Looking for Angeline
{{Infobox song
| name = Looking for Angeline
| cover = Love and Money Looking for Angeline 1991 single cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Love and Money
| album = Dogs in the Traffic
| B-side = True Believer
| released = 2 September 1991{{cite magazine |title=New Releases: Singles |magazine=Music Week |date=31 August 1991 |page=19 |issn=0265-1548}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 3:53
| label = Fontana
| writer = James Grant
| producer = Love and Money
| prev_title = My Love Lives in a Dead House
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Winter
| next_year = 1991
}}
"Looking for Angeline" is a song by Scottish band Love and Money, released on 2 September 1991 as the second single from their third studio album, Dogs in the Traffic. The 12-inch and CD formats were released as the Wishing Waters E.P., with "Looking for Angeline" as the lead track. The song was written by James Grant and produced by Love and Money. It peaked at number 109 in the UK Singles Chart.
Background
Speaking to Record Mirror in 1989, Grant revealed the following about "Looking for Angeline", {{blockquote|"The song is about being shattered and then wondering with hindsight whether it actually happened at all. The way we've used the guitar is very similar to the soundtrack of the film Paris, Texas and it's about a similar situation to the one faced by Harry Dean Stanton in the film – someone not knowing where he came from, being lost, but resolving to find out. It's very dream-like I suppose."{{cite magazine |last=Strickland |first=Andy |title=Your Guide to the RM Free EP: Love and Money |date=25 March 1989 |magazine=Record Mirror |page=20 |issn=0144-5804}}}}
"Looking for Angeline" first surfaced in January 1989 as the B-side to the band's single "Strange Kind of Love",{{cite news |last=Russell |first=Ian |title=Music Matters: Love and Money |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003423/19881216/016/0016 |newspaper=The Kilmarnock Standard |date=16 December 1988 |page=16 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 May 2024}} and was included in the set-list of their 1989 UK tour.{{cite news |title=Off the Record... |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003628/19890616/011/0011 |newspaper=Middleton Guardian |date=16 June 1989 |page=11 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 May 2024}} It was included as the sixth track on the band's third studio album, Dogs in the Traffic, in 1991.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dogs-in-the-traffic-mw0000764580 |title=Dogs in the Traffic - Love and Money; Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=28 May 2024}}
Critical reception
Upon its release as a single, Jim Whiteford of the Dundee Evening Telegraph described "Looking for Angeline" as a "classy song on which there is some country-styled guitar playing".{{cite news |last=Whiteford |first=Jim |title=On the Record! - Singles |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000563/19910912/287/0025 |newspaper=Fife Free Press |date=12 September 1991 |page=23 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 May 2024}} Flo Swann of the Coventry Evening Telegraph wrote, "Wicked spirited country/bluesy type thing. Great harmonica and guitars, and an infectious chorus. Very highly recommended."{{cite news |last=Swann |first=Flo |title=Street Talk: Reviews - Double treat for rock fans |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19910912/012/0012 |newspaper=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=12 September 1991 |page=12 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 May 2024}} Fife Free Press called it a "memorable country blues ditty".{{cite news |title=Inside Outlook: Singled out |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001062/19910920/152/0012 |newspaper=Fife Free Press |date=20 September 1991 |page=12 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 May 2024}} In a review of Wishing Waters, Paul Baldwin of the Northampton Chronicle & Echo stated that the EP contains four tracks of "ever-so-sophisticated RnB, clinically produced, but somehow naggingly good". He continued, "Real candidates for 'the band most likely to' label, Love and Money are honours graduates from the Lloyd Cole college of cool."{{cite news |last=Baldwin |first=Paul |title=Entertainments - Rock and Pop: Singles |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002133/19910911/060/0004 |newspaper=Northampton Chronicle & Echo |date=11 September 1991 |page=4 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 May 2024}}
Track listing
7-inch single (UK and Europe){{cite AV media notes |title=Looking for Angeline |others=Love and Money |year=1991 |type=UK and European 7-inch single sleeve |publisher=Fontana Records |id=MONEY 12, 868 928-7}}
- "Looking for Angeline" – 3:53
- "True Believer" – 4:16
Wishing Waters E.P. – 12-inch and CD (UK and Europe){{cite AV media notes |title=Looking for Angeline |others=Love and Money |year=1991 |type=UK and European 12-inch EP sleeve |publisher=Fontana Records |id=MONEY 1212, 868 929-1}}{{cite AV media notes |title=Looking for Angeline |others=Love and Money |year=1991 |type=UK and European CD EP sleeve |publisher=Fontana Records |id=MONCD 12, 868 929-2}}
- "Looking for Angeline" – 3:53
- "Who in Their Right Mind" – 4:53
- "True Believer" – 4:16
- "Hubcap to Blue Town" – 2:25
Personnel
Love and Money
- James Grant – vocals, guitar
- Douglas MacIntyre – guitar, backing vocals
- Paul McGeechan – keyboards
- Bobby Paterson – bass, backing vocals
- Gordon Wilson – drums
Additional musicians on "Looking for Angeline"
- Fraser Speirs – harmonica
- Ronnie Goodman – percussion
- Beatrice Colin – backing vocals
Production
- Love and Money – production (all tracks)
- Steve Nye – mixing ("Looking for Angeline")
- Tony Phillips – production ("Who in Their Right Mind")
Other
- Stylorouge – design
- Simon Fowler – photography
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| Chart (1991)
!Peak |
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| scope="row"|UK Singles Chart (OCC){{cite magazine |title=Singles - Positions 76 to 200 |magazine=Charts Plus |publisher=Spotlight Publications |date=14 September 1991 |page=2}}
| 109 |
References
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Category:Fontana Records singles