The Lover Speaks is the self-titled debut studio album from British duo The Lover Speaks, released in 1986. David Freeman and Joseph Hughes formed The Lover Speaks in 1985, having previously worked together in the punk outfit The Flys. Deriving their name from the Roland Barthes' book A Lover's Discourse: Fragments, the duo began writing material and also recruited keyboard player Barry Gilbert after advertising for a keyboardist.

The Lover Speaks was a new wave duo consisting of David Freeman (vocals) and Joseph Hughes (arranger, composer). They wrote and sang the original version of the song "No More "I Love You's"", covered by Annie Lennox in 1995 on her Medusa album, which she took to No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. Freeman and Hughes formed The Lover Speaks in 1985, having previously worked together in the punk outfit The Flys.

No More "I Love You's" - The Lover Speaks. Still faking this art of love - The Lover Speaks. Face me and smile - The Lover Speaks. This Can't Go On (Album Version 1986) - The Lover Speaks. Eagle to the Prey - LOVER.

The Lover Speaks - Студийный альбом от The Lover Speaks. В альбом вошло 18 треков. Продолжительность альбома: 01:19:38. Love Is: "I Gave You Everything".

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Now, for the first time ever, the gorgeous, debut album by The Lover Speaks has been digitally re-mastered and expanded. The album has been long out-of-print. The original CD is nearly impossible to find and sells for staggering amounts of money when it turns up online. Released in 1986, the British duo of David Freeman and Joseph Hughes recorded their self-titled, debut album in Los Angeles with legendary producer Jimmy Iovine (Simple Minds, Stevie Nicks, Pretenders, Eurythmics, Alison Moyet, U2, Tom Petty). TRACKLIST 1. Every Lovers Sign 2. No More "I Love You's" 3. Never to Forget You 4. Face Me and Smile 5. Absent One 6. Love Is: "I Gave You Everything" 7. " This Can't Go on!"

Single Versions 11. Every Lover's Sign. Non-Album Singles 12. I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten. Remixes And Alternate Versions 13.