Love Hysteria is the second album by the British solo artist Peter Murphy

Peter Murphy (musician)

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, formerly of the gothic rock

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 band Bauhaus

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. It was released in 1988.

The album was largely written with former B-Movie

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 keyboard player Paul Statham, who had joined Murphy's band, The Hundred Men. It was produced by former member of The Fall, Simon Rogers.

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Murphy except where noted

1. "All Night Long" — 5:42
2. "His Circle and Hers Meet" — 6:01
3. "Dragnet Drag" — 5:46
4. "Socrates the Python" — 6:47
5. "Indigo Eyes" — 5:54
6. "Time Has Got Nothing to Do with It" — 5:21
7. "Blind Sublime" — 3:55
8. "My Last Two Weeks" — 6:38
9. "Funtime
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   ) — 3:49
   • Bonus tracks on CD reissue:
10. "I've Got a Miniature Secret Camera"
11. "Funtime (Cabaret Mix)"

Critical reception

A review at the time of its release in Underground described the album as "a coherent, tuneful package with tracks that are, on the whole, pretty listenable". Ned Raggett, writing for Allmusic, identified a continuing David Bowie

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influence, but stated that the album "shows Murphy fully coming into his own as a performer".