Real Life Is No Cool
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| Studio album by Lindstrøm & Christabelle | ||||
| Released | January 18, 2010 | |||
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47:10 (standard edition) 89:45 (with bonus disc) |
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| Label | Feedelity, Smalltown Supersound | |||
| Producer | Lindstrøm | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | (A-) |
| The Guardian |  |
| No Ripcord | (7/10) |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.1/10.0) |
| PopMatters | (5/10) |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | |
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Real Life Is No Cool is a 2010 album by Norwegian musician Hans-Peter Lindstrøm and Norwegian-Mauritian singer Christabelle. The Lindstrøm-produced album was released January 18, 2010 in the UK and in the United States the following day, on the Oslo-based Smalltown Supersound label. The special edition of the album was released with a bonus disc, containing six remixes. An exclusive edition containing a second disc which featured Lindstrøm's disco version of the Christmas classic Little Drummer Boy, was available only from the London record store Rough Trade's website. This edition of the album was released November 30, 2009. The album's title is taken from a lyric in the track "Keep It Up".
Lindstrøm first met Christabelle (Isabelle Sandoo, then known as Solale) in 2001, while he shared studio time with her brother, DJ Dennis Jr. Lindstrøm listened to some of Solale's tracks, and got interested in collaborating with her. The first collaboration between Lindstrøm and Christabelle was the 12" titled "Music (In My Mind)" from 2003. Then in 2007, Lindstrøm released the 12" "Let's Practice" and the 10" "Let It Happen", which also featured Christabelle on vocals. These three tracks appeared at their first collaboration album, "Real Life Is No Cool".
A collaborative album between the duo was planned since they first started working together, but didn't materialized until 2010, due to Lindstrøm's hectic schedule. They began working on the album in 2008, before Lindstrøm released his debut studio album Where You Go I Go Too. Following this album's critical success, a hype was created around Lindstrøm's music, fueled by an overwhelming interest from music magazines, blogs and clubs. In December 2009, Lindstrøm released his 42-minutes long version of Little Drummer Boy. It sparked huge interest and was mentioned in countless music blogs, among others by Edmund Conway in The Daily Telegraph.
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