Love of Will is the debut album by David McComb

David McComb

David Richard McComb was an Australian rock musician. He was the singer-songwriter of the Australian band, The Triffids.-Early years in Perth:...

, released in March, 1994

1994 in music

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. The album was recorded and mixed between June and August, 1993, at Platinum Studios with additional mixing at Metropolis and Sing Sing Studios. McComb selected 13 songs out of a pile of 35 and recorded them at Platinum Studios, Melbourne with producer Nick Mainsbridge, together with freelance musical directors Graham Lee and David McComb, and assistant engineers Kalju Tonuma

Kalju Tonuma

Kalju Tonuma is a music producer, engineer, mixer, and occasional performer based in Melbourne, Australia. He played guitar as a member of Deadstar in 1998...

 and Phil Jones.

Film clips were made for the singles from the album, "Setting You Free" and "Clear Out My Mind".

Reception

Reviewed in Rolling Stone Australia

Rolling Stone Australia

Rolling Stone Australia is an Australian-based magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture that is published monthly, it is the Australian edition of the United States' Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone was initially released in Melbourne in May 1970 as a supplement in Revolution, an...

at the time of release, it was given a rating of three and a half from a possible five. McComb's first solo release is described as, "worth hanging around for." The review states the best moments, "are in its quieter gospel-inflected songs, such as the beautiful, textured, "Leaning"." Producer Nick Mainsbridge is said to have, "eschewed even the pretence of studio trickery."

Track listing

All tracks written by David McComb unless otherwise noted.

1. "Clear Out My Mind" - 3:57
2. "Setting You Free" - 4:04
3. "Day of My Ascension" - 3:24
4. "Deep in a Dream" - 5:42
5. "Nothing Good" (David McComb, Will Akers) - 4:19
6. "The Lord Burns Every Clue" (David McComb, Will Akers) - 2:35
7. "Lifelike" - 4:12
8. "Lover Sister #1" (David McComb, Graham Lee) - 3:40
9. "Heard You Had a Bed" - 4:25
10. "Inside of Me" - 4:26
11. "Leaning" (David McComb, Will Akers) - 4:52
12. "I Want To Conquer You" (David McComb, Adam Peters) - 6:01
13. "Pack Up Your Troubles" - 3:35

Personnel

• David McComb
  David McComb
  David Richard McComb was an Australian rock musician. He was the singer-songwriter of the Australian band, The Triffids.-Early years in Perth:...
  
   - lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Martyn P. Casey
  Martyn P. Casey
  Martyn Paul Casey is an English-born Australian rock bass guitarist. He had been a member of The Triffids, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Grinderman. Casey plays either his Fender Precision Bass or Fender Jazz Bass.-Biography:...
  
   - bass
• Peter Luscombe - drums, percussion
• Bruce Haymes - piano, organ
• 'Evil' Graham Lee
  Graham Lee (Australian musician)
  Graham Lee is an Australian rock musician and record producer, best known as the steel guitar player of the 1980s band The Triffids, where he was nicknamed 'Evil Graham Lee'....
  
   - guitar, vocals, pedal steel, lap steel
• Daniel Denholm - programming
• Warren Lee Ellis
  Warren Ellis (musician)
  Warren Ellis is an Australian multi-instrumentalist and composer, best known for his work with Dirty Three, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Grinderman and his soundtrack scores with Nick Cave. He plays violin, piano, bouzouki, guitar, flute, mandolin, and tenor guitar...
  
  - violin
• Barry Palmer - guitar
• Phil Kakulas - double bass
• Rob McComb - whistling
• Lisa Miller - backing vocals
• Joanne Alach - backing vocals
• Rob Snarski - backing vocals