Released November 6, 2001 Artist Lovage Label 75 Ark | Length 56:53 Release date 6 November 2001 | |
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Producer Dan the Automator / AKA Nathaniel Merriweather Genres Trip hop, Hip hop music, Downtempo, Lounge music, Acid jazz Similar Mike Patton albums, Trip hop albums | ||
Nathaniel Merriweather Presents... Lovage: Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By is the only album by Lovage, released in 2001. Lovage is a studio supergroup featuring Dan the Automator producing, Mike Patton and Jennifer Charles on vocals, Kid Koala on the turntables, Brandon Arnovick (as Astacio the Nudist) on guitar, Daniels Spills on keyboards and SweetP on harpsichord & noseflute.
Contents
Content
Dan the Automator provides trip hop beats while the vocals mostly consist of Mike Patton and Jennifer Charles engaging in sultry and provocative dialogue. Nevertheless, the overall tone of the album is tongue-in-cheek.
The album cover is an homage to Serge Gainsbourg's second album.
The song "Sex (I'm A)" was originally written and performed by 1980s New Wave band Berlin. The Lovage version differs significantly from the original.
The album features many references to Alfred Hitchcock, most notably the titles of the songs "To Catch a Thief", "Lifeboat", and "Strangers on a Train", which were all named after the movies, and contain re-dubbed excerpts. The album title itself also refers to an album Hitchcock appeared on in 1956 titled Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Music to Be Murdered By.
An instrumental version of the album has also been published.
Samples
Songs
1Ladies Love Chest Rockwell1:19
2Pit Stop (Take Me Home)3:56
3Anger Management4:18