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Date: Oct 22, 2009

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Ohhh...Already eight years...Do you like this album?)) __________________ http://feelingcalledjarvis.blogspot.com/ Never knew it got so cold at night-time...But sometimes dreams come true, one night when the moon is blue...

Pip

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Date: Oct 22, 2009

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I love it! It's probably my favourite after HnH, with songs like Wickerman and Bob Lind right up there as two of Pulp's finest moments on record. __________________

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Date: Oct 22, 2009

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I must confess I love it more than Different Class and His n Hers. It has got some great songs like Weeds 2, Bob Lind, I Love Life, Roadkill and the great Wickerman. Nice album. Nothing too much. __________________ This is the sound of someone losing the plot, making out that they are okay when they are not. You're gonna like it, but not a lot.

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Of cores! "I love life", "Trees", "Weeds-the origin of the species", and "Forever in my dreams" (even if it just appeared on the u.s version). I really should listen to WLL more often the I do. May i say it maybe are a bit underrated, or at least very much in the shadow of the other Pulp albums. When WLL gets mentioned it's only as "Pulp's last album" witch is a bit sad really. __________________

SarahAWilson

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Date: Oct 22, 2009

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Didn't initially, but warmed to it over the first few plays. Now I love it. Wickerman and Sunrise are probably two of the most amazing songs ever written. __________________ "It is hammering it down!"

weed

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Date: Oct 22, 2009

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I still love it. The producton is a bit iffy in places but the songs more that make up for it. 8 years... time is flying! __________________ "oh well, that and the tea "

Eamonn

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Mostly a great record. Take out I Love Life and Minnie Timperly, put in Cuckoo and After You and it´s close to being the best Pulp album. __________________ Tell mester to fck off!*

Mike

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I think it's a slight downturn in quality compared to everything from 1991-1998, but it's mostly, let's say 3/4 amazing. __________________ Back from the dead -- Music From a Bachelor's Den!

SarahAWilson

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Eamonn, I have to disagree with you on this point. I Love Life is a great little tune, even the little Radiohead-y bit owards the end! Then again I haven't heard Cuckoo or After You, so I can't really comment. __________________ "It is hammering it down!"

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Weeds: The word "weeds" has no musicality to it, and every time Jarvis sings it he sounds like a pig in a sausage factory Weeds II: Boring Minnie Timperley: Worse than climate change Trees: One of the highlights of the album, sadly Wickerman: It took me a moment to remember the name, forgettable, about half of it is a great song I Love Life: a mess, sounds alright live though BIYG: Good but not exceptional Bob Lind: Best song on the album, might even make it into my top-50 Pulp songs Bad Cover Version: smart lyrics, crap music. sounds like a Christmas song Roadkill: lovable in pathetic sort of way Sunrise: I never thought Pulp would produce a song where I find myself wanting Jarvis to shut up and get on with the good part We Love Life... only gotten worse with age. -- Edited by Fuss Free on Saturday 24th of October 2009 03:09:06 AM __________________ ...she's as mad as a box of frogs.

SarahAWilson

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Sunrise: I never thought Pulp would produce a song where I find myself wanting Jarvis to shut up and get on with the good part I may be slightly biased here, but I completely agree with you on this bit. __________________ "It is hammering it down!"

FRLKEANERUSSIA

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Fuss Free wrote: Jarvis sings it he sounds like a pig in a sausage factory -- Edited by FRLKEANERUSSIA on Friday 23rd of October 2009 11:14:56 PM __________________ http://feelingcalledjarvis.blogspot.com/ Never knew it got so cold at night-time...But sometimes dreams come true, one night when the moon is blue...

Bort

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Date: Oct 24, 2009

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Ummm, Bad Cover Version is supposed to sound like a Christmas song. And We Love Life is one of the most underrated albums of all time. That instrumental breakdown in Sunrise cannot be beat. __________________

weed

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Back To Top! __________________ "oh well, that and the tea "

ArrGee

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Date: Oct 29, 2009

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FRLKEANERUSSIA wrote: Ohhh...Already eight years...Do you like this album?)) Yes, it's superb. I'm still awaiting the deluxe edition with all the other songs recorded at that time. Personally I think from Intro to We Love Life Pulp did no wrong (well except Someone Like the Moon). His n Hers is still my favourite Pulp album, but the others all frequently get an airing. Really depends on my mood. I always see We Love Life as the most optimistic of all the albums, despite some downbeat songs (How many deaths are there on it? The magpie, the deer, Minnie!) __________________

James

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I really like Minnie, & Someone Like The Moon for that matter. Hmmm. WLL has great songs but the production, particularly lack of synth, makes it suond more like a Jarvis solo album than Pulp. For me, Bad Cover Version is the only track where the recording remotely lives up to the song. __________________ Oh god, you'd better leave town. Before you get caught in the Covid lock down.

weed

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Although a lot of peeps here can't believe it 'Minnie' remains to be one of my favourite Pulp songs. The first time I heard it was at Leeds 2000 and I can pin point the exact moment in the song when it began pissing it down with rain and I got completely drenched! I also love 'Weeds' and 'Birds In Your Garden'. I wasn't that keen on BCV at the time and was a bit miffed at it becoming a single but I must say it has grown on me since. 'I Love Love' is a nice song but it has been let down on record by the production. I think it's really only BCV, 'Roadkill' and 'Sunrise' and 'Wickerman' that have benfited from Scott Walker's touch - Chris Thomas could have done the rest. There are several places in the album when I wonder what the heck he was doing, namely the way the last note of 'Minnie' cuts off as if they ran out of tape, when the noise gate opens at the start of 'Birds..' and it sticks out like a soare thumb, the horrendous orchestra drone at the end of 'I Love Life' and Jarvis' vocal on the bridge of 'Trees'. As for the songs themselves, I really love them. It was really refreshing after the darkness of This Is Hardcore. __________________ "oh well, that and the tea "