Reel to Real is the seventh and final studio album by the American rock band Love, released in 1974 by RSO Records.
The album featured the same musicians that played on the then-unreleased Black Beauty (2012) and was originally intended as part of a two-album deal with Robert Stigwood's RSO Records.
[citation needed] The album was reissued by High Moon Records on CD and digital in 2015 and LP in 2016, with new liner notes, archival photos and bonus tracks.
In retrospective reviews, PopDose opined that "A vitally important band – and performer like Arthur Lee – needs to be held in the light for their amazing catalog", and that later albums such as Reel to Real should "not be overlooked".
noted that Lee "comes off sounding nothing short of subdued, toothless and aimless," adding that the record "is lovingly assembled and digitally enhanced, but nonetheless, shouldn't be mistaken for an essential release.