My Love Is Rotten to the Core

My Love Is Rotten to the Core is Tim Hecker's third release. It was released on June 25, 2002 by Substractif, a sub-label of Alien8 Recordings. The record is a concept album of sorts, being composed of spliced and sampled elements of Van Halen songs and interviews, constructed into a mini-narrative of the band's dissolution and breakup, accompanied by Hecker's compositions of ambience and noise.

My Love Is Rotten to the Core
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 25, 2002
RecordedDecember 2001
Genre
Length24:46
Label
Tim Hecker chronology
Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again
(2001)
My Love Is Rotten to the Core
(2002)
Trade Winds, White Noise
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
Eye Weekly (Toronto) link
Pitchfork6.8/10 10/3/2002
StylusB 9/1/2003

The title is taken from a line off Van Halen's major hit "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love".

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Tim Hecker

No.TitleLength
1."Introducing Carl Cocks"8:31
2."Sammy Loves Eddie Hates David"2:50
3."Hello Detroit"7:24
4."Midnight Whispers"0:50
5."The Return of Sam Snead"5:02
Total length:24:46
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