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==Background==
==Background==
The minimal cover art (by [[Peter Saville (graphic designer)|Peter Saville]]) shows a set of initial capitals held in the collection of [[St Bride Library|St. Bride Printing Library]] in London.<ref name="James Mosley: a life in objects">{{cite web|last1=Barnes|first1=Paul|title=James Mosley: a life in objects|url=http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/james-mosley-a-life-in-objects|website=Eye magazine|accessdate=11 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="Temple of Type">{{cite web|last1=Kinross|first1=Robin|title=Temple of Type|url=http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/temple-of-type|website=Eye|accessdate=12 December 2015}}</ref><ref>Emily King, "Everyday Exotics" in ''Frieze Magazine'', issue 68, 2002</ref> They were engraved in wood by or for [[Louis Pouchée]] around the 1820s.<ref name="Ornamented types: a prospectus">{{cite web|title=Ornamented types: a prospectus|url=http://imimprimit.com/wp-content/uploads/Prospectus-all-cropped-small.pdf|publisher=imimprimit|accessdate=12 December 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222083754/http://imimprimit.com/wp-content/uploads/Prospectus-all-cropped-small.pdf|archivedate=22 December 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Pouchee’s lost alphabets">{{cite web|last1=Daines|first1=Mike|title=Pouchee’s lost alphabets|url=http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/pouchees-lost-alphabets|website=Eye Magazine|accessdate=12 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Fonts In Use">{{cite web|last1=Coles|first1=Stephen|title=''We Love Life'' by Pulp|url=http://fontsinuse.com/uses/4885/we-love-life-by-pulp|website=Fonts In Use|accessdate=12 March 2016}}</ref>
The minimal cover art (by [[Peter Saville (graphic designer)|Peter Saville]]) shows a set of initial capitals held in the collection of [[St Bride Library|St. Bride Printing Library]] in London.<ref name="James Mosley: a life in objects">{{cite web|last1=Barnes|first1=Paul|title=James Mosley: a life in objects|url=http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/james-mosley-a-life-in-objects|website=Eye magazine|accessdate=11 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="Temple of Type">{{cite web|last1=Kinross|first1=Robin|title=Temple of Type|url=http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/temple-of-type|website=Eye|accessdate=12 December 2015}}</ref><ref>Emily King, "Everyday Exotics" in ''Frieze Magazine'', issue 68, 2002</ref> They were engraved in wood by or for [[Louis Pouchée]] around the 1820s.<ref name="Ornamented types: a prospectus">{{cite web|title=Ornamented types: a prospectus|url=http://imimprimit.com/wp-content/uploads/Prospectus-all-cropped-small.pdf|publisher=imimprimit|accessdate=12 December 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222083754/http://imimprimit.com/wp-content/uploads/Prospectus-all-cropped-small.pdf|archivedate=22 December 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Pouchee’s lost alphabets">{{cite web|last1=Daines|first1=Mike|title=Pouchee’s lost alphabets|url=http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/pouchees-lost-alphabets|website=Eye Magazine|accessdate=12 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Fonts In Use">{{cite web|last1=Coles|first1=Stephen|title=''We Love Life'' by Pulp|url=http://fontsinuse.com/uses/4885/we-love-life-by-pulp|website=Fonts In Use|accessdate=12 March 2016}}</ref>

In October 2011 a [[petition]] was started at PulpWiki.net to have a deluxe version of the album released.<ref>http://www.pulpwiki.net/Site/Petition </ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==

Revision as of 15:53, 24 February 2018

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We Love Life is the seventh and final studio album by Pulp, released in the UK on 22 October 2001. It reached number 6 in the UK album charts, with a total chart stay of only three weeks.

It was produced by Scott Walker, whose own album 'Til the Band Comes In is mocked in the lyrics of the song "Bad Cover Version". Cocker claims the lyric was written long before Walker became involved in the album's production.[citation needed]

Background

The minimal cover art (by Peter Saville) shows a set of initial capitals held in the collection of St. Bride Printing Library in London.[1][2][3] They were engraved in wood by or for Louis Pouchée around the 1820s.[4][5][6]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Blender[9]
Entertainment WeeklyB[10]
The Guardian[11]
NME7/10[12]
Pitchfork8.2/10[13]
Q[14]
Rolling Stone[15]
Spin9/10[16]
Uncut[17]

Initial critical response to We Love Life was very positive. The album received an average score of 84 at Metacritic, based on 20 reviews.[7] The music review online magazine Pitchfork placed We Love Life at number 194 on their list of the top 200 albums of the 2000s.[18]

Track listing

All songs written by Cocker, Banks, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, except where indicated.

  1. "Weeds" – 3:42
  2. "Weeds II (The Origin of the Species)" – 3:58
  3. "The Night That Minnie Timperley Died" – 4:38
  4. "The Trees" – 4:49
  5. "Wickerman" – 8:17
  6. "I Love Life" – 5:31
  7. "The Birds in Your Garden" – 4:11
  8. "Bob Lind (The Only Way Is Down)" – 4:16
  9. "Bad Cover Version" – 4:16
  10. "Roadkill" – 4:16
  11. "Sunrise" (Cocker, Banks, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, Mansell) – 6:02
Bonus tracks
US CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Yesterday"3:52
13."Forever in My Dreams"4:23

Personnel

Personnel adapted from album liner notes[19]

Pulp
Additional personnel
  • Scott Walker – keyboards, effects, baritone guitar, string arrangements
  • Richard Hawley – lap steel guitar on "Weeds" and "Sunrise," twelve-string guitar on "Bob Lind (The Only Way Is Down)"
  • Luís Jardim – percussion on "Weeds II (The Origin of the Species)"
  • Alasdair Malloy – percussion on "Weeds," glass harmonica on "Wickerman"
  • Danny Cummings – percussion on "The Night That Minnie Timperley Died"
  • Julian Poole – percussion on "Bad Cover Version" and "Sunrise"
  • Steve Hilton – programming on "Weeds" and "Wickerman"
  • Andy Findon – flute and ocarina on "The Birds In Your Garden"
  • Caspar Cronk – saw on "The Birds In Your Garden"

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] 46
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21] 36
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[22] 38
French Albums (SNEP)[23] 41
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[24] 25
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[25] 46
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26] 78
UK Albums (OCC)[27] 6

References

  1. ^ Barnes, Paul. "James Mosley: a life in objects". Eye magazine. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  2. ^ Kinross, Robin. "Temple of Type". Eye. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  3. ^ Emily King, "Everyday Exotics" in Frieze Magazine, issue 68, 2002
  4. ^ "Ornamented types: a prospectus" (PDF). imimprimit. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Daines, Mike. "Pouchee's lost alphabets". Eye Magazine. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  6. ^ Coles, Stephen. "We Love Life by Pulp". Fonts In Use. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Reviews for We Love Life by Pulp". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  8. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "We Love Life – Pulp". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  9. ^ Petridis, Alexis. "Pulp: We Love Life". Blender. Archived from the original on 20 August 2004. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  10. ^ Raftery, Brian M. (23 August 2002). "We Love Life". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  11. ^ Petridis, Alexis (12 October 2001). "Back to suburbia". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  12. ^ Oldham, James (16 October 2001). "Pulp : We Love Life". NME. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  13. ^ Tangari, Joe (13 December 2001). "Pulp: We Love Life". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  14. ^ "Pulp: We Love Life". Q (183). November 2001.
  15. ^ Walters, Barry (22 August 2002). "Pulp: We Love Life". Rolling Stone (903). Archived from the original on 13 February 2007.
  16. ^ Winter, Jessica (October 2002). "Pulp: We Love Life". Spin. 18 (10): 116. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  17. ^ "Pulp: We Love Life". Uncut (54): 128–29. November 2001.
  18. ^ Pitchfork staff (28 September 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  19. ^ https://www.discogs.com/Pulp-We-Love-Life/release/430718
  20. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Pulp – We Love Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  21. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Pulp – We Love Life" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  22. ^ "Danishcharts.dk – Pulp – We Love Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  23. ^ "Lescharts.com – Pulp – We Love Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  24. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Pulp – We Love Life" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  25. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Pulp – We Love Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  26. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Pulp – We Love Life". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  27. ^ "Pulp | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
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