Supergrass - Life on Other Planets
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Track List: Life on Other Planets
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- ZaDownload & Buy
- Rush Hour SoulDownload & Buy
- Seen The LightDownload & Buy
- Brecon BeaconsDownload & Buy
- Can't Get UpDownload & Buy
- Evening Of The DayDownload & Buy
- Never Done Nothing Like That BeforeDownload & Buy
- Funniest ThingDownload & Buy
- GraceDownload & Buy
- La SongDownload & Buy
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Album Details: Life on Other Planets
- Release Date:
- 09/30/2002
- Label:
- Island
- UPC:
- 044006368528
User Reviews: Life on Other Planets
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Dissecting The Sound
, September 14, 2003Reviewer: Eddie A - See all Eddie A's reviews -
Supergrass amazingly consistent
, March 11, 2003Reviewer: bjc - See all bjc's reviewsAs the other well-known names of the "Britpop" era fade into irrlevance (Oasis) or move into semi-permanent hiatus (Blur), Supergrass continue to pump out consistently great rock and roll that is uncomplicated and memorable. Of course the entire genre of stripped down rock has been revitalized by The Strokes and The White Stripes, and this should provide more exposure for a style that Supergrass has been bringing to listeners since 1995.
Notable tunes from this album - "Seen The Light", "Prophet 15", "La Song".
Bravo guys, another great release. ...
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Pro Reviews: Life on Other Planets
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Supergrass makes music so effervescent and so effortlessly joyous that it's easy to take them and their skills for granted. Surely that was the case around the release of their third album, 1999's eponymous effort, which in its labored fun and weary ballads illustrated just how much hard work it was to craft records as brilliant as I Should Coco and In It for the Money. It suggested the group might have burned too bright and flamed out, but, happily, 2002's Life on Other Planets is a smashing return to form, an album giddy with the sheer pleasure of making music. What makes this all the more impressive is that this is the record that Supergrass attempted to be -- a perfect balance of the sensibility and humor of I Should Coco with the musicality and casual virtuosity of In It for the Money. Where that album felt labored and a little weary, Life on Other Planets is teeming with life. The tempos are sprightly, the hooks tumble out of the speakers, the band mixes up styles and eras, and they never, ever forget the jokes (Gaz's fleeting Elvis impression on "Seen the Light," an allusion to Spinal Tap's "All the Way Home," or the chorus of "Evening of the Day"). Sure, it's possible to spot the influence all the way through the album -- most clearly T. Rex on "Seen the Light" and "Brecon Beacons," where Gaz's warble is uncannily like Marc Bolan's -- but it never sounds exactly like their inspirations -- it all sounds like Supergrass. And Supergrass hasn't offered such pure, unabashed pop pleasure since their debut; there hasn't been an album that's this much fun in a long time. Since they've been away for a while and have never broken in the States, Supergrass has been curiously overlooked, even though they're better than 99 percent of the power pop and punk-pop bands out there (plus, their everything-old-is-new-again aesthetic can be heard in such albums as the Strokes' Is This It?). But, as this glorious record proves, there are few bands around these days who are as flat-out enjoyable as this trio. The world is a better place for having Supergrass in it. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide |
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Like many other British bands of the '90s, Supergrass' musical roots lie in the infectiously catchy punk-pop of the Buzzcocks and the Jam, as well as the post-punk pop of Madness and the traditional British pop of the Kinks and Small Faces. Perhaps b...Full Supergrass Biography
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Rootsy, classy, pale-blue ballads which come alive are mixed with a singer worth listening to