Love Stories & Other Musings

Love Stories & Other Musings is the fifth studio album by the alternative rock band Candlebox. It was released in 2012 on Audionest.

Love Stories & Other Musings
Studio album by Candlebox
Released	April 3, 2012
Recorded	2011
Genre	Post-grunge, alternative rock, hard rock
Length	36:37 (60:40 w/ bonus tracks)
Label	Audionest Fontana Universal
Producer	Ken Andrews
Candlebox chronology
Into the Sun (2008) Love Stories & Other Musings (2012) Disappearing in Airports (2016)
Singles from Love Stories & Other Musings
"Believe in It" Released: 2012

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic thought the album to be Candlebox's best and richest album, and that this is due to a combination of "the melodicism of post-grunge and bear the lightness and nimble chops that come with middle age."^[2]

The album debuted at No. 82 on the Billboard 200,^[3] and No. 25 on Top Rock Albums.^[4] with around 5,000 copies sold in its first week. The album has sold 21,000 copies as of April 2016.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Youth in Revolt"	3:19
2.	"Sweet Summertime"	3:50
3.	"Believe in It"	3:49
4.	"She Come Over Me"	4:54
5.	"Turn Your Heart Around"	4:04
6.	"Lifelike Song"	4:37
7.	"Come Home"	3:58
8.	"Baby Love Me"	3:34
9.	"Them Eyes"	4:32
10.	"Far Behind (rerecording) (bonus)"	4:52
11.	"You (rerecording) (bonus)"	5:01
12.	"Cover Me (rerecording) (bonus)"	4:44
13.	"Change (rerecording) (bonus)"	6:18
14.	"Simple Lessons (rerecording) (bonus)"	3:08

No.	Title	Length
15.	"Out Here All Night (Damone cover) (Amazon Exclusive)"	3:23

No.	Title	Length
15.	"No Lights (iTunes Exclusive)"	3:42

Tracks 10–14 are rerecordings of band's previous hits.

Personnel

Candlebox

• Kevin Martin – lead vocals
• Peter Klett – lead guitar
• Sean Hennesy – rhythm guitar
• Adam Kury – bass
• Scott Mercado – drums

Additional musicians

• Dave Krusen – drums
• Walker Gibson – keyboards

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[6]	82
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[7]	16
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[8]	7
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[9]	12
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[10]	25