Lovelife (album)
Encyclopedia
Lovelife is the third and final album by British
shoegazing
act Lush
. On this album, the band left their dream pop
/shoegazing
-styled music and went for a more Britpop
-styled sound. The album was produced by Pete Bartlett
and the band at Protocol Studios London, and engineered by Giles Hall.
Jarvis Cocker
from Pulp
sings a duet with Miki Berenyi
on the song "Ciao!"
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
shoegazing
Shoegazing
Shoegazing is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. It lasted there until the mid 1990s, with a critical zenith reached in 1990 and 1991...
act Lush
Lush (band)
Lush were an English alternative rock band, formed in 1987 and disbanded in 1998. They were one of the first bands to attract the "shoegazing" label...
. On this album, the band left their dream pop
Dream pop
Dream pop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid-1980s, when bands like The Passions, Dif Juz, Lowlife and A.R. Kane began fusing post-punk and ethereal experiments with bittersweet pop melodies into dreamy, sensual soundscapes. The term was almost...
/shoegazing
Shoegazing
Shoegazing is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. It lasted there until the mid 1990s, with a critical zenith reached in 1990 and 1991...
-styled music and went for a more Britpop
Britpop
Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Britpop emerged from the British independent music scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s...
-styled sound. The album was produced by Pete Bartlett
Pete Bartlett
Pete Bartlett is a record producer and sound engineer from Brighton, who is now based in Salisbury. He is best known for his work with Lush and Therapy?.- Albums Produced :* Lush - Lovelife * Therapy? - High Anxiety...
and the band at Protocol Studios London, and engineered by Giles Hall.
Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Branson Cocker is an English musician and frontman for the band Pulp. Through his work with the band, Cocker became a figurehead of the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s. Following Pulp's hiatus Cocker has led a successful solo career...
from Pulp
Pulp (band)
Pulp are an English alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. Their lineup consists of Jarvis Cocker , Russell Senior , Candida Doyle , Mark Webber , Steve Mackey and Nick Banks ....
sings a duet with Miki Berenyi
Miki Berenyi
Miki Berenyi is an English musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist.- Music :At the age of 14, Berenyi met her friend and future bandmate, Emma Anderson. They became interested in music and together wrote the music fanzine Alphabet Soup...
on the song "Ciao!"
Track listing
Release history
Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue # |
---|---|---|---|---|
United Kingdom | 4 March 1996 | 4AD 4AD 4AD is a British independent record label that was started in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, funded by Beggars Banquet Records, and is still active today... |
CD | CAD 6004 CD |
LP (clear-coloured) | CAD 6004 | |||
United States | 5 March 1996 | 4AD/Reprise Reprise Records Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:... |
CD | 9 46170-2 |
Japan | 20 March 1996 | Nippon Columbia | CD/bonus 3" CD | COZY-27/28 |
Singles
- "Single Girl" (8 January 1996)
- CD1 (BAD 6001 CD)
- "Single Girl" – 2:36
- "Tinkerbell" – 3:06
- "Outside World" – 4:05
- "Cul de Sac" – 3:39
- CD2 (BAD D 6001 CD)
- "Single Girl" – 2:36
- "Pudding" – 3:56
- "Demystification" – 3:39
- "Shut Up" – 3:46
- 7" vinyl (clear-coloured; AD 6001)
- "Single Girl" – 2:36
- "Sweetie" – 2:39
- CD1 (BAD 6001 CD)
- "Ladykillers" (26 February 1996)
- CD1 (BAD 6002 CD)
- "Ladykillers" – 3:14
- "Matador" – 3:01
- "Ex" – 3:14
- "Dear Me" (Miki's 8-Track Home Demo) – 3:06
- CD2 (BAD D 6002 CD)
- "Ladykillers" – 3:14
- "Heavenly" – 2:53
- "Carmen" – 3:19
- "Plums and Oranges" – 6:19
- 7" vinyl (green-coloured; AD 6002)
- "Ladykillers" – 3:14
- "I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend" – 3:19
- CD1 (BAD 6002 CD)
- "500 (Shake Baby Shake)" (15 July 1996)
- CD1 (BAD 6009 CD)
- "500 (Shake Baby Shake)" (Single Remix) – 3:22
- "I Have the Moon" – 3:52
- "Piledriver" – 3:07
- "Olympia" (Acoustic Version) – 3:16
- CD2 (BAD D 6009 CD)
- "500 (Shake Baby Shake)" (Single Remix) – 3:22
- "I'd Like to Walk Around in Your Mind" – 2:19
- "Kiss Chase" (Acoustic Version) – 2:54
- "Last Night" (Hexadecimal Dub Mix) – 6:31
- 7" vinyl (red-coloured; AD 6009)
- "500 (Shake Baby Shake)" (Single Remix) – 3:22
- "I Have the Moon" – 3:52
- CD1 (BAD 6009 CD)
- "Last Night" (PROMO ONLY, January 1996)
- Radio promo CD (PRO-CD-8034)
- "Last Night" (Latent Power Mix) – 5:25
- "Undertow" (Spooky Remix) – 9:13
- "Last Night" (Darkest Hour Mix) – 4:58
- "Lovelife" (Suga Bullit Remix) – 8:17
- "Last Night" (Hexadecimal Dub Mix) – 6:31
- "Ladykillers" (Demo – Ruff Mix '95) – 3:12
- Radio promo CD (PRO-CD-8034)
Personnel
- Miki BerenyiMiki BerenyiMiki Berenyi is an English musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist.- Music :At the age of 14, Berenyi met her friend and future bandmate, Emma Anderson. They became interested in music and together wrote the music fanzine Alphabet Soup...
- lead vocals, guitar - Emma AndersonEmma AndersonEmma Anderson is an English musician. She is best known for being a songwriter, guitarist and backing singer in the shoegazing/Britpop band, Lush. As a keen music fan, she used to write a fanzine called Alphabet Soup with school friend Miki Berenyi when she was a teenager...
- guitars, vocals - Phil King - bass guitar
- Chris AclandChris AclandChris Acland was an English musician, best known for being the drummer of the London based shoegazing and britpop musical ensemble, Lush.-Biography:Christopher John Dyke Acland was born in Lancaster Infirmary...
- drums