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Cloudcuckooland (album)

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Released
  
29 January 1990

Length
  
46:34

Artist
  
The Lightning Seeds

Producer
  
Ian Broudie

Recorded
  
1989, England

Cloudcuckooland(1990)
  
Sense(1992)

Release date
  
29 January 1990

Label
  
MCA Records

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Genres
  
Alternative rock, Indie pop

Similar
  
The Lightning Seeds albums, Alternative rock albums

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Cloudcuckooland is the debut album by the British musical project The Lightning Seeds, released in 1990. "Pure" was the band's first hit in the United Kingdom, and their only Top 40 entry in the United States.

Contents

Liverpool scene peers Andy McCluskey and Ian McNabb – frontmen of OMD and The Icicle Works, respectively – appeared in guest roles.

The lightning seeds ian broudie pure from cloudcuckooland studio version


Reception and legacy

Dean Carlson of AllMusic awarded the album 4/5 stars, and wrote: "Even in these early days, with singles like "Pure" and "All I Want," you can hear why comparisons to a less burlesque Pet Shop Boys or a Matthew Sweet synth tribute band didn't have to be unpleasant criticisms."

"All I Want" was covered by Susanna Hoffs, formerly of The Bangles, on her 1996 album Susanna Hoffs. It was a minor US hit and a UK hit at #33 for 2 weeks.

Track listing

The CD version of Cloudcuckooland included an extra track, "God Help Them", which was originally a B-side and not on the LP version. The US track listing differs from the UK version with "God Help Them" replaced by two other B-sides, "Fools" and "Frenzy", and it was released on the MCA Records label rather than the indie label Ghetto. The re-release of the US album includes a new recording of "All I Want".

All songs written by Ian Broudie (except where stated).

  1. "All I Want" – 2:50 (Broudie/Peter Coyle)
  2. "Bound in a Nutshell" – 4:29
  3. "Pure" – 3:45
  4. "Sweet Dreams" – 4:25 (Broudie/Richard Jobson)
  5. "The Nearly Man" – 3:06
  6. "Joy" – 4:13
  7. "Love Explosion" – 4:10
  8. "Don't Let Go" – 3:54
  9. "Control the Flame" – 3:22 (Broudie/Coyle)
  10. "The Price" – 4:20

Bonus tracks

UK CD bonus track
  1. "God Help Them" – 3:44 (Broudie/Paul Simpson)
U.S. bonus tracks
  1. "Fools" – 4:08
  2. "Frenzy" – 3:56

Songs

1All I Want2:55
2Bound in a Nutshell4:34
3Pure3:48

References

Cloudcuckooland (album) Wikipedia
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