Fight for Love (54-40 album)
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| Fight for Love | ||||
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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Studio | Mushroom, Vancouver | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 43:49 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Dave Ogilvie, Neil Osborne | |||
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| Singles from Fight for Love | ||||
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Fight for Love is the fourth album by the Canadian band 54-40, released in 1989.[1][2] The band supported the album with a Canadian tour.[3]
The album was coproduced by Dave Ogilvie and frontman Neil Osborne.[4] The band used a mellotron that had belonged to King Crimson, loaned to them by Bob Rock.[5] Some of the songs were inspired by Osborne's wife's drawings of Don Quixote.[6]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| Windsor Star | A−[8] |
The Calgary Herald deemed the album "a blend of guitar-driven rock numbers and lofty lyrics."[9] The Globe and Mail wrote that "Osborne and co-producer David Ogilvie focus attention on the hopeful, even naive humanism of the songs and on the subtle but powerful interplay."[10] The Windsor Star noted the "guitar-driven sound derived from late-1960s folk-rock."[8] The Washington Post labeled the album "Vancouver's entry in the R.E.M. sweepstakes," writing: "Sweetly melodic and—it almost goes without saying—jangly, Fight for Love also has some guts."[11]
