''Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven'' is the debut studio album by English
rock
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* Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...
band
Love and Rockets. It was released on 11 October 1985, through record label
Beggars Banquet
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. ''Seventh Dream'' was preceded by the non-album single "
Ball of Confusion
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" on 17 May 1985,
and the album's first proper single "If There's a Heaven Above" on 13 September 1985.
The album was remastered in October 1999 and reissued in the year 2000 with six bonus tracks (four B-sides and two alternate mixes) and new album cover artwork.
Reception
AllMusic
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wrote, "Though the years have deadened its impact somewhat, there is still a visceral thrill to be drawn from replaying the first Love and Rockets album, a sense of the first step taken towards a brave new world", calling the album "as profound an experience as any of the lauded trips of the original psychedelic era."
Track listing
Personnel
; Love and Rockets
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Daniel Ash
Daniel Ash (born 31 July 1957) is an English musician, songwriter and singer. He became prominent in the late 1970s as the guitarist for the iconic goth rock band Bauhaus, which spawned two related bands led by Ash: Tones on Tail and Love an ...
– vocals, guitar,
keyboards
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,
production
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, sleeve design
*
David J
David John Haskins (born 24 April 1957, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England), better known as David J, is a British alternative rock musician, producer, and writer. He is the bassist for the gothic rock band Bauhaus and for Love and Rock ...
– vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, electric guitar on "Saudade", production, sleeve design
*
Kevin Haskins
Kevin Michael Dompe (born 19 July 1960), born and best-known as Kevin Michael Haskins, is an English drummer, best known from the British rock group Bauhaus. He was also a member of Tones on Tail and Love and Rockets.
Early career
As a child ...
– drums and keyboards, production, sleeve design
; Additional personnel
* John A. Rivers – keyboards, string arrangement on "Saudade",
engineering
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, production
; Technical
* Mitch Jenkins – back cover photography
References
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1985 debut albums
Love and Rockets (band) albums
Beggars Banquet Records albums
Neo-psychedelia albums