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We Love Life - Pulp
  • Band Name: Pulp
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: Aug 20, 2002
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Metascore
84 out of 100

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User Score
8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 12 Ratings

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  • Summary: The band's first album since 1997's 'This Is Hardcore' is produced by Scott Walker and features 12 new tracks.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Alternative Press
    90
    His most winsomely loveless lyrics yet. [Oct 2002, p.92]
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  2. CultureDose.net
    90
    “Weeds,” an excellent tune which compares the English working class to this type of plants, is only one of the various epic, melodramatic tunes in the key of Scott Walker (who produced the record) present here that use elements of nature to symbolise aspects of modern society and the human condition itself.
  3. Playlouder
    60
    It's painstakingly layered and often lush, but sometimes scrubby and miserably sparse.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Michael
    10
    One of the best albums of the 21st Century so far...and we are 5 years into it now...dare I say as good as "Different Class"?yes. And horribly overlooked.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. AnnMarie
    10
    I crossed Pulp off my list around 1999, figuring they had fallen into the depths of post Brit Pop depression. I kept hearing news of this album, but it kept being pushed back and redone and I thought it was never coming out. I didn't expect much of it either. But upon one listen I've realized that Pulp has just done what VERY few other bands can do. Pick themselves up, reinvent their style, and make awesome music once again. It's a different sound, a different direction, but its still Jarvis and it sounds equally as great as His n' Hers and Different Class. … Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. JohnnyZeckel
    4
    I am so disappointed that this was their last record. Sometimes I wish they had stopped after This Is Hardcore which is truely my favourite. This album just sounds horribly... vague.… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes

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