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1989 single by Living Colour
"Open Letter (To a Landlord) " is a song by American
rock band
Living Colour . A
power ballad ,
[4] it was released as the fourth single from their 1988 debut album,
Vivid . The song reached No. 82 on the
Billboard Hot 100 .
[5]
Critical reception
Malu Halasa, reviewer of British music newspaper
Record Mirror , called
Vernon Reid a "reputed virtuoso in the axe licks department" and described "Open Letter" as "practically atonal with not a pop melody in sight".
[6] Ian Gittins of
Melody Maker expressed similar opinion on the single. As per him, "Living Colour also deserve far more applause than they've often had in these pages". But a critic thought that the musicians were too straight and wished for them to "have some more fun".
[7]
Track listing
7" single
Side one Title 1. "Open Letter (To a Landlord)" 5:30
12" single
Side two Title 3. "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution" (Live) 4:29
Charts
References
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"Living Colour: Vivid - Album Of The Week Club Review" .
Classic Rock . November 19, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2021 .
^
Erlewine, Stephen Thomas .
"Super Hits - Living Colour | Songs, Reviews, Credits" .
AllMusic . Retrieved April 20, 2021 .
^ DaveyBoy (January 24, 2009).
"Living Colour - Vivid (album review)" . Sputnikmusic. Retrieved April 20, 2021 .
^
Living Colour - Chart History, Billboard.com
^ Halasa, Malu (March 11, 1988).
"Review: Living Colour – "Open Letter" " (PDF) .
Record Mirror . London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 29.
ISSN
0144-5804 . Archived from
the original (PDF) on March 9, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2021 – via World Radio History.
^ Gittins, Ian (March 11, 1989).
"Review: Living Colour – "Open Letter" " .
Melody Maker . London:
IPC Limited . p. 31.
ISSN
0025-9012 . Retrieved November 2, 2022 – via
Flickr .
^
Billboard.com Single charts for
Living Colour
^
Charts.org.nz , New Zealand charts for Living Colour
^
Billboard.com Billboard chart history for Living Colour
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