Love Is Only Feeling

Love Is Only Feeling
Studio album by Donovan
Released	October 1981
Recorded	Utopia Studios, London,[1] 1981
Genre	Folk
Length	39:30
Label	RCA (West Germany)
Producer	Donovan Leitch
Donovan chronology
Neutronica (1980) Love Is Only Feeling (1981) Lady of the Stars (1984)

Love Is Only Feeling is the sixteenth studio album (eighteenth overall) by British singer/songwriter Donovan. It was released in West Germany (RCA PL 28472) in October 1981, in Italy in January 1982 (Bubble Record, BLU 19610) and belatedly in the UK (RCA PL 28472) in 1983.

History

In 1981, Donovan entered the studio to record the second album of his German RCA contract. The resulting album, Love Is Only Feeling, did not see a US release, but was released in the UK in 1983. The title track is a remake of "Someone's Singing" originally released on A Gift from a Flower to a Garden.

Donovan sang Love Is Only Feeling at Festival di Sanremo 1982 with his daughter Astrella.

Track listing

All tracks by Donovan Leitch.

Original album

Side one

1. "Lady of the Flowers" - 3:10
2. "Lover O Lover" - 3:53
3. "The Actor" - 4:05
4. "Half Moon Bay" - 3:55
5. "The Hills of Tuscany" - 4:08

Side two

1. "Lay Down Lassie" - 4:15
2. "She" - 4:01
3. "Johnny Tuff" - 4:58
4. "Love Is Only Feeling" - 3:04
5. "Marjorie Margerine" - 4:01

Personnel

• Donovan - vocals, guitar
• Danny Thompson - double bass
• John Stevens - drums, percussion
• Tony Roberts - clarinet, piccolo flute, oboe, tenor saxophone
• Astrella Leitch - vocals on "Love Is Only Feeling"

References

1. ↑ album liner notes (RCA PL 28472)

External links

• Love Is Only Feeling - Donovan Unofficial Site

Donovan
Studio albums	What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid (Catch the Wind) Fairytale Sunshine Superman Mellow Yellow A Gift from a Flower to a Garden The Hurdy Gurdy Man Barabajagal Open Road HMS Donovan Cosmic Wheels Essence to Essence 7-Tease Slow Down World Donovan Neutronica Love Is Only Feeling Lady of the Stars Sutras Pied Piper Sixty Four Brother Sun, Sister Moon Beat Cafe Shadows of Blue
Live albums	Donovan in Concert Live in Japan: Spring Tour 1973 Rising Rising Again Greatest Hits Live: Vancouver 1986
Songs	"Catch the Wind" "Colours" "Universal Soldier" "Turquoise" / "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)" "You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond" "To Try for the Sun" "Josie" "Remember the Alamo" "Sunshine Superman" "Mellow Yellow" "Epistle to Dippy" "There Is a Mountain" "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" "Jennifer Juniper" "Hurdy Gurdy Man" "Atlantis" "Laléna" "Barabajagal" "Rock 'n' Roll with Me" "Season of the Witch" "Museum"
Box sets	Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964–1976 Try for the Sun: The Journey of Donovan
Films	There is an Ocean
Related	Discography Island of Circles Donovan Leitc (son) Ione Skye (daughter)
Book:Donovan