Editing Love (band) (section)

=== ''Forever Changes'' era ===
[[File:Love (1966).png|thumb|Love, pictured in a 1966 promo for the single "[[My Little Red Book#Love version|My Little Red Book]]".]]
Love's second album, ''[[Da Capo (Love album)|Da Capo]]'', was released in November 1966 and included "[[7 and 7 Is]]" as well as the subsequent singles "[[She Comes in Colors]]" and "{{lang|es|[[¡Que Vida!]]|italic=no}}".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/da-capo-mw0000195829|title=Da Capo – Love {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> It marked the experimental direction Arthur wanted to take. With the seven member lineup for DaCapo, shortly after this album,  Cantrelli and Pfisterer left the band, leaving it as a five-piece once again.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography" /> Their third album ''[[Forever Changes]]'' was released in November 1967 and was co-produced by Bruce Botnick.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.richieunterberger.com/botnick.html|title=Bruce Botnick Interview|first=Richie|last=Unterberger|website=Richieunterberger.com|access-date=May 20, 2018}}</ref> The album displayed a softer and more avant-garde approach for the band.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/forever-changes-mw0000193671|title=Forever Changes – Love {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> By this time, tension arose between Arthur Lee and Bryan MacLean, who wanted more of his songs on the album.<ref name=":2" /> The band recorded the album in only 64 hours, though many professional session players were used, including some who replaced actual band members in one or two songs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.classicrockreview.com/2012/07/1967-love-forever-changes/|title=Forever Changes by Love album review {{!}} Classic Rock Review|date=July 24, 2012 |language=en-US|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> Writer [[Richard Meltzer]], in his book ''[[The Aesthetics of Rock]]'', commented on Love's "orchestral moves", "post-doper word contraction cuteness", and Lee's vocal style that serves as a "reaffirmation of [[Johnny Mathis]]".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Meltzer|first=Richard|title=The Aesthetics Of Rock|publisher=Hachette Books|year=1987|isbn=0-306-80287-2}}</ref> ''Forever Changes'' had one single, MacLean's "[[Alone Again Or]]", which reached number 123 on the pop charts. By this stage, Love were far more popular in the UK, where the album reached No.&nbsp;24, than in their home country, where it could only reach No.&nbsp;154.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography" /> ''Forever Changes'' has since received recognition as one of the greatest rock albums of all time, appearing on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]],<ref name="rollingstone.com">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/forever-changes-love-19691231 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526212402/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/forever-changes-love-19691231 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 26, 2012 |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 2003 |issue=Special Issue |at=40 &#124; Forever Changes – Love |access-date=September 26, 2011}}</ref> being inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame Award|Grammy Hall of Fame]], and added to the Library of Congress's [[National Recording Registry]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://psychedelicsight.com/recording-registry/ |title=Love, Dead in National Recording Registry |publisher=psychedelicsight.com |access-date=May 23, 2012}}</ref>