Love Agenda

Love Agenda is the second album by Band of Susans, released on April 17, 1989 by Blast First and Restless Records. Page Hamilton, later frontman for Helmet, played guitar on the album and sang the lead vocals on the track "It's Locked Away". Also notable was bassist Susan Stenger singing her first lead vocals on the songs "The Pursuit of Happiness", "Birthmark" and "Hard Light".^[4] Robert Poss was an admirer of the Rolling Stones and CD versions of Love Agenda features a cover of "Child of the Moon".

Love Agenda
Studio album by Band of Susans
Released	April 17, 1989 (1989-04-17)
Recorded	December 1988 (1988-12)
Studio	Planet Studio (New York City, NY)
Genre	Noise rock, alternative rock
Length	45:50 (CD) 38:15 (vinyl)
Label	Blast First/Restless
Producer	Robert Poss
Band of Susans chronology
Hope Against Hope (1988) Love Agenda (1989) The Word and the Flesh (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Trouser Press	favorable[3]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Pursuit of Happiness"	5:29
2.	"It's Locked Away"	5:10
3.	"Birthmark"	4:09
4.	"Tourniquet"	3:21
5.	"Thorn in My Side"	2:55

All tracks are written by Robert Poss, except "The Pursuit of Happiness", "Birthmark" and "Hard Light" co-written with Susan Stenger

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sin Embargo"	3:43
2.	"Because of You"	3:52
3.	"Hard Light"	4:41
4.	"Which Dream Came True"	4:55

CD bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Child of the Moon" (The Rolling Stones cover)	4:10
11.	"Take the Express"	3:25

Personnel

Adapted from Love Agenda liner notes.^[5]

Band of Susans Karen Haglof – electric guitar, backing vocals Page Hamilton – electric guitar, lead vocals (A2) Robert Poss – electric guitar, lead vocals (A4, B2, B4), production Ron Spitzer – drums Susan Stenger – bass guitar, lead vocals (A1, A3, B3)

Production and additional personnel Chris Gehringer – mastering Jim Klein – engineering Russ Landis – engineering

Charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position
UK Indie Chart[6]	6

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1989	Restless	CD, CS, LP	7 71425
United Kingdom		Blast First		BFFP 43

References

1. Raggett, Ned. "Band of Susans: Love Agenda > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
2. Chicago Tribune^{[dead link‍]}
3. "Band of Susans".
4. Neate, Wilson; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Band of Susans". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
5. Love Agenda (sleeve). Band of Susans. London, United Kingdom: Blast First. 1989.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
6. Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links

• Love Agenda at Discogs (list of releases)