Lesbians on Ecstasy is the self-titled debut album

Album

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 of Montreal

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 based electropunk group Lesbians on Ecstasy

Lesbians on Ecstasy

Lesbians on Ecstasy is an electronic band from Montreal, Quebec.The band toured across Canada and the U.S. with Le Tigre before the release of their first recording.The first album, the self-titled Lesbians on Ecstasy was released on October 26, 2004...

. It contains 11 songs, including a live bonus track

Bonus track

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. The first single is the track "Tell Me Does She Love The Bass", a reworking of the 1988 Melissa Etheridge

Melissa Etheridge

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 hit "Like the Way I Do".

This record also contains several covers of other Canadian

Canada

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 performers. "Pleasure Principal" is an electropunk

Synthpunk

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 response to Rough Trade

Rough Trade (band)

Rough Trade was a Canadian new wave rock band in the 1970s and 1980s, centred on singer Carole Pope and multi-instrumentalist Kevan Staples. The band was noted for their provocative lyrics and stage antics; singer Pope often performed in bondage attire, and their 1981 hit "High School...

's song "High School Confidential", "Kündstant Krøving" is a take at k.d. lang

K.D. Lang

Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC , known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress...

's biggest hit "Constant Craving", "Parachute Clubbing" is a take on Parachute Club's "Rise Up", and "Bitchsy" references the Fifth Column song "All Women Are Bitches

All Women Are Bitches

All Women Are Bitches is a song by the Toronto band Fifth Column.The lyrics were written by Caroline Azar and G.B. Jones and the music was composed by Fifth Column. The single was produced by Walter Sobczak at Wellesley Sound Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.The cover featured photos from the G.B...

". "Bitchsy" was featured on Queer as Folk

Queer as Folk (US TV series)

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during the final season of 2005.

In 2005, The Advocate

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chose Lesbians on Ecstasy as their 'Number One Album of the Year'.

Track listing

1. "Intro" – 1:00
2. "Parachute Clubbing" – 3:30
3. "Tell Me Does She Love the Bass" – 4:52
4. "Pleasure Principal" – 5:10
5. "Kündstant Krøving" – 3:55
6. "Bitchsy" – 3:19
7. "Closer to the Dark" – 3:46
8. "Queens of Noise (Bring da Bunny)" – 4:20
9. "Revolt" – 5:25
10. "Summer Luv" – 3:12
11. "Manipulation" – 5:33
12. "Superdyke! (Live)" – 4:33

External links

• Alien8 Recordings – Record company review of the album.