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Love and Rockets' fusion of underground rock music with elements of pop music provided an early catalyst for alternative rock. Their 1989 single "So Alive" reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [1] They released seven studio albums before breaking up in 1999 and reformed briefly in 2007 for a few live shows, before splitting again in 2009.
"So Alive" is a song by British alternative rock band Love and Rockets, released in 1989 as the second single from their self-titled fourth album. The song reached No. 1 in Canada and charted within the top 30 in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.
We never had another “So Alive.” We never had something that big. If you listen to “So Alive” on Love and Rockets, it is different from all the other songs. It sounds like us because it ...
[citation needed] Because of the popularity of the single in the US, Love and Rockets became the band's best-selling album in America. It did very well in Canada as well, being certified platinum there in 1989, largely on the strength of "So Alive" which was a #1 single. After the release of the album, the band embarked on a long worldwide tour.
The punched-up 1988 single version of "Mirror People", released as a follow-up to "No New Tale to Tell", can be found on 2003's hits collection Sorted! The Best of Love and Rockets , while the extended "Mirror People ‘88 (Full Length Version)" can be found on disc 5 of 2013's 5 Albums CD box set.
So Alive is a live album by English alternative rock band Love and Rockets. It was released on 13 May 2003. It was released on 13 May 2003. It comprises two of the band's live performances: one on 5 December 1987 and the other on 23 March 1996.
So Alive may refer to: So Alive (Love and Rockets album), 1989 "So Alive" (Love and Rockets song), 1989 "So Alive" (Ryan Adams song), 2004 "So Alive" (Skepta and N-Dubz song), 2011; So Alive, a 2008 EP by Kym Campbell; So Alive, an EP by Gerard McMahon recording as G Tom Mac; So Alive, an album by Ann Lee; So Alive, an EP by The Product, 2012
Express is the second studio album by English 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.