Cloudcuckooland (album)

Cloudcuckooland
Studio album by The Lightning Seeds
Released February 10, 1990
Recorded 1989
Genre Alternative rock, Pop
Label Ghetto (GHETT 3)
Producer Ian Broudie
The Lightning Seeds chronology
Cloudcuckooland
(1990)		 Sense
(1992)
Singles from Cloudcuckooland
  1. "Pure"
    Released: July 28, 1989
  2. "Joy"
    Released: October 31, 1989
  3. "All I Want"
    Released: April 30, 1990

Cloudcuckooland is the debut album by rock group The Lightning Seeds. It was released in 1990. "Pure" was the debut UK hit for The Lightning Seeds and the band's only Top 40 hit in the USA.[1]

Contents

Background

Writing and recording

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
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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".[3]

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

Personnel

The Lightning Seeds
Production
Additional musicians
Other personnel

Release history

Charts

Charts (1990) Peak chart position
UK Albums Chart 50
U.S. Billboard 200 46

References

  1. ^ Pure Songfacts
  2. ^ Carlson, Dean. "The Lightning Seeds: Cloudcuckooland > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r11700. Retrieved August 6, 2010. 
  3. ^ Cloudcuckooland track listing at www.lightning-seeds.co.uk

External links

The Lightning Seeds
Ian Broudie · Angie Pollock · Riley Broudie · Martyn Campbell · Raife Burchell
Simon Rogers · Chris Sharrock · Ali Kane · Paul Hemmings · Keith York . Mathew Priest · Zak Starkey · Paolo Ruiu
Studio albums
Cloudcuckooland · Sense · Jollification · Dizzy Heights · Tilt · Four Winds
Compilations
Singles
"Pure" · "All I Want" · "Joy" · "The Life of Riley" · "Sense" · "Blowing Bubbles" · "Lucky You" · "Change" · "Marvellous" · "Perfect" · "Ready or Not" · "Three Lions" · "What If..." · "Sugar Coated Iceberg" · "You Showed Me" · "What You Say" · "Three Lions 98" · "Life's Too Short" · "Sweetest Soul Sensations"  · "Song for No One" · "Ghosts" · "Don't Walk on By"
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