Lovegod
Studio album by
The Soup Dragons
ReleasedApril 1990
Recorded1989
StudioLivingston Studios, London
GenreAlternative rock, alternative dance
Length40:55
LabelBig Life[1]
ProducerSean Dickson & George Shilling
The Soup Dragons chronology
This Is Our Art
(1988)		 Lovegod
(1990)		 Hotwired
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Entertainment WeeklyC[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 latter, 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
  • 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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 Buckley, Peter (18 January 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
  9. 1 2 "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.
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