added starting with their second album, Around the Bend. In 1981 the band signed to DB Records. Their first release was a self-titled album, produced by Bruce Baxter (Pylon) and Alfredo Villar. 1983 saw a second album, Around the Bend. While on a tour promoting that album's release, Jon Pareles of The New York Times saw them at the Danceteria; in his September 1983 review, he said: Most of Love Tractor's material moved at the steady pace of 1960's folk-rock, using winsome guitar leads above a cushion of rhythm guitar and a reassuring bass. Like instrumentals by the Ventures or the Raybeats, Love Tractor's tunes use two or three recurring segments and little improvisation. But they don't repeat – they develop. Where song lyrics might have told a story, Love Tractor let the texture of the music thicken. The drumming would get busier, or the bass line pushier, or the lead guitar line more intricate; the clear, catchy melodies grew more urgent with each reprise. When a vocal would float in for a few moments, it was just one more unassuming, thoroughly melodic piece of a song. After two albums, and a college-chart-topping cover of Kraftwerk's "Neon Lights" (from 1984's "Till The Cows Come Home" EP), the band signed to Big Time (America)/RCA, releasing This Ain't No Outerspace Ship in 1987. After 1989's Themes from Venus, produced by Mitch Easter, the band went on semi-hiatus. Wellford later joined Gutterball. The band stopped touring completely in 1992, but Cline, Richmond, and Wellford continued in Athens to write songs. Later, the original lineup recorded for RCA and Razor and Tie Records. The band re-formed in 1996 as a performing entity eventually recording 2001's 'The Sky at Night' for Razor and Tie. Currently Love Tractor is in the middle of rereleasing their back catalog, with a new album expected in 2023. Discography Love Tractor (1982) DB Records Around the Bend (1983) DB Records Till the Cows Come Home (1984) DB Records Wheel of Pleasure (1984) DB/Press London This Ain't No Outer Space Ship (1989) Big Time RCA Records "Party Train" single (1989) Big Time RCA Records "Athens Georgia Inside/Out" Soundtrack (1988) IRS Records Themes from Venus (1988) DB Records The Sky at Night (2001) Razor & Tie A Trip to the Museum (2016) Cosmic Media Single "Love Tractor 1880 to 1920 + 200" Single HHBTM Records (2020) References Musical groups from Georgia (U.S.