the album was remastered and expanded to include two single remixes and several contemporaneous B-sides, including a cover of Pink Floyd's "Lucifer Sam". Two short experimental pieces that had been found on the studio tape masters labelled as "B Side #1" and "B Side #2" were also added. "Ball of Confusion" was released before Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven, but since the USA mix could not be fit on the reissue of that album, it was appended to the Express reissue.

Track listings

All tracks written by Love and Rockets, except "Ball of Confusion", written by Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield.

Original LP release
No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"It Could Be Sunshine"	Daniel Ash	5:00
2.	"Kundalini Express"	David J	5:47
3.	"All in My Mind"	Ash	4:45
4.	"Life in Laralay"	J	3:35
5.	"Yin and Yang and the Flower Pot Man"	Ash, J	5:56
6.	"Love Me"	Ash	3:54
7.	"All in My Mind (Acoustic)"	Ash	5:08
8.	"An American Dream"	Ash	6:04

Original US and UK CD releases
No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Angels and Devils"		6:00
2.	"It Could Be Sunshine"	Ash	5:00
3.	"Kundalini Express"	J	5:47
4.	"All in My Mind"	Ash	4:45
5.	"Life in Laralay"	J	3:35
6.	"Ball of Confusion (Special Mix)"		6:16
7.	"Holiday on the Moon"	J	6:01
8.	"Yin and Yang the Flower Pot Man (Remix)"	Ash, J	6:06
9.	"Love Me"	Ash	3:54
10.	"All in My Mind (Acoustic Version)"	Ash	5:08
11.	"An American Dream"	Ash	6:04

1986 US vinyl release
No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"It Could Be Sunshine"	Ash	5:00
2.	"Kundalini Express"	J	5:47
3.	"All in My Mind"	Ash	4:45
4.	"Life in Laralay"	J	3:35
5.	"Ball of Confusion"		6:16
6.	"Yin and Yang The Flower Pot Man (Remix)"	Ash, J	6:06
7.	"Love Me"	Ash	3:54
8.	"All in My Mind (Acoustic)"	Ash	5:08
9.	"An American Dream"	Ash	6:04

1986 US cassette release
No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"It Could Be Sunshine"	Ash	5:00
2.	"Kundalini Express"	J	5:47
3.	"All in My Mind"	Ash	4:45
4.	"Life in Laralay"	J	3:35
6.	"Yin and Yang The Flower Pot Man (Remix)"	Ash, J	6:06
7.	"Love Me"	Ash	3:54
8.	"All in My Mind (Acoustic)"	Ash	5:08
9.	"Holiday on the Moon"	J	6:01
10.	"An American Dream"	Ash	6:04

2001 remastered reissue
No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"It Could Be Sunshine"	Ash	4:58
2.	"Kundalini Express"	J	5:52
3.	"All in My Mind"	Ash	4:43
4.	"Life in Laralay"	J	3:32
5.	"Yin and Yang and the Flower Pot Man"	Ash, J	5:56
6.	"Love Me"	Ash	3:54
7.	"All in My Mind (Acoustic)"	Ash	5:04
8.	"An American Dream"	Ash	6:09
9.	"Angels and Devils"		6:10
10.	"Holiday on the Moon"	J	6:07
11.	"Lucifer Sam"	Syd Barrett	3:21
12.	"B Side No. 1"		1:16
13.	"B Side No. 2"		1:31
14.	"Yin and Yang (The Flowerpot Man) (Remix)"	Ash, J	5:29
15.	"Ball of Confusion (USA Mix)"		6:16

Personnel

Love and Rockets

Daniel Ash – guitar, saxophone, vocals
David J – bass guitar, vocals
Kevin Haskins – drums, synthesizer

Additional personnel

Allan Baker – choir master
Alan Brookes – choir vocalist on "An American Dream"
James Lowry – choir vocalist on "An American Dream"
John A. Rivers – additional keyboards
Robert Willey – choir vocalist on "An American Dream"

Production

Love and Rockets – sleeve design
Mitch Jenkins – sleeve photography

References

1 2 Ball, Jonathan. "Express – Love and Rockets : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
↑ Johnson, Howard (7 August 1986). "Love and Rockets 'Express'". Kerrang!. London, England: United Magazines Ltd. 126: 19.

External links

Express at AllMusic
Express at Discogs (list of releases)

Love and Rockets

Daniel Ash Kevin Haskins David J

Studio albums	Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven Express Earth, Sun, Moon Love and Rockets Hot Trip to Heaven Sweet F.A. Lift

Compilation albums	Sorted! The Best of Love and Rockets

Live albums	So Alive

Videos	The Haunted Fishtank

Singles	"Ball of Confusion" "So Alive"

Related articles	Discography Bauhaus Tones on Tail The Bubblemen New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets

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