※初回盤限定デジパック仕様
※CD2枚組
※メンバー全員との当時を振り返った対談掲載に当時のフライヤーなど掲載したインサート

日本のメロディックパンク黎明期を導いた伝説のバンドLOVEMENのディスコグラフィーリリース作品が2枚の作品でリリースします。その第一弾！もうね、なんていったいいのかわかんあいですよ。こんなことが実現しちゃうなんてさ。第一弾の今作は1996年にSNUFFY SMILEからリリースされた大名盤にしてその後の国内メロディックの指針を築いた記念すべき1stアルバム「december」全音源に、SNUFFY SMILEのリリース作品にLOVEMENがBLEW、SPROCKET WHEEL、MIDDISHADEとともに初めて登場したコンピ「NOT SUPERSTITIOUS」収録曲、コンピレーションアルバム「SCUM」収録曲、海外ではBROKEN REKIDSから「PEACE AND LOVE」としてもリリースされたコンピレーションアルバム「ULTIMATE SLOW BEATS」といった激レア作品、EXIT CONDITIONとのスプリット・シングル提供曲、SNUFFY SMILEのコンピ「BULLSHIT DETECTOR」収録曲。そしてボーナス2枚目のCDには多くの人が存在は知っているものの手にすることは難しくメンバーも最初は収録を拒んだものの説得に説得を重ねついにOKが出た1stデモテープ全曲も収録となっています。全音源マスターから半年かけてのリマスタリング処理をしました。メンバー（ブンさん）の意向によりリイシュー作品では歌詞は掲載しておりません。その代わりにLOVEMENのメンバー4人が集まり、バンド結成から解散までの真実や、SUNFFY SMILEとの出会い、当時のシーンの状況、2度のイギリスツアーにイタリアツアーのことなどリイシュー2作品に渡るルーペがないと読むのが困難なロングインタビュー掲載。また、リイシュー2作品どこで手に入れてくれたとしても、アナログ方式をやってもらえば必ず手に入る動画特典（LOVEMEN with フランキー・スタッブス）付きでございます。

（収録曲）
＜CD1＞
-december CD (1996)-
1. belive in me
2. dear
3. our rule
4. gray
5. crowd
6. still in time
7. at 25 a.m
8. walk
9. superstar
10. inst
11. how lonely

-V.A. NOT SUPERSTITIOUS “WE CAN LiVE WiTH iNDECiSiON” 7″ (1994)-
12. my girl

-split w/EXIT CONDITION 7″ (1994)-
13. empty things
14. walk

-V.A. SCUM CD (1995)
15. true smile

-V.A. ULTIMATE SLOW BEATS CD(V.A. PEACE AND LOVE CD) (1996)-
16. fadin’ light

-V.A. BULLSHIT DETECTOR CD (1997)-
17. upside down world
18. flower

＜CD2＞
-1st DEMO cassete-
1. fadin’ light
2. happy enough
3. rucy
4. my girl

review from "I Buy WAY Too Many Records Dot Com" by Tim POPKID
http://www.ibuywaytoomanyrecords.com/2016/08/lovemen-1993-2000-ch-1-cd.html

Waterslide records from Japan sent me a package of CDs to review and I couldn't possibly be more excited about it. Long time readers will probably know that Japanese punk rock is one of my absolute favorite things in the world. It really started for me with Snuffy Smile records and the split 7"s they have been releasing since the 90's. I think the first time I had heard of Snuffy Smile was when they put out the Goober Patrol/Sprocket Wheel split 7", but it was very soon after that they started a string of 7"s featuring some of my favorite UK bands like Broccoli, Skimmer, Travis Cut and Chopper.

At first the Japanese bands were just these other bands that happened to be on the records I was buying, but it didn't take long for these bands to start being the highlights. Two of the first to really make an impact with me were Blew and Lovemen. This Lovemen CD is the first chapter of a two part set compiling everything they released. This first set includes the band's debut album December, the two tracks from their split 7" with Exit Condition, four compilation songs and a bonus disc containing their first four song demo tape.

Now, I am a pretty huge Lovemen fan and I did already have the bulk of the songs on this set, but even for a completist like me, there we still new and interesting discoveries to make. Lovemen created such a distinct sound in their day, melodic as can be with scratchy vocals that clawed their way into my heart. The songs are incredibly dynamic with interesting chord changes and tempos. They can throw down a straight ahead burner just as easily as they can slow things down and get really complex with their song structure.

To have everything compiled on this album is such a crazy thing to see for someone who spent so much time trying to hunt down these records in the dark ages of the 90's. It's especially great as the vast, vast majority of these records have been out of print for ages. If you have even the most passing interest in Japanese punk rock, this is an essential collection from one of the most important bands in the early days of the Snuffy Smile scene.