Misplaced Pages

Love Is in the Air (studio album)

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
1978 studio album by John Paul Young
Love Is in the Air
Studio album by John Paul Young
ReleasedOctober 1978
Recorded1977−1978
GenrePop, disco
Length34:51
LabelAlbert Productions/Ariola
ProducerHarry Vanda, George Young
John Paul Young chronology
Love Is in the Air
(1978) 		Love Is in the Air
(1978) 		Heaven Sent
(1979)
Singles from Love Is in the Air
  1. "Love Is in the Air"
    Released: December 1977
  2. "The Day That My Heart Caught Fire"
    Released: August 1978
  3. "Lost in Your Love"
    Released: October 1978
  4. "Fool in Love"
    Released: November 1978
Lost in Your Love cover
International edition

Love Is in the Air is the fourth studio album by Australian pop singer John Paul Young, released in 1978. The album was produced by Vanda & Young and released through Albert Productions. It peaked at number 32 in Australia. The album spawned the singles "Love Is in the Air", "The Day That My Heart Caught Fire", "Lost in Your Love" and "Fool in Love".

In Europe, the album was titled Lost in Your Love, so as not to be confused with the compilation album released earlier in 1978. This version featured the additional song "Good Good Good".

In the US, the album was released under its original title of Love Is in the Air – and with the same original album cover – but featuring a longer version of the hit title track (length: 5:16), a reorganised track listing, and another Vanda & Young-penned song ("Things to Do") not featured on any other versions of the album in place of the songs "Red Hot Ragtime Band" and "It's All Over".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record GuideC−

Village Voice critic Robert Christgau wrote: "If the title tune seems familiar it's because you tuned it out along with 'Kiss You All Over' a few months ago. The culprits are ex-Easybeats Harry Vanda and George 'No Relation' Young, the power-pop production heroes whose first LP with this singer actually did offer much of the bright thrust claimed for the style—not to mention the triviality that goes along with it. It didn't sell, though, and here V&Y prove their depth of aesthetic principle by mellowing and syncopating their boy into MOR AOR fodder, four leisurely tunes to the side."

Whitney Z. Gomes from AllMusic gave the album 3 out of 5 saying, "Except for his mellow cool and a few Rod Stewart moves, Young does not bring much to the party. Which doesn't matter since Aussie powerhouses Vanda & Young are the toastmasters; the brains from The Easybeats obviously knew they were onto something with the breezy lead single, because both "The Day That My Heart Caught Fire" and "Lost in Your Love" seem like the same song with different titles. "Open Doors" sports Supertramp keys... but otherwise this platter settles for smooth '70s sailing, and nothing's wrong with that."

Track listing

Australia

All tracks written by Harry Vanda and George Young, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."The Day That My Heart Caught Fire"2:55
2."Fool in Love"3:00
3."Open Doors"5:00
4."Lost in Your Love"3:05
5."Red Hot Ragtime Band"4:34
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."12 Degrees Celsius"John Paul Young3:51
2."Lazy Days" 3:29
3."Love Is in the Air" 3:28
4."It's All Over" 2:45
5."Lovin' in Your Soul"John Paul Young4:14

European International (released as Lost in Your Love)

Side A

  1. "Lost in Your Love" – 3:05
  2. "Fool in Love" – 3:00
  3. "Red Hot Ragtime Band" – 4:34
  4. "Open Doors" – 5:00
  5. "Lovin' in Your Soul" – 4:14

Side B

  1. "The Day That My Heart Caught Fire" – 2:55
  2. "Lazy Days" – 3:29
  3. "Good Good Good" – 3:59
  4. "12 Degrees Celsius" – 3:51
  5. "It's All Over" – 2:42
  6. "Love Is in the Air" – 3:27

US release

Side A

  1. "Love is in the Air" – 5:16
  2. "Fool in Love" – 3:04
  3. "Open Doors" – 5:00
  4. "The Day that My Heart Caught Fire" – 3:03

Side B

  1. "Lost in Your Love" – 3:10
  2. "Lazy Days" – 3:29
  3. "Things to Do" (Harry Vanda / George Young) – 4:10
  4. "12 Degrees Celsius" – 3:41
  5. "Lovin' in Your Soul" – 4:17

Charts

Chart performance for Love Is in the Air
Chart (1978–1979) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) 32

References

  1. John Paul Young - Lost In Your Love (German Cover)
  2. ^ John Paul Young – Love is in the Air LP (U.S. version) back cover liner notes.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: Y". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 23 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. "Love is in the Air album review". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 346. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
John Paul Young
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Singles
Related articles

Categories: