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Track Listing
1. Ladykillers
2. Heavenly Nobodies
3. 500
4. I've Been Here Before
5. Papasan
6. Single Girl
7. Ciao! - (with Jarvis Cocker)
8. Tralala
9. Last Night
10. Runaway
11. Childcatcher, The
12. Olympia
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Jarvis Cocker | | Producer: | Lush, Peter Barlett | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Lush: Miki Berenyi, Emma Anderson (vocals, guitar, melody horn, handclaps); Philip King (spoken vocals, bass); Chris Acland (drums).
Additional personnel: Jarvis Cocker (vocals); Melissa Thompson (spoken vocals); Audrey Riley (arranger, cello, piano); Pete Bartlett (guitar, piano, handclaps); Chris Tombling, Leo Payne (violin); Sue Dench (viola); Kate Holmes (flute); Terry Edwards (trumpet); Mike Kearsey (trombone); Dan Goodwin (percussion); Liam Molloy (handclaps).
Recorded at Protocol Studios, London, England from May to August 1995.
LOVELIFE is the fourth 4AD album by the stripped-down, girl-dominant London quartet. Having begun its career as a drone-heavy, psychedelic band--part of the UK's "shoegazer" movement of the early '90s--Lush evolved into a guitar-pop group reminiscent of mid-'80s acts such as Let's Active and The Plimsouls. The essence of this new Lush was in its songwriters, Emma Anderson and Miki Berenyi, who contrasted musically straightforward guitar lines and ethereal vocals with strong, in-your-face lyrics.
From the opening track and first single, the blistering "Ladykillers," a diatribe against male club rats, it's clear that there's a newfound fire in the band's belly. The light, dreamy, shoegazing melodies are gone, replaced by loud, driving, defiant guitars. Here Berenyi's vocals, formerly more integrated with the music, take a front seat, accentuating the bold and sometimes bitter lyrics. Luckily, Lush is as good at power pop as it is at the ethereal kind. LOVELIFE is an inspired, constantly engaging record, a fun, ranting romp against the travails of love in the real world. Tracks such as "I've Been Here Before" and the aforementioned "Ladykillers" are scathing, hilarious and, most importantly, undeniably catchy.
Industry Reviews
Recommended - ...the best pop album of the year so far...here is a group who have finally accepted what they are good at (the manipulation of pop) and can not contain the euphoria of such a liberating discovery...
Melody Maker (03/16/1996)
7 (out of 10) - ...the kind of generic thrash with which Lush are well-acquainted, but which now sounds unfettered and heartfelt and like it actually means something to the protagonists...
NME (03/16/1996)
...a better-than-decent sampler of moody new wave that cops a lot of attitude when it delivers classic litanies of love, love and love...
Option (05/01/1996)
Lush continue to carve out a personal path between girl-group cheekiness and tough-skinned attitude...
Entertainment Weekly (03/08/1996)
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