Looking Back with Love

Looking Back with Love is the debut solo album by American singer Mike Love, released in 1981 by Boardwalk Records. The album is currently out of print, and has never been issued on CD nor digitally.

Looking Back with Love
Studio album by Mike Love
Released	October 8, 1981
Recorded	1980-1981 at Santa Barbara Sound and Mike Love's mobile studio, Santa Barbara, Ca.
Genre	Pop rock
Length	32:26
Label	Boardwalk
Producer	Curt Boettcher (except “Be My Baby,” Brian Wilson and Curt Boettcher)
Mike Love chronology
Looking Back with Love (1981) Unleash the Love (2017)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
MusicHound	woof![2]

Love's cover of "Be My Baby" originates from July 1980 sessions produced by his Beach Boys bandmate and cousin Brian Wilson.[3] However, the released track features additional overdubs and production completed without Wilson, and Curt Boettcher receives the sole production credit.

"On and On and On" is a cover of an ABBA song which was itself influenced by the 1968 Beach Boys song "Do It Again".

Track listing

1. "Looking Back With Love" (music: Jim Studer, Craig Thomas; lyrics: Dan Parker) – 3:38
2. "On and On and On" (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus) – 3:02
3. "Runnin' Around the World" (James Haymer, Blair Aaronson) – 2:48
4. "Over and Over" (Robert James Byrd) – 2:16
5. "Rockin' the Man in the Boat" (Jim Studer, Jim Arnold, Michael Brady) – 3:20
6. "Calendar Girl" (Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield) – 3:16
7. "Be My Baby" (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector) – 2:39
8. "One Good Reason" (Jim Studer, Michael Brady) – 4:08
9. "Teach Me Tonight" (Sammy Cahn, Gene De Paul) – 3:28
10. "Paradise Found" (Mike Love, Jim Studer) – 3:51

Personnel

• Mike Love – vocals
• Bruce Johnston – vocals on “Looking Back with Love”
• George Doering – guitar
• Doug Heath – guitar
• Michael Brady – bass guitar
• Dave White – bass guitar
• Scott Blair – drums
• Brent Nelson – drums
• Jim Studer – keyboards
• Brian Wilson – inaudible backing vocals, keyboards, and production on “Be My Baby”
• Larry Fox – keyboards
• Blair Aaronson – synthesizer on “Running Around the World”
• Rick Johnson – keyboards
• Craig Harris – keyboards
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Tommy Morgan – harmonica on “Teach Me Tonight”
• Craig Thomas – saxophone
• Jay Dee Mannis – steel guitar
• Curt Boettcher – producer
• unknown – vocoder

References

1. Looking Back with Love at AllMusic
2. Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 84. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
3. "gigs80". www.esquarterly.com. Retrieved 2017-12-08.