Lovelife (album)
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Lovelife is the third and final album by British
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
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 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
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 from Pulp
Pulp (band)
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 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
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CD CAD 6004 CD
LP (clear-coloured) CAD 6004
United States 5 March 1996 4AD/Reprise
Reprise Records
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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)
      1. "Single Girl" – 2:36
      2. "Tinkerbell" – 3:06
      3. "Outside World" – 4:05
      4. "Cul de Sac" – 3:39
    • CD2 (BAD D 6001 CD)
      1. "Single Girl" – 2:36
      2. "Pudding" – 3:56
      3. "Demystification" – 3:39
      4. "Shut Up" – 3:46
    • 7" vinyl (clear-coloured; AD 6001)
      1. "Single Girl" – 2:36
      2. "Sweetie" – 2:39
  • "Ladykillers" (26 February 1996)
    • CD1 (BAD 6002 CD)
      1. "Ladykillers" – 3:14
      2. "Matador" – 3:01
      3. "Ex" – 3:14
      4. "Dear Me" (Miki's 8-Track Home Demo) – 3:06
    • CD2 (BAD D 6002 CD)
      1. "Ladykillers" – 3:14
      2. "Heavenly" – 2:53
      3. "Carmen" – 3:19
      4. "Plums and Oranges" – 6:19
    • 7" vinyl (green-coloured; AD 6002)
      1. "Ladykillers" – 3:14
      2. "I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend" – 3:19
  • "500 (Shake Baby Shake)" (15 July 1996)
    • CD1 (BAD 6009 CD)
      1. "500 (Shake Baby Shake)" (Single Remix) – 3:22
      2. "I Have the Moon" – 3:52
      3. "Piledriver" – 3:07
      4. "Olympia" (Acoustic Version) – 3:16
    • CD2 (BAD D 6009 CD)
      1. "500 (Shake Baby Shake)" (Single Remix) – 3:22
      2. "I'd Like to Walk Around in Your Mind" – 2:19
      3. "Kiss Chase" (Acoustic Version) – 2:54
      4. "Last Night" (Hexadecimal Dub Mix) – 6:31
    • 7" vinyl (red-coloured; AD 6009)
      1. "500 (Shake Baby Shake)" (Single Remix) – 3:22
      2. "I Have the Moon" – 3:52
  • "Last Night" (PROMO ONLY, January 1996)
    • Radio promo CD (PRO-CD-8034)
      1. "Last Night" (Latent Power Mix) – 5:25
      2. "Undertow" (Spooky Remix) – 9:13
      3. "Last Night" (Darkest Hour Mix) – 4:58
      4. "Lovelife" (Suga Bullit Remix) – 8:17
      5. "Last Night" (Hexadecimal Dub Mix) – 6:31
      6. "Ladykillers" (Demo – Ruff Mix '95) – 3:12

Personnel

  • 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...

     - lead vocals, guitar
  • Emma Anderson
    Emma Anderson
    Emma 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 Acland
    Chris Acland
    Chris 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
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