Lovebubble

Lovebubble is the fourth and final studio album by American synthpop and electronic band Book of Love, released on June 15, 1993, by Sire Records.

New York-based synthpop quartet Book of Love released their fourth record, Lovebubble, two years following their mostly overlooked album, 1991's Candy Carol.

Lovebubble was released with little fanfare amidst the changing musical tides of the early nineties with grunge dominating the alternative landscape.

[3] The songs "Tambourine", "Flower In My Hand", and "Enchanted" dated back to the early days of the band and were more in the style of the first two albums, while "Boy Pop" and "Chatterbox (Pt.

[3] "Happily Ever After" featured Lauren Roselli on lead vocals, and a lyric about counting each of twelve tears after a breakup.

The album's cover sleeve featured artwork by Talking Heads' frontman David Byrne, a piece composed of a tic tac toe square of nine different images.

[4] Speaking about the '90s in an interview, Susan Ottaviano stated, "Melody was sort of falling by the wayside and getting into a little bit more of the riffs and some of the things that we didn't fit as well, and I think that also we were having the growing pains in the band and in general about how to move forward.

It felt like the synth pop songs that we were doing didn't feel like they had a place at that moment, in a strange way, even for us.

AllMusic's Tom Demalon noted that "while there are some fun moments on Lovebubble (the sprightly pop of "Flower in My Hand"), most fans will find Book of Love's earlier work much more engaging and essential.

"[1] Reviewing the 2009 reissue, PopMatters' Christel Loar gave Lovebubble a 5/10 and noted, "It gives the listener a taste of each individual’s personality and contribution to the whole.

The magic melding of elements, the alchemical compound produced during [albums] Book of Love and Lullaby (and to a lesser extent, Candy Carol) was separating and the chemistry dissolving.

It’s interesting to note that LoveBubble is the only Book of Love album to feature all four members as lead vocalists, but the eclectic charm of the distinct styles and voices isn’t enough to raise this record to the level of the previous three.