We Love Life
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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 is notable for being 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.
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]
In October 2011 a petition was started at PulpWiki.net to have a deluxe version of the album released.[7]
Reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 84/100[8] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [9] |
| Blender |  [10] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[11] |
| The Guardian | [12] |
| NME | 7/10[13] |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.2/10[14] |
| Q | [15] |
| Rolling Stone | [16] |
| Spin | 9/10[17] |
| Uncut | [18] |
Initial critical response to We Love Life was very positive. The album received an average score of 84 at Metacritic, based on 20 reviews.[8] The music review online magazine Pitchfork Media placed We Love Life at number 194 on their list of the top 200 albums of the 2000s.[19]
Track listing
All songs written by Cocker, Banks, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, except where indicated.
- "Weeds" – 3:42
- "Weeds II (The Origin of the Species)" – 3:58
- "The Night That Minnie Timperley Died" – 4:38
- "The Trees" – 4:49
- "Wickerman" – 8:17
- "I Love Life" – 5:31
- "The Birds in Your Garden" – 4:11
- "Bob Lind (The Only Way Is Down)" – 4:16
- "Bad Cover Version" – 4:16
- "Roadkill" – 4:16
- "Sunrise" (Cocker, Banks, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, Mansell) – 6:02
- Bonus tracks
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Yesterday" | 3:52 |
| 13. | "Forever in My Dreams" | 4:23 |
Personnel
- Jarvis Cocker – vocals
- Mark Webber – guitars
- Candida Doyle – keyboards
- Steve Mackey – bass
- Nick Banks – drums
Charts
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums (OCC)[20] | 6 |
References
- ^ Barnes, Paul. "James Mosley: a life in objects". Eye magazine. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ Kinross, Robin. "Temple of Type". Eye. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ Emily King, "Everyday Exotics" in Frieze Magazine, issue 68, 2002
- ^ "Ornamented types: a prospectus" (PDF). imimprimit. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ Daines, Mike. "Pouchee's lost alphabets". Eye Magazine. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ Coles, Stephen. "We Love Life by Pulp". Fonts In Use. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ http://www.pulpwiki.net/Site/Petition
- ^ a b "Reviews for We Love Life by Pulp". Metacritic. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "We Love Life – Pulp". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis. "Pulp: We Love Life". Blender. Archived from the original on 20 August 2004. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ Raftery, Brian M. (23 August 2002). "We Love Life". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (12 October 2001). "Back to suburbia". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Oldham, James. "We Love Life : Pulp". NME. Archived from the original on 16 November 2001.
- ^ Tangari, Joe (13 December 2001). "Pulp: We Love Life". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ "Pulp: We Love Life". Q (183). November 2001.
- ^ Walters, Barry (22 August 2002). "Pulp: We Love Life". Rolling Stone (903). Archived from the original on 13 February 2007.
- ^ Winter, Jessica (October 2002). "Pulp: We Love Life". Spin. 18 (10): 116. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ "Pulp: We Love Life". Uncut (54): 128–29. November 2001.
- ^ Pitchfork staff (28 September 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
- ^ "Pulp | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
External links
- We Love Life at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)