Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You
Studio album by
Lightspeed Champion
Released15 February 2010 (2010-02-15)
Recorded2008–2009
Mission Sound, Brooklyn, New York
GenreIndie rock, folk
Length49:50
LabelDomino
ProducerBen Allen, Devonté Hynes
Lightspeed Champion chronology
House-Sitting Songs
(2009)		 Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You
(2010)
Singles from Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You
  1. "Marlene"
    Released: 25 January 2010
  2. "Madame Van Damme"
    Released: 10 May 2010
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Drowned in Sound[3]
Rock Sound[4]
Pitchfork Media(6.7/10)[5]
Clash(8/10)[6]
Soundblab(7/10)[7]

Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You is the second album by British artist Lightspeed Champion, released on 15 February 2010 in the UK, and 16 February 2010 in the US,[8] although it was originally to be released on 1 February 2010,[9][10] before being pushed back.

Recording

The album began recording in late 2008 in Brooklyn with main Lightspeed Champion musician Dev Hynes and producer Ben Allen (known for his recent work with Gnarls Barkley, Animal Collective, and The Constellations), though it soon had to take a hiatus due a throat surgery Dev was required to undertake. It was then tracked within nine days at the beginning of March. Dev periodically posted five "studio reports" on his YouTube channel between 25 December 2008 and 18 March 2009.

"Smooth Day (at the Library)" originally appeared as a track on his EP, Album In A Day 2, then called simply "smooth day".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Devonté Hynes, except where noted

Standard edition CD (WIGCD235), LP (WIGLP235), digital download (WIG235D)
No.TitleLength
1."Dead Head Blues"4:07
2."Marlene"3:50
3."There's Nothing Underwater"4:44
4."Intermission"1:23
5."Faculty of Fears"5:14
6."The Big Guns of Highsmith"4:26
7."Romart"3:30
8."I Don't Want to Wake Up Alone"2:29
9."Madame Van Damme"3:13
10."Smooth Day (at the Library)"3:46
11."Intermission 2"0:38
12."Sweetheart"4:38
13."Etude Op.3 'Goodnight Michalek'"1:49
14."Middle of the Dark"4:15
15."A Bridge and a Goodbye"1:47
Total length:49:50
Japanese edition bonus track[11]
No.TitleLength
16."Tete Morte"4:21
Total length:53:11
UK limited edition bonus CD (WIGCD235X)
No.TitleLength
1."Devil in Disguise" (Bill Giant/Bernie Baum/Florence Kaye)3:05
2."Marlene" (live)4:07
3."Madame van Damme" (live)3:11
4."Faculty of Fears" (live)4:39
5."Sweetheart" (live)4:41

Release history

Date Country Label
15 February 2010 United Kingdom Domino Records (WIG235)
16 February 2010 United States/Canada Domino Records (DNO254)
24 February 2010 Japan Hostess Entertainment

Personnel

  • Devonté Hynes – vocals, main instrumentation, composition, arrangement
  • Spacecamp (Jon Wiley, Steven Mertens, Chris Egan, Omar Shamesh) – additional instrumentation, group male vocals
  • Michael Siddel – violin, additional strings
  • Jon Webber – violin
  • Jesse Reagen – cello
  • Sally Wall – oboe
  • Ben Allen – production, recording, mixing

References

  1. ↑ "Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You by Lightspeed Champion". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Collar, Matt. "Review: Life Is Sweet! Nice to Meet You". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  3. ↑ "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  4. ↑ "Rock Sound review".
  5. ↑ "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork.
  6. ↑ "Clash review". 15 February 2010.
  7. ↑ "Soundblab review".
  8. ↑ ""Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You" Album Premiere on Myspace". Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  9. ↑ "New Album "Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You" Released 1 February 2010". Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  10. ↑ "New Release: Lightspeed Champion: Life Is Sweet! Nice to Meet You". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  11. ↑ "Lightspeed Champion / Life Is Sweet! Nice to Meet You". Tower Records.com. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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