Life On Other Planets
- Supergrass
- Band Name: Supergrass
- Record Label: Def Jam / Parlophone
- Release Date: Feb 11, 2003
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They're uneven, to be sure.... But Supergrass are never less than lovable. [14 Feb 2003, p.72]
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Life on Other Planets is a smashing return to form, an album giddy with the sheer pleasure of making music.
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90What they achieve here is hard to get right: lush, summery music-for-pleasure that sounds effortless. [Album of the Month, Sep. 2002, p.92]
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The band merrily rips through song after song with skill and zeal, all the while cheekily brandishing a wit that's equal parts irony and earnestness.
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90Taking a large step in expanding its lexicon, the group, singer Gaz Coombes in particular, has tightened up its songwriting and come up with tunes that rival the band’s first hit "Caught By The Fuzz."
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Once again, the enthusiasm of the delivery and the fun of being absorbed into the music belies the fact that the group's four members are amazingly talented at what they do.
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80Rustic, rowdy, bags of fun, Life On Other Planets is another Supergrass masterpiece. [Nov 2002, p.118]
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80Most of these concise, super-catchy tunes are as unself-consciously traditional, and fun, as an undiscovered cache of British Invasion rock. [#14, p.143]
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76On the one hand, there's an abundance of energy and some great songwriting; on the other, there's less focus here than on either of their previous two releases.
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75Unfortunately, Coombes seems to have the glam era's fuzzy-brained approach to pop songwriting nailed a bit too well. [Apr 2003, p.106]
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'Life On Other Planets’ is about three-quarters of the great album everyone knows they can make.
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70Anyone expecting a return to the spiky garage rock of 'I Should Coco' may again be disappointed by Gaz & co's refusal to whole heartedly revisit the three-chord bluster of their debut, but with 'Life On Other Planets' Supergrass have come closer than ever to the psychedelic pop-punk masterpiece of their dreams.
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Finds the fearless foursome cruising right along with the same carefree glee that made us pay attention in the first place. [March 2003, p.100]
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70If there's anything wrong with Life On Other Planets, it's that the band really isn't branching out at all -- and when you get to your fourth album, it's hard to sound as fresh and vital as you once did if you aren't trying anything new.
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70Life On Other Planets isn't quite as much fun as previous Supergrass releases; perhaps, a sign that the boys are growing up.
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Anyone expecting direction changes and unpredictability may not find this band particularly exciting, but anyone who is a sucker for catchy, contagious pop tunes will revel in Life On Other Planets.
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Supergrass' lack of commitment can get wearisome, and Life suffers without a guiding sense of personality, a point of view.
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60An album of patchy brilliance but with far too many freewheeling moments.
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60They are the rare band that loses juice when the arrangements are tight and the focus is keen. Unfortunately, too many songs on L.O.O.P. stray from primary strength, producing a surprisingly stolid feel for a group proven to be experts at fun.
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A juvenile cluster bomb of goofy guitar shenanigans.
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40A fiddly disappointment, as centreless as a B-sides collection. [Oct 2002, p.117]
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time10Their best record yet. Bloody indispensible!
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DominicC10Brilliant