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Love Bomb
Rock · 1985 · 14 tracks

Love Bomb

The Tubes

A high-gloss collision of satirical art-rock and mid-80s digital production. Slick, cynical, and densely layered with Fairlight synths and theatrical hooks.

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It's like a high-budget 80s movie soundtrack that's secretly making fun of the movie.

A glossy, cynical celebration of 1980s artifice and technological anxiety.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks
01
Piece by Piece
4:26
02
Stella
4:08
03
Come as You Are
3:38
04
One Good Reason
4:04
05
Bora Bora 2000 / Love Bomb
4:29
06
Night People
2:09
07
Say Hey
2:41
08
Eyes
3:32
09
Muscle Girls
1:12
10
Theme From a Wooly Place
0:45
11
For a Song
3:16
12
Say Hey
0:35
13
Feel It
3:51
14
Night People (reprise)
1:38
Moments Worth Waiting For
The mechanical precision of the drum machine on Piece by Piece that gives way to a soaring, melodic chorus.
The strange, tropical-meets-digital transition during the Bora Bora 2000 medley.
The lush, Rundgren-esque vocal harmonies that elevate the closing moments of Feel It.
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