We Love Life

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We Love Life
File:Pulp-We Love Life.jpg
Studio album by Pulp
Released 22 October 2001
Recorded 2001
Genre Alternative rock
Length 53:55
Label Polygram, Island
Producer Scott Walker
Pulp chronology
Freshly Squeezed... the Early Years
(1998)Freshly Squeezed... the Early Years1998		 We Love Life
(2001)		 Hits
(2002)Hits2002
Singles from We Love Life
  1. "Sunrise" / "The Trees"
    Released: 8 October 2001
  2. "Bad Cover Version"
    Released: 15 April 2002

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.[1]

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.

In October 2011 a petition was started at PulpWiki.net to have a deluxe version of the album released.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (84/100)[3]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars[4]
Blender 4/5 stars[5]
Entertainment Weekly (B)[6]
NME 7/10 stars[7]
Pitchfork Media (8.2/10)[8]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[9]

Initial critical response to We Love Life was very positive. The album received an average score of 84 at Metacritic, based on 20 reviews.[10] 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.[11]

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

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Chartstats.com - Pulp - We Love Life
  2. ↑ http://www.pulpwiki.net/Site/Petition
  3. ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/music/we-love-life/pulp
  4. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. We Love Life at AllMusic. Retrieved on 23 July 2010.
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