Love Scenes is Beverley Craven

Beverley Craven

Beverley Craven is a British singer-songwriter best known for her 1991 UK Top 5 hit single "Promise Me". Her most recent album, Close To Home, was released in 2009...

's second studio album, released in September 1993 through Epic Records

Epic Records

Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...

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Details

Craven started writing new songs for her second album while touring for the first one. Epic Records

Epic Records

Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...

 wanted to release a follow-up to her successful debut album Beverley Craven

Beverley Craven (album)

Beverley Craven is the debut album by British singer Beverley Craven. It was released in July 1990. The album was fully written by Craven herself....

in 1992 to capitalize on her success. However, Craven gave birth to her first daughter, Mollie, in early 1992, and decided to postpone the album's release to take care of the baby, eventually releasing it in September 1993.

The album, like her debut, was produced by Paul Samwell-Smith

Paul Samwell-Smith

Paul Samwell-Smith is best known as a founding member and bassist of the 1960s English band, The Yardbirds, a group that spawned such noteworthy musicians as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page...

. The album was written by Craven herself, except for the song Love Is The Light, which was co-written with her husband Colin Campsie

Colin Campsie

Colin Campsie is a British born singer and songwriter.A former member of 1980s pop bands The Quick and Giant Steps, Campsie was also closely involved with, but was not a member of, the pop band Go West....

, this being the only time she has collaborated on writing a song.

Some of the songs on the album had been previously heard on her live videotape Memories, released in 1992. The songs Feels Like The First Time and Look No Further had been previously released as b-sides for the singles of her debut album. The album includes a cover of ABBA

ABBA

ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...

's The Winner Takes It All

The Winner Takes It All

"The Winner Takes It All" is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. Released as the first single from the group's Super Trouper album on July 21, 1980, it is a ballad in the key of F-sharp major, reflecting the end of a romance...

, that Craven recorded for a 20th anniversary ABBA tribute album which in the end was never released.

Release and reception

The album was released on vinyl, CD and MiniDisc formats. It debuted and peaked at #4 in the UK charts, but it quickly dropped and overall it was much less successful than her debut, spending 13 weeks on the chart. Three singles were released off the album, but all of them became only minor hits.

The album received mixed reviews from music critics, most of them critzicing its sameness with her debut album.

Single releases

• Love Scenes
  Love Scenes (song)
  "Love Scenes" is a song by British female singer Beverley Craven, the title track of her second album.-Details:After taking a 2-year break from music after giving birth to her first daughter, Craven returned to the music scene in September 1993. Love Scenes was released as the first single of her...
  
   (1993) UK #34
• Mollie's Song
  Mollie's Song
  "Mollie's Song" is a ballad performed by British singer Beverley Craven, from her second album Love Scenes.-Details:The song was written about Craven's eldest daughter Mollie, born in 1992, and the lyrics talk about the joy of motherhood and the lifelong duties to it. Craven has cited this song as...
  
   (1993) UK #61
• The Winner Takes It All (1994) UK #77

Track listing

1. Love Scenes
2. Love Is The Light
3. Hope
4. Look No Further
5. Mollie's Song
6. In Those Days
7. Feels Like The First Time
8. Blind Faith
9. Lost Without You
10. The Winner Takes It All

• Tracks 1,3-9 Written By Beverley Craven
• Track 2 Written By Beverley Craven and Colin Campsie
• Track 10 Written By Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus

Personnel

Producer - Paul Samwell-Smith

Engineer - Adrian Bushby (1-2, 5-7, 9-10)

Engineer - Lolly Grodner (3-4, 8)

Mixed by Adrian Bushby

Mastered by Ted Jensen (Sterling Sound, New York)

Recorded at Mayfair Studios (London), Outside Studios (Checkendon), Abbey Road Studios (London), Hit Factory (New York)

Design - Graham Tunna

Photography - Kate Garner

Kate Garner

Kate Garner is an English singer and photographer. Garner was one third of the trio of 1980s avant-garde, new wave pop project called Haysi Fantayzee, the other members being Jeremy Healy and Paul Caplin...