''Love Is Only Feeling'' is the sixteenth studio album (eighteenth overall) by Scottish singer/songwriter

Donovan Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter, and record producer. He developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelic rock and world mus ...

. It was released in

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(

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PL 28472) in October 1981, in

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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 ''A Gift From a Flower to a Garden'' is the fifth album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan, and marks the first double-disc album of his career and one of the first box sets in folk music. It was released in the US (Epic Records L2N 6071 (m ...

''. Donovan sang ''Love Is Only Feeling'' at

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1982 with his daughter Astrella.

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 *

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– double bass *John Stevens – drums, percussion *Tony Roberts – clarinet, piccolo flute, oboe, tenor saxophone *Astrella Leitch – vocals on "Love Is Only Feeling"

References

External links

''Love Is Only Feeling'' – Donovan Unofficial Site
{{Authority control Donovan albums 1981 albums RCA Records albums