I Touch Roses: The Best of Book of Love
| I Touch Roses: The Best of Book of Love | ||||
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| Studio album by Book of Love | ||||
| Released | 13 March 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 1985-1993, 2000 | |||
| Genre | New wave, synthpop | |||
| Length | 59:33 | |||
| Label | Reprise Records | |||
| Producer | Ivan Ivan Flood Ted Ottaviano Ben Grosse |
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| Singles from I Touch Roses: The Best of Book of Love | ||||
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| Allmusic |   |
| Spin | (positive) |
| Time Out New York | (mixed) |
I Touch Roses: The Best of Book of Love is a best of compilation album by American synthpop and electronic band Book of Love, released on March 13, 2001, by Reprise Records.
In 2001, Reprise Records released Book of Love's first and only 'best of' collection: I Touch Roses: The Best of Book of Love, effectively fulfilling the band's Warner Bros. recording contract. It had been eight years since the release of Lovebubble, the band's eclectic final album. In the late '90s, with the emerging electroclash scene and electronic dance music back in vogue, the musical environment was ready for Book of Love again. "We realized there isn't really all that much about Book of Love out there, and we needed to put together some type of career retrospective. If we didn't do it, no one would. So we started working on it, and finally we're here," stated Ted Ottaviano in 2001.
In 2000, the band worked away at Sound Umbrella studio in New York City, preparing new songs for the release. Three new songs were recorded for the album. "Getting Faster", penned by Susan Ottaviano and Ted Ottaviano, was a dance pop number with lyrics of "slowing down and getting faster...blue sky won't go up and up." New track "Try", a collaboration between Jade Lee and Ted Ottaviano, featured both Susan Ottaviano and Jade on lead vocals, and a classic Book of Love arrangement. "It's In Your Eyes" was an old track that dated back to the very beginnings of Book of Love. Taking things full circle, the song was the first song originally written by Susan and Ted Ottaviano, and the band resurrected it and recorded it for the first time for inclusion on the compilation. It had only ever been performed live, but its inclusion is a "real gift to the earliest fans". Ted Ottaviano stated, "This is a perfect time for a retrospective. We've added great new material and we can look back at our whole body of work with real objectivity."
Another new production on the compilation was a reworking of the song "Sunny Day". Ted Ottaviano produced the new version which included guitar from Lori Lindsay, who would later collaborate with Ted Ottaviano and Lauren (Roselli) Johnson as lead vocalist and guitarist in The Myrmidons.
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