Love Bomb (Lynsey de Paul album)

[4][5][6][7][8] The album was recorded at the Marquee Studios, London, England, produced by de Paul and arranged by Tony Hymas, with Terry Cox playing drums, John Dean percussion, Chris Rea guitar and Frank McDonald bass.

[20] In 2020, it was included on the album Bob Stanley Presents 76 in the Shade[21] with reviewer Martin Ruddock singling it out as "The poolside cool of Lynsey De Paul’s sedate Sugar Shuffle".

[27] In 2020, three mixes of "Love Bomb" were released by Dornbirn 78 on Codek Records with vocals by the Lithuanian artist Adelina Sasnauskaitė, produced by Sasa Crnobrnja & Bryan Mette.

[33] More recently, a remix of de Paul's version of "Love Bomb" is featured in the TOWN II // TELEGRAPH footage for the Peter Hutton film, Three Landscapes, which was released in 2013.

[36] The song "Shoobeedoo Wey Doobee How" was featured as a track on the 1992 compilation album "'Tis Blue Drops; A Sense of Suburbia Sweet".

[45][46] The album was featured as one of Billboard 's recommended LPs on 27 December 1975 issue of Billboard magazine,[47] and also received a positive reviews on 27 December 1975 issue of Cashbox, with the reviewer writing "The ingrained sultreyness of Lynsey de Paul's voice is the major focal point on "Love Bomb " The textured soulfulness of her pop oriented vocals makes the most of ballad and lightly up-tempo numbers.

[56] The "Love Bomb" album was re-issued on CD in Japan in 1990 on the Century label, but on this version the track "Crystal Ball" was replaced by "Rhythm and Blue Jean Baby" (originally a single only release).

[57][58] It was released again in 1999 in Japan on the Vivid label with "Crystal Ball" re-instated but also with "Nothing Really Lasts Forever" (the B-side to de Paul's 1974 hit single "Ooh I Do" and also composed by her) included.