Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By

Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By
Studio album by
Lovage
ReleasedNovember 6, 2001 (2001-11-06)
GenreDowntempo, trip hop
Length59:43
Label75 Ark, Bulk
ProducerDan the Automator
Lovage chronology
Lovage EP
(2001) 		Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By
(2001)

Nathaniel Merriweather Presents... Lovage: Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By is the debut studio album by Lovage. It was released by 75 Ark in 2001, with current reissues done by Bulk. It peaked at number 37 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart.[1]

Artwork

The album's artwork is a homage to the cover of Serge Gainsbourg's second album.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic66/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Blender[5]
NME7/10[6]
Pitchfork4.5/10[7]
Q[8]
Spin7/10[9]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66 based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]

M. F. DiBella of AllMusic gave the album 2.5 stars out of 5, saying: "[While Dan the Automator is] quite possibly one of the most accomplished beat processors in the realm of art hip-hop/electronica, his strict-composer approach on this project is occasionally inaccessible and at times unlistenable."[4] Kevin Adickes of Pitchfork gave the album a 4.5 out of 10, saying: "My biggest gripe about Lovage is that it finds a number of clearly talented artists constructing the same song continually without variation."[7] Kylee Swenson of Blender gave the album 3 stars out of 5, saying: "Lovage is music to put ladies in the mood, and it works both as satire and actual make-out fare."[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dan the Automator, Mike Patton, and Jennifer Charles, except "Sex (I'm a ...)" written by John Crawford, David Diamond, and Terri Nunn

No.TitleLength
1."Ladies Love Chest Rockwell"1:19
2."Pit Stop (Take Me Home)"3:56
3."Anger Management"4:17
4."Everyone Has a Summer"4:16
5."To Catch a Thief"3:17
6."Lies and Alibis"3:16
7."Herbs, Good Hygiene & Socks"1:55
8."Book of the Month"4:28
9."Lifeboat"4:45
10."Strangers on a Train"4:36
11."Lovage (Love That Lovage, Baby)"1:04
12."Sex (I'm a...)"6:19
13."Koala's Lament"3:53
14."Tea Time with Maseo"1:38
15."Stroker Ace"4:29
16."Archie & Veronica"6:05
Total length:59:43
Instrumental version
No.TitleLength
1."Pit Stop (Take Me Home)"3:59
2."Anger Management"4:21
3."To Catch a Thief"3:17
4."Book of the Month"4:38
5."Lifeboat (Officer and a Gentleman)"4:51
6."Strangers on a Train"4:38
7."Sex (I'm a ...)"6:19
8."Stroker Ace"4:36
9."Archie & Veronika"5:11
10."Lies and Alibis"3:41
11."Koala's Lament"3:54
12."Everyone Has a Summer"4:58
Total length:54:22

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

Chart Peak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[1] 37

References

  1. ^ a b "Lovage: Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 1, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  2. ^ Birtles, Bryan (September 10, 2009). "Sexy album covers". Vue Weekly. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Reviews for Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By by Nathaniel Merriweather Presents Lovage". Metacritic. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  4. ^ a b DiBella, M. F. "Lovage: Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By – Lovage / Nathaniel Merriweather". AllMusic. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  5. ^ a b Swenson, Kylee (February–March 2002). "Lovage: Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By". Blender (5): 113. Archived from the original on August 20, 2004. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  6. ^ "Lovage: Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By". NME: 36. December 1, 2001.
  7. ^ a b Adickes, Kevin (January 2, 2002). "Lovage: Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  8. ^ "Lovage: Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By". Q (184): 140. November 2001.
  9. ^ Kun, Josh (February 2002). "Nathaniel Merriwheather: Lovage: Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By". Spin. 18 (2): 108–09. Retrieved January 21, 2013.