We Love Life | ||||
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Studio album by Pulp | ||||
Released | 22 October 2001 | |||
Recorded | 2001 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 53:55 | |||
Label | Polygram, Island | |||
Producer | Scott Walker | |||
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Singles from We Love Life | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 84/100 |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Blender | |
Entertainment Weekly | B |
The Guardian | |
NME | 7/10 |
Pitchfork Media | 8.2/10 |
Q | |
Rolling Stone | |
Spin | 9/10 |
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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.
The minimal cover art (by Peter Saville) shows a set of initial capitals held in the collection of St. Bride Printing Library in London. They were engraved in wood by or for Louis Pouchée around the 1820s.
Initial critical response to We Love Life was very positive. The album received an average score of 84 at Metacritic, based on 20 reviews. 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.
All songs written by Cocker, Banks, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, except where indicated.
Personnel adapted from album liner notes