We Love Life
by Pulp
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: Aug 20, 2002
User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21

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  1. JohnnyZeckel
    Sep 25, 2011
    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.
  2. Michael
    Jun 9, 2005
    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.
  3. giulia
    Feb 13, 2005
    9
    i love pulp, but their earlier work was better. its a shame that they stopped to play together.
  4. AnnMarie
    Nov 30, 2001
    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 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
  5. mistereels
    Nov 14, 2001
    8
    Not as immediately enjoyable as their early stuff. But just like one of Jarvis' stupid trees it sure is a grower.
  6. CateR.
    Nov 14, 2001
    10
    they roXoR and i want to have all their babies.

Awards & Rankings

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#22 Best Album of 2002
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#29 Most Shared Album of 2002

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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Playlouder
    60
    It's painstakingly layered and often lush, but sometimes scrubby and miserably sparse.
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  2. Blender
    80
    Its surging orchestrations and and acoustic subtelties seem willfully out of step with current trends, taking time to reveal their unique, and very British, charms.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    70
    What saves this record from being another wallow in the misery of post-fame existence is the music.... 'We Love Life' is a grandiose, symphonic affair buoyed by succinct orchestration and white-light choral interludes.
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