The Martyr Mantras


The Martyr Mantras is the only studio album by Jesus Loves You and the fourth studio album by Boy George. It was credited to Jesus Loves You worldwide except in North America, where it was credited to Boy George upon its release there in 1991.

Composition

The Martyr Mantras contains many dance-orientated tracks, most of them with an electronic production. It is partly a collection of some of the songs that were released as one-off singles many months before. The lead single was the Indian and house mash-up "Bow Down Mister" which reached the Top 30 in the UK Singles Chart.
George's songwriting credits are also on another alias, as "Angela Dust".

Critical reception

In a contemporaneous review in Keyboard, Jim Aikin described the album as "blue-eyed soul for the '90s". He added that " updates his British R&B roots very effectively with hip-hop beats and techno tricks". Aikin also noted that, whatever the mood of any particular track, "you feel that George is sincere".
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann found the music to be "largely anonymous, if danceable", but singled out "Bow Down Mister" as an exception.

Commercial performance

The Martyr Mantras was not a strong seller, only reaching #60 on the UK Albums Chart. Although it did fare better in European countries, The Martyr Mantras failed to enter the US Billboard Top 200.

Track listing

  1. "Generations of Love"
  2. "One on One"
  3. "Love's Gonna Let U Down"
  4. "After the Love"
  5. "I Specialise in Loneliness"
  6. "No Clause 28"
  7. "Love Hurts"
  8. "Siempre Te Amare"
  9. "Too Much Love"
  10. "Bow Down Mister"
  11. "Generations of Love"

    Personnel

Production