Released 29 May 2015 Release date 29 May 2015 Label Warner Bros. Records | Artist Ben Lee Producer Ben Lee Genre Pop music | |
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Similar Deeper into Dream, Ayahuasca: Welcome to the Work, Awake Is the New Sleep, Hey You Yes You, Something to Rememb | ||
A sides interview ben lee discusses album love is the great rebellion 7 1 2015
Love Is the Great Rebellion is the tenth studio album by Australian ARIA award winning singer Ben Lee. The recording was released in Australia in May 2015 and the rest of the world in June 2015. The album was distributed by Warner Music and is Lee's first release with Warner. Love Is the Great Rebellion marks a return to the pop sound of Ben Lee's previous work such as Awake Is the New Sleep and Ripe and is a change of direction from his previous release Ayahuasca: Welcome to the Work.
Contents
Ben lee love is the great rebellion interview part one
Production
In an interview with The Guardian to promote Love Is the Great Rebellion Lee discussed this move from his more recent work.
"I thought it was going to be a natural progression from the Ayahuasca album," he said. "I thought it was going to be something very obtuse and abstract and meditative but suddenly these pop songs started coming out. [...] And as I started exploring, I realised I still feel some degree of unfinished business with what the pop song can do, creatively. I don't feel entirely tapped out of the medium."
Critical reception
Love Is the Great Rebellion received generally positive reviews. Lee Zimmerman of PopMatters praised the album's cohesiveness, stating "...it holds together remarkably well as a unified, complete concept, a series of songs conveying like a zen-like mantra and philosophical thoughts on life, love, God and related subjects of similar consequence." Danelle Cloutier of Exclaim! recommended the album and also commended Lee's ability to explore deeper philosophical themes through pop music. Dan F. Stapleton of Rolling Stone Australia described listening to the album as pleasant but lamented that it lacked "grit". Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the record a more mediocre review, stating that it is "...the kind of album that can double as motivation or pleasing background music for the office."
Track listing
- "Giving Up on Miracles" – 4:38
- "Goodbye to Yesterday" – 4:14
- "Forgiveness" – 3:25
- "Big Love" – 3:12
- "Happiness" – 3:13
- "I'm Changing My Mind" – 5:07
- "The Body of Love" – 4:29
- "Everybody Dies" – 3:53
- "Everything Is Ok" – 3:57
- "Victory" – 3:11
- "The Universe Inside" – 4:47
- "Don't Let the Fire Die" – 5:03
- "God Is a Fire" – 4:07
Credits
The album was written by Ben Lee and produced by Brad Wood. Sally Seltmann and Jessica Chapnik Kahn also contributed as composers.
Songs
1Giving Up on Miracles4:39
2Goodbye to Yesterday4:15
3Forgiveness3:25