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Black Beauty

by Love

Released: February 12, 2012

Funk rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock

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Why This Album Matters

This album matters because its strongest editorial story is: Experimental Album.

The Album

Issued by High Moon Records, it compiles material from a canceled studio album that Lee intended to release on the Buffalo Records label with a new all-black lineup. Recorded after a series of unsuccessful albums, including Lee’s 1972 solo effort Vindicator, Black Beauty was meant to be Lee's comeback album. "Black Beauty" is an album by the psychedelic rock band Love, released on February 13, 2012, nearly six years after the death of frontman Arthur Lee.

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The album is notable for its reinvention of…

The album is notable for its reinvention of Love as a funk group while maintaining Lee's lyrical complexity.

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Reception

While it does not feature the classic Love lineup, critics have praised it as the best representation of Lee's hard rock period.

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The Complete Album Story

"Black Beauty" is an album by the psychedelic rock band Love, released on February 13, 2012, nearly six years after the death of frontman Arthur Lee. Issued by High Moon Records, it compiles material from a canceled studio album that Lee intended to release on the Buffalo Records label with a new all-black lineup.

Recorded after a series of unsuccessful albums, including Lee’s 1972 solo effort Vindicator, Black Beauty was meant to be Lee's comeback album. The album is notable for its reinvention of Love as a funk group while maintaining Lee's lyrical complexity.

Although some tracks from the canceled album had previously appeared on compilations like Reel to Real and Love Lost, Black Beauty is the first release to present all the compositions from the 1973 recording sessions. While it does not feature the classic Love lineup, critics have praised it as the best representation of Lee's hard rock period.