Love Is Only Feeling
1981 studio album by Donovan
Love Is Only Feeling | ||||
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Studio album by Donovan | ||||
Released | October 1981 | |||
Recorded | 1981 | |||
Studio | Utopia Studios, London[1] | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Length | 39:30 | |||
Label | RCA (West Germany) | |||
Producer | Donovan Leitch | |||
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Love Is Only Feeling is the sixteenth studio album (eighteenth overall) by Scottish singer/songwriter Donovan. It was released in West Germany (RCA PL 28472) in October 1981, in Italy in January 1982 (Bubble Record, BLU 19610) and belatedly in the UK (RCA PL 28472) in 1983.
History
In 1981, Donovan entered the studio to record the second album of his German RCA contract. The resulting album, Love Is Only Feeling, did not see a US release, but was released in the UK in 1983. The title track is a remake of "Someone's Singing" originally released on A Gift from a Flower to a Garden.
Donovan sang Love Is Only Feeling at Festival di Sanremo 1982 with his daughter Astrella.
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Track listing
All tracks by Donovan Leitch.
Original album
Side one
- "Lady of the Flowers" – 3:10
- "Lover O Lover" – 3:53
- "The Actor" – 4:05
- "Half Moon Bay" – 3:55
- "The Hills of Tuscany" – 4:08
Side two
- "Lay Down Lassie" – 4:15
- "She" – 4:01
- "Johnny Tuff" – 4:58
- "Love Is Only Feeling" – 3:04
- "Marjorie Margerine" – 4:01
Personnel
- Donovan – vocals, guitar
- Danny Thompson – double bass
- John Stevens – drums, percussion
- Tony Roberts – clarinet, piccolo flute, oboe, tenor saxophone
- Astrella Leitch – vocals on "Love Is Only Feeling"
References
- ^ album liner notes (RCA PL 28472)
External links
- Love Is Only Feeling – Donovan Unofficial Site
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- What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid (Catch the Wind)
- Fairytale
- Sunshine Superman
- Mellow Yellow
- A Gift from a Flower to a Garden
- The Hurdy Gurdy Man
- Barabajagal
- Open Road
- HMS Donovan
- Cosmic Wheels
- Essence to Essence
- 7-Tease
- Slow Down World
- Donovan
- Neutronica
- Love Is Only Feeling
- Lady of the Stars
- Sutras
- Pied Piper
- Sixty Four
- Brother Sun, Sister Moon
- Beat Cafe
- Shadows of Blue
- Donovan in Concert
- Live in Japan: Spring Tour 1973
- Rising
- Rising Again
- Greatest Hits Live: Vancouver 1986
- "Catch the Wind"
- "Colours"
- "Universal Soldier"
- "Turquoise" / "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)"
- "You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond"
- "To Try for the Sun"
- "Josie"
- "Remember the Alamo"
- "Sunshine Superman"
- "Mellow Yellow"
- "Epistle to Dippy"
- "There Is a Mountain"
- "Wear Your Love Like Heaven"
- "Jennifer Juniper"
- "Hurdy Gurdy Man"
- "Atlantis"
- "Laléna"
- "Barabajagal"
- "Rock 'n' Roll with Me"
- "Season of the Witch"
- Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964–1976
- Try for the Sun: The Journey of Donovan
- Discography
- There Is an Ocean
- Island of Circles
- Open Road
- Linda Lawrence (wife)
- Donovan Leitch (son)
- Ione Skye (daughter)