Lovegod

Lovegod
Studio album by The Soup Dragons
Released	April 1990
Recorded	1989
Studio	Livingston Studios, London
Genre	Alternative rock, alternative dance
Length	40:55
Label	Big Life[1]
Producer	Sean Dickson & George Shilling
The Soup Dragons chronology
This Is Our Art (1988) Lovegod (1990) Hotwired (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	C[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]

Lovegod is the second studio album by the Soup Dragons, released in 1990.[7][8] Four songs from the album were released as singles—"Backwards Dog", "Crotch Deep Trash", "Mother Universe" and "I'm Free". The last, a cover of a Rolling Stones cut from their 1965 album Out of Our Heads, made the top 5 in the UK charts. First pressings did not include "I'm Free", but it was subsequently placed first on the re-release, which also dates to 1990.

The album peaked at No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart.[9] It peaked at No. 88 on the Billboard 200.[10] The video for "I'm Free" made it to the top spot on MTV's most requested list.[8]

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "an effective, accessible (if ultimately tedious) trip of house-geared rhythms, semi-firm melodies and singer/guitarist/programmer Sean Dickson’s obviously mind-expanded lyrics."[1] Spin deemed it "well-crafted danceable rock with immaculate production."[11]

Track listing

All songs by Sean Dickson except where noted.

1. "I'm Free" (featuring Junior Reid) (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:58
2. "Mother Universe" – 3:43
3. "Backwards Dog" – 2:17
4. "Softly" – 2:55
5. "Drive the Pain" – 2:20
6. "Lovegod" – 3:38
7. "Dream-E-Forever" – 2:14
8. "Sweetmeat" – 4:22
9. "Kiss the Gun" – 2:31
10. "Love You to Death" – 2:40
11. "Beauty Freak" – 3:07
12. "Lovegod Dub" – 4:14
13. "Crotch Deep Trash" – 2:56

Personnel

The Soup Dragons

• Sean Dickson – vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming
• Jim McCullough – backing vocals, guitar
• Sushil K. Dade – bass guitar
• Paul Quinn – drums, percussion

Charts

Chart performance for Lovegod

Chart (1990–1991)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12]	54
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[13]	27
UK Albums (OCC)[9]	7
US Billboard 200[14]	88

References

1. "Soup Dragons". Trouser Press. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
2. Lovegod at AllMusic
3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 627.
4. "Lovegod". EW.com.
5. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1058.
6. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 657.
7. "The Soup Dragons | Biography & History". AllMusic.
8. Buckley, Peter (18 January 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
9. "SOUP DRAGONS | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company.
10. "The Soup Dragons". Billboard.
11. "New Music". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. 18 January 1991 – via Google Books.
12. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 261.
13. "Charts.nz – The Soup Dragons – Lovegod". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
14. "The Soup Dragons Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 October 2022.