Lullaby is the second studio album by American synth-pop band Book of Love, released on June 21, 1988, by Sire Records.

Reflecting on the recording in 2009, Susan Ottaviano stated, "It was great to be part of some of Ted's Cecil B. DeMille-styled productions.

[6] The remaining eight tracks were mixed by Alan Meyerson in L.A. in February, and the album mastered in March at Sterling Sound.

Book of Love's second album Lullaby was released on June 21, 1988, and spent ten weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking at No.

[7] The band continued the tradition of using Roman numerals to denote the release year, MCMLXXXVIII (1988), this time appearing vertically on the album cover.

Opening the album is a cover of Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells", originally made famous as the theme from the horror movie The Exorcist.

For the track, the band sampled Lauren Roselli channeling Linda Blair's role as Regan, crying "Mother, make it stop!

[12] In late December 1988, the band played several warm up shows including N.Y.C., five dates in Texas, and Norman, Oklahoma on January 2, 1989.

[7] The track samples the classic 60's TV series Bewitched,[7] and also contains a chant of names of the witches/characters from the show..."Enchantra, Endora, Tabitha, Esmerelda, Clara, Hagatha".

The song features quirky deadpan rap-style vocals from Susan Ottaviano, Jade Lee, and Lauren Roselli, incanting the ingredients for a love potion.

[7] In 1990, the album track "With A Little Love" was re-recorded and remixed by Ben Grosse, and released on the "Alice Everyday" single as the '1990 Version'.

Lullaby was released on June 21, 1988, with ten tracks, featuring "a polished collection of well-crafted pop songs".

AllMusic gave the album an editor rating of 2.5 stars out of 5, with William Ruhlmann's critique on the choice of producer, "Producer Flood (of Depeche Mode fame) brought his ominous, beat-heavy approach to the group's already street-smart disco persona, with the result that tracks like "Pretty Boys And Pretty Girls" had an urgency lacking on the more pop-oriented debut.

Associate Music Editor Christel Loar noted, "By the release of 1988’s Lullaby, Book of Love’s signature sound had been distilled into pure sonic silver, and nowhere was this more apparent than on the opening track, a remake of “Tubular Bells”, the theme from The Exorcist.