Love Life

by Berlin

Overview

Love Life, Berlin's second album, took over where 1982's Pleasure Victim left off, with Terri Nunn's vocals sounding a tad stronger in some places as well as some noticeable improvements on behalf of the synthesizers, but this improvement occurs sporadically, not consistently. Their first chart single, the clean-cut dance-rock hybrid entitled "No More Words," made it to number 23 thanks to Giorgio Moroder's production help. Moroder lends his talents to another track, "Dancing in Berlin," which emulates the same streamline formula of sharp keyboards and an animated dance pace. Outside of these two singles, the rest of the songs on Love Life fail to harbor any distinction, and even Nunn's forceful voice can't raise their value. Efforts like "When We Make Love," "Touch," and "For All Tomorrow's Lies" get lost in lukewarm techno-dance rhythms and cloned synth-driven beats. Berlin's sexual innuendoes are much too contrived, wearing thin by the end of the album, as does their attempt at combining one part rock to nine parts drum machine and dance beat. Two years after Love Life, Nunn cashed in on her vocal strengths, scoring a number one hit with "Take My Breath Away" from the Top Gun soundtrack. She then departed from the band in 1987. ~ Mike DeGagne

Product Details

Release Date:	03/19/1996
Label:	Geffen Goldline / Geffen
UPC:	0720642402528
Rank:	33517

Tracks

1. When We Make Love
2. Touch
3. Beg, Steal or Borrow
4. Now It's My Turn
5. Dancing in Berlin
6. Rumor of Love
7. Pictures of You
8. In My Dreams
9. No More Words
10. For All Tomorrow's Lies
11. Fall
12. Lost in the Crowd

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Berlin   Primary Artist
Rob Brill   Drums
John Crawford   Bass,Vocals
David Diamond   Vocals,Synthesizer
Rick Olsen   Guitar
Matt Reid   Synthesizer
Terri Nunn   Vocals

Technical Credits

Terri Nunn   Vocal Arrangement,Composer
Paul Kennerley   Composer
Steve Hodge   Engineer
John Crawford   Composer
Connie Hill   Engineer
Phillip Dixon   Cover Photo
Richie Zito   Producer
John Buckner Crawford   Composer
Mick Guzauski   Engineer
Mike Shipley   Mixing Engineer
Mike Howlett   Producer
Brian Reeves   Engineer
Giorgio Moroder   Producer
Keith Olsen   Composer
Eddie DeLena   Mixing
Arthur Barrow   Keyboard Programming
Stewart Whitmore   Digital Editing
Richard Seireeni   Art Direction
David Diamond   Composer
Rick Olsen   Composer
Trevor Robert Nunn   Composer
David Samuel Diamond   Composer