Love Chronicles

Love Chronicles
Studio album by Al Stewart
Released	September 1969 (UK), January 1970 (US)
Recorded	1968–1969
Genre	Folk
Length	43:03
Label	CBS (UK), Epic (US)
Producer	Roy Guest, John Wood, Al Stewart
Al Stewart chronology
Bed-Sitter Images (1967) Love Chronicles (1969) Zero She Flies (1970)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[2]

Love Chronicles is the second studio album of folk artist Al Stewart, released in September 1969. It was his first album to be released in the US (and was also the only one of his first four albums). Among the supporting musicians were Jimmy Page and four members of Fairport Convention: bassist Ashley Hutchings, guitarist Simon Nicol (listed as "Simon Breckenridge"), drummer Martin Lamble (as Martyn Francis) and guitarist Richard Thompson (listed as "Marvyn Prestwick").^[3]

Love Chronicles was released in the UK as part of the double CD To Whom It May Concern, which is an anthology of Stewart's first three albums. In 2007, Love Chronicles was re-issued with three bonus tracks.

All tracks composed and arranged by Al Stewart

1. "In Brooklyn" – 3:42
2. "Old Compton Street Blues" – 4:25
3. "The Ballad of Mary Foster" – 8:01
4. "Life and Life Only" – 5:47
5. "You Should Have Listened to Al" – 3:01
6. "Love Chronicles" – 18:06

1. "You Should Have Listened to Al"
2. "Old Compton Street Blues"
3. "The Ballad of Mary Foster"
4. "Life and Life Only"
5. "In Brooklyn"
6. "Love Chronicles"

1. "In Brooklyn" – 3:43
2. "Old Compton Street Blues" – 4:26
3. "The Ballad of Mary Foster" – 8:02
4. "Life and Life Only" – 5:49
5. "You Should Have Listened to Al" – 3:02
6. "Love Chronicles" – 18:04

Bonus tracks

1. "Jackdaw" – 3:20
2. "She Follows Her Own Rules" (Al Stewart, Peter White) – 3:18
3. "Fantasy" – 2:15

• Al Stewart – vocals, guitar
• Jimmy Page – guitar on "Love Chronicles"
• Simon Breckenridge (pseudonym for Simon Nicol) – guitar
• Marvyn Prestwyck (pseudonym for Richard Thompson) – guitar
• Brian Brocklehurst^[4] – bass
• Harvey Burns – drums
• Martyn Francis (pseudonym of Martin Lamble) – drums
• Brian Odgers – bass
• John Paul Jones – bass on "Love Chronicles"
• Ashley Hutchings – bass
• Steve Gray – organ
• Phil Phillips – organ
• Krysia Kristianne, Robin Lamble – backing vocals on "Jackdaw"

• Ron Pender, John Wood – engineer
• Sophie Litchfield – photography

• Love Chronicles at Discogs (list of releases)