Lovey (album)

Lovey
Studio album by
The Lemonheads
ReleasedJuly 1990
Genre
LabelAtlantic
ProducerPaul Q. Kolderie
The Lemonheads chronology
Favourite Spanish Dishes
(1990) 		Lovey
(1990) 		It's a Shame About Ray
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[5]
Pitchfork7.4/10[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Select3/5[8]
Spin Alternative Record Guide3/10[9]

Lovey is the fourth studio album by the alternative rock band The Lemonheads.[10][11] It was released in 1990 on Atlantic Records, the group's first for the record company.[12]

Production

The lineup for the recording was Evan Dando (lead vocals, guitar), Corey Loog Brennan (guitar), Jesse Peretz (bass guitar), and David Ryan (drums). The album was the last with founding member Peretz, who would leave the band to pursue a career in photography and filmmaking; founding member Ben Deily had left following their previous album, Lick, leaving Dando as the sole founding member for all future releases.

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "a fine, varied collection," writing that it reveals "a punk kid almost all grown up, with no qualms about expressing his perhaps unfashionable faves/influences."[13] The Tampa Bay Times called it "a mediocre combination of everything that is supposed to be cool about college radio."[14] The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote that "the rockers ... are augmented by occasionally introspective ballads, the best of which are disarmingly tuneful, and surprisingly moving."[7] The Spin Alternative Record Guide wrote that the album "sank the band in Dinosaur-style power-mope."[9]

Track listing

All songs by Evan Dando unless otherwise stated.

  1. "Ballarat" – 3:14
  2. "Half the Time" – 2:45
  3. "Year of the Cat" – 2:28
  4. "Ride With Me" – 3:38
  5. "Li'l Seed" (Corey Loog Brennan, Kenny Chambers, Dando, Clay Tarver) – 3:22
  6. "Stove" – 3:08
  7. "Come Downstairs" – 2:54
  8. "Left for Dead" – 2:04
  9. "Brass Buttons" (Gram Parsons) – 3:11
  10. "(The) Door" (Brennan, Dando) – 5:40
  11. "Untitled" – 1:21

Note: "Left for Dead" is a remake of "Clang Bang Clang," from Creator (1988); the lyrics are unchanged from the earlier version of the song.

References

  1. ^ Kreps, Daniel (August 13, 2020). "Lemonheads Prep 30th-Anniversary Reissue of Major-Label Debut 'Lovey'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "It's a Shame About Ray – The Lemonheads". AllMusic. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  3. ^ "Lovely - The Lemonheads". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 170.
  5. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 666.
  6. ^ "The Lemonheads: Lovey". Pitchfork.
  7. ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City: Random House. 1992. p. 418.
  8. ^ Finlay, Leo (October 1990). "Reviews: The New Discs". Select (4): 108. ISSN 0959-8367.
  9. ^ a b Spin Alternative Record Guide. New York City: Vintage Books. 1995. p. 224.
  10. ^ "The Lemonheads | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  11. ^ Buckley, Peter (November 1, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Kreps, Daniel (August 13, 2020). "Lemonheads Prep 30th-Anniversary Reissue of Major-Label Debut 'Lovey'". Rolling Stone.
  13. ^ "Lemonheads". Trouser Press. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  14. ^ "SOUND BITES". Tampa Bay Times.