BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1989
“Love Is A Shield” is the first single taken from the second studio album Methods Of Silence by German synth-pop band Camouflage. “Love Is A Shield” peaked at #9 in Germany becoming the bands most successful single in that country. In the United States, the song peaked at #20 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and #35 on the Dance chart.
SIDE A:
Love Is A Shield (12″ Mix) 5:20
Love Is A Shield (7″ Mix) 3:59
SIDE B:
Love Is A Shield (12″ Orbit Mix) 8:10
Engineer – Richard Dight
Producer [Additional], Remix – William Orbit
Vocals [Additional] – Sharon Musgrave
Love Is A Shield (Synsound Mix) 4:00
The Story Of The Falling Fighters (7″ Version) (Unavailable On LP) 3:59
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Love Is A Shield | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | #35 |
| 1989 | Love Is A Shield | U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | #20 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Atlantic – 0-86311
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Artwork – Klaus Paul (2)
Guitar – Johannes Luley
Oboe – Simone Winter
Producer – Axel Henninger*, Camouflage
Written-By – Heiko Maile, Marcus Meyn, Oliver Kreyssig, Peter Godwin
NOTES:
Track B1 mixed at Guerilla Studios, London, England.
“LOVE IS A SHIELD” taken from the LP “METHODS OF SILENCE”
Find the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Tung-Sol 12AX7 TubeGold Pins
Soundcard: Novation Audiohub 2×4 Audio Interface
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2, ocenaudio
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
Thank you for posting this. Love is a shield is a good track that was taken to greatness by William Orbit. I remember getting this in one of the DJ promo packs I received monthly. The first time I heard that build up of the intro, the beat drop, & then the main melody & vocal, made the hair on my arms stand up. Still does. Such lush & tight production that is pure Orbit. I love when dark & moody is done uptempo, & this is a perfect example.
Thank you for an amazing site, and for the old School classics 🙂
Kyrre Ringstrøm
Norway
Camouflage is a underrated group. Yes, they fall into the category of depeche mode clones, like red flag, and ceta javu. But their first album is amazing, the second is good also. They are still busy putting out albums and singles. Love is a shield, never made too big of dent in the US. Everyone had heard ‘the great commandment’ many times over, which is their biggest hit. I got the UK version of this single, but then the US version had more mixes, and the cd single had less also. This is a very good song, and i remember… Read more »
Beautiful uploads congratulations, always with excellent quality. I would love to see something from THE KLF and more content similar to them.
This was a MASSIVE radio hit over here. I never liked it very much back then, mostly due to the heavy accent the singer is singing with. But then again, I had never heard the William Orbit remix until today. Made a few cuts replacing the original vocal chorus with the excellent vocoder chorus and looky looky – now I love it.
And yet again, dear Paul, you have opened my eyes. To quote Adeva, “I Thank You” 🙂
You’re welcome Song_and_Dance 🙂
Another one I’m really pleased with, Paul. Thanks so much.
You’re welcome Robert 🙂
When trying to rename this on my hard drive it already had this on there. I came back to the website looking for ‘2018 re-rip’ only to discover nothing. It seems you posted this on November 2016. Looking at Camouflage on here though it seems to have disappeared. Confused!!!
Yes it is definetly a re-rip or re-up N. I have it downloaded 2016 as well…the files are different sizes so I’m thinking most likely a re-rip.
You are correct Ian it is a re-rip 🙂
It is a re-rip for 2018 I did not realize I had already posted it in 206. This rip, however, is superior to the previous one. I apologize for the confusion 🙂
Ah thanks and of course, no problem!!
Excellent! This is my favorite of your valentine themed songs of the week. What a great way to cap off the series!
Glad you enjoyed it, Todd. 🙂
Glorious. thank you for all the time you put into this. What an incredible week of releases.
Thank you Jon 🙂
Excellent! Love this song! Thanks Paul!
You’re welcome Memoryboy 🙂
Thanks Paul.
You’re welcome Omar 🙂
Hi Paul . I wanna to tell you that your site getting better every day …also i do want it to thank you
for all this Job you have done for us.
God bless you .
🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏
Thank you so much Hug 🙂
What a thrill to revisit this William Orbit remix and in pristine quality too.
Cheers Paul 🙂
Thank you Mark 🙂
This was a smash hit over here in Europe. The Orbit Remix is awesome. The original 12″ Mix runs only 5:20. Thanks Paul for an amazing week of love. Have a great weekend
Thanks for letting me know about the typo Daniel. I really appreciate your comment. Have a great weekend. 🙂
I just noticed that you already posted this single in November 2016. Is this a brand new rip?
I must be losing it lol. I did not even realize I had already posted this. In any case, it is a new rip, Daniel. Thank you for being so observant 🙂
I have done some equipment upgrades since 2016 so hopefully, this transfer sounds a little better. It should I worked on it for nearly six hours this morning lol 🙂
I mostly listen to music through headphones so I can hear the subtleties. Just compared the 2 rips and actually I think that the new rip does sound slightly better. So your today’s 6 hours hard work wasn’t for nothing…
Yesterday while I was surfing on youtube I came across a beautiful rock ballad. It was Magnum with the single “Need a lot of love”. You can find it here:
http://www.discogs.com/Magnum-Need-A-Lot-Of-Love-/release/5708690
I think this is another song that could perfectly fit to the special theme Week of love. I wonder if you have it.
Ha! I went to place this in my BTG archive and came to the same realization as Daniel! Nevertheless, Paul, you’re only getting better at this, so I’m happy with a (however subtly) improved effort! 🙂
You take my breath away each and every time Paul!! Your posts are, to me, what the French refer to as, la petite morts. I feel such a transcendence and feelings of euphoria because they are gorgeous and beautiful. I love what you do to my heart, soul, mind and body Paul. You just put me in such raptures because of the excellent taste in music that you have. I really get this “Champagne Kick” over all your music. I consider myself so lucky to have found you and your site. Wow, words just fail; it’s the tangible sensations of… Read more »
You are such a sweet and kind person Jeff. Thank you for all of you praise it really appreciated more than you know. Have a great weekend 🙂
La petite mort! no s Jeff! 😉