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“Alone Again Or”
2:49 length in edited single version
Writer: Bryan MacLean | Producer: Bruce Botnick and Arthur Lee
Recorded in Los Angeles, between June and September 1967
Released in January 1968 as a 7” single by Love from the album “Forever Changes”
B-side “A House Is Not A Motel” (USA) | “Bummer In The Summer” (UK)
Genre Psychedelic rock, baroque pop
Label Elektra | EK 45629 (USA) | EKSN 45024 (UK)

“Alone Again Or” is a song originally recorded in 1967 by rock group Love, written by band member Bryan MacLean. It was the opening track on the album “Forever Changes”, and was also released as a single in the USA, UK, Australia, France and Holland.
Two demo versions by MacLean himself were released in 1997 on his album “Ifyoubelievein”.
Bryan MacLean originally wrote the song, then called “Alone Again”, in 1965 for Love’s debut album. However, he did not complete it until the recording of Forever Changes in summer of 1967. The song was inspired by his memory of waiting for a girlfriend, and the melody drew on Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kije Suite. The essence of the song is the contrast between the positivity of the tune and the bleakness of the lyrics, with the chorus “And I will be alone again tonight, my dear.”

For the recording session, arranger David Angel worked with MacLean, adding a string section and a horn part for a mariachi band whom co-producer Bruce Botnick had recently used on a Tijuana Brass album.
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Albums featuring this track

  • The Forever Changes Concert
    Love Play
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  • Forever Changes
    Love
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  • The Best of Love
    Love Play
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  • Forever Changes: Expanded And Remastered
    Love
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  • notnicoletaylor

    damn

    yesterday morning

  • CrazyStar69

    LOVE it too!

    16 days ago

  • giggleloop1

    Love it!!

    23 days ago

  • Oregon_Myst

    There was never a song so great that it couldn't be enhanced by some Mariachi trumpet. Case in point... :) (2) HAHAHAHAHA :D [3]

    24 days ago

  • ParadiseCove

    Who doesn't LOVE this beaut...?

    last month

  • crawlpalmetto

    There was never a song so great that it couldn't be enhanced by some Mariachi trumpet. Case in point... :) (2) HAHAHAHAHA :D

    last month

  • pjbird

    It's just one of those completely perfect songs

    last month

  • NitaD1

    OMG.........forgot this little gem, great to hear it again!

    March 2012

  • klpra

    Many good songs from this album. My favorite is "Between Clark and Hillsdale"

    March 2012

  • telmiguai

    Una obra maestra

    March 2012

  • oldiesfanjohn

    7 and 7 Is...are we not forgetting...but the Changes album was good

    March 2012

  • mellocone

    another jewel from back in the day

    February 2012

  • Porculus

    I never understood why this is considered such a good song among the others! And even a single? It's the weakest spot of Forever Changes. Have you people listened to the rest of the album?

    February 2012

  • HathInTheRam

    This is not live.

    February 2012

  • LSBumblebee

    A sike-o-delic freak of nature...one of the real high points of the era!

    February 2012

  • BRUROX8

    NOTHING that came out of the late '60's L.A. psych-rock scene was better than the Forever Changes album and this song. Love, if Arthur Lee could have kept his life together, should have been HUGE!

    February 2012

  • azzybee

    i can't get enough of this song.

    January 2012

  • sharieh

    Love Love..

    January 2012

  • scalder2

    FANTASTIC!!!!

    January 2012

  • Malkamillian

    Arthur Lee was a one-off. Never anyone else like him.

    December 2011
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