The Lover Speaks

The Lover Speaks
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Background information
Origin	England, UK
Genres	New wave
Years active	1986–1988
Labels	A&M Records
Associated acts	The Flys
Members	David Freeman Joseph Hughes
Past members	Barry Gilbert

The Lover Speaks was a new wave duo consisting of David Freeman (vocals) and Joseph Hughes (arranger, composer). They wrote and sang the original version of the song "No More "I Love You's"", covered by Annie Lennox in 1995 on her Medusa album, which she took to No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart.

Freeman and Hughes formed The Lover Speaks in 1985, having previously worked together in the punk outfit The Flys. Deriving their name from the Roland Barthes' book A Lover's Discourse: Fragments, the duo began writing material and also recruited keyboard player Barry Gilbert after advertising for a keyboardist. Although Gilbert was not an official member of the group, he would record and tour with the duo. Later in 1985, the band sent a demo tape to Dave Stewart of Eurythmics and soon signed with Stewart's Anxious Music Publishing. Meanwhile, Stewart had forwarded the demo tape to Chryssie Hynde, who sent it to producer Jimmy Iovine. Iovine was successful in getting the band a recording contract with A&M Records in early 1986.

In July 1986, the band released their debut single, "No More "I Love You's"", which peaked at No. 58 in the UK. In August, the band's self-titled debut album was released. Produced by Iovine, and featuring contributions from Stewart, June Miles-Kingston and Nils Lofgren among others, the album was a commercial failure. In September, the album's second single, "Tremble Dancing", also failed to enter the charts. The third and final single, "Every Lover's Sign", was released in October, and in December peaked at #6 on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart. Following the release of the album, the band opened for Eurythmics during their Revenge World Tour.

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