Lovey
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| Studio album by The Lemonheads | ||||
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Publication |
1990 |
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| Label (s) | Atlantic Records | |||
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LP, CD |
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
33:54 |
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Other musicians:
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Studio (s) |
Fort Apache North |
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Lovey is the fourth music album by the American indie rock band The Lemonheads .
classification
The album marks a decisive turning point in the history of the Lemonheads. So Lovey not only the first release on the major label Atlantic , but also the first without founding member Ben Deilly and thus the first step to supposed "solo project" by Evan Dando.
Lovey also breaks new ground musically . The rough punk guitars that were heard in the band's early days are history. Short, melodic up tempo pieces like Left for Dead or Stove predominate . You can also hear songs like Li'l Seed , which are tricky and less catchy. The Gram Parsons song Brass Bottons builds on a tradition of the band of recording cover versions of well-known American musicians. The lemonheads have reinterpreted Luka by Suzanne Vega or Mrs. Robinson from Simon & Garfunkel .
Commercially, the album went largely unnoticed. Success only came with the follow-up album It's a Shame About Ray , which was released three years later.
Track list
- Ballarat - 3:15
- Half the Time - 2:45
- Year of the Cat - 2:28
- Ride With Me - 3:38
- Li'l Seed (Corey Brennan / Chambers / Dando / Tarver) - 3:22
- Stove - 3:08
- Come Downstairs - 2:54
- Left for Dead - 2:05
- Brass Buttons ( Gram Parsons ) - 3:11
- (The) Door (Brennan / Dando) - 7:01
- Unless otherwise noted, all songs were written by Evan Dando.
literature
- The lemonheads . In: Siegfried Schmidt-Joos / Wolf Kampmann. Pop Lexicon. Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Hamburg 2002, pp. 347-348, ISBN 3-499-61114-7 .