Some album titles do nail it, and this is one of the prime candidates. From the near-cartoonishly foppish front cover photo, with the three members primed with necklaces, silk kaftans, airbrushing and more, to nearly everything on the actual disc, Overdose is just that. The most memorable number remains the band's biggest hit single, "Crucified," a totally over-the-top disco anthem on all fronts that takes ABBA's winning combination of memorable hooks and harmonies as inspiration and slathers a load of glitter and make-up over the whole thing. Having ultracampy lyrical asides like "I cry, I pray, mon dieu" doesn't hurt the sheer giddiness at work, and neither do the "I'm crucified like my saviour" chorus, church organ and twangy Duane Eddy guitar. The Army's merry series of blasphemies kicks along throughout the album, with such numbers as the half-twinky, half-ominous "Candyman Messiah" and "Say Goodbye to Babylon" taking religious imagery and tweaking it for all it's worth. New singer De La Cour does a fine job in La Camilla's shoes, though the latter pops up on a song or two throughout the album. The fondness for ritzy sci-fi scenarios still runs riot, as song titles like "Dynasty of Planet Chromada," "The Particle Song" and "Walking With a Zombie" make clear, while the same sticky-sweet combination of upbeat anthems and try-anything-at-least-once musical touches gets even more amped up here. Andreas Wollbeck rather than Frykberg is the main outside collaborator with Bard here, but the change isn't a notable one in comparison to the previous album, except for a general tendency towards big songs with bigger choruses. At points the Army ends up sounding like a clipped and discoed B-52s (check out "We Stand United"), but in general it's just them inhabiting their own little corner of dancefloor paradise, fripperies and all. ~ Ned Raggett, All Music Guide
Tracks
Track Title
Composers
Performers
Time
Dynasty of Planet Chromada
Alexander Bard, Anders Wollbeck, Jean-Pierre Barda
Fredrik Boklund (Director), Anders Gustavson (Saxophone), The 69 Caruso (Vocals (Background)), Per Adebratt (Mixing), Jean-Pierre Barda (Vocals), Ola Håkansson (Executive Producer), Camilla Thulin (Costume Design), Anders Wollbeck (Guitar), Per Adebratt (Gong), Alexander Bard (Synthesizer), Marie Sundström-Wollbeck (Design), Urban Agnas (Trumpet), Marie Sundström-Wollbeck (Sleeve Design), Army of Lovers (Vocals), Jean-Paul Wall (Vocals (Background)), Per Adebratt (Engineer), Jean-Pierre Barda (Hair Stylist), Malin Backstrom (Vocals (Background)), Anders Wollbeck (Engineer), Alexander Bard (Vocals), Lilling Palmeklint (Vocals (Background)), Anders Wollbeck (Keyboards), Per Adebratt (Cymbals), La Camilla (Vocals), Per Adebratt (Producer), La Camilla (Vocals (Background)), Anders Wollbeck (Producer), Camilla Thulin (Clothing/Wardrobe), Katarina Wilczewski (Vocals (Background)), Jean-Pierre Barda (Make-Up), Anders Wollbeck (Programming), Anders Wollbeck (Mixing), André Ferrari (Percussion), Alexander Bard (Producer), Jean-Pierre Barda (Drums), Alexander Bard (Computers)
"Ride The Bullet (second release)"
Released: January 1992
"Judgment Day"
Released: April 1992
Massive Luxury Overdose is Army of Lovers' second studio album. It's AoL's most successful album by selling more than 3,2 million copies worldwide. The album was released in 1991 and contains some of the bands biggest hits, including Obsession and Crucified, which was # 1 smash hit in Finland and Belgium. The album also included Ride the Bullet, which was used as a track on their previous album Disco Extravaganza / Army of Lovers.
When La Camilla left the band in 1991, right after the second single of the album (Obsession), she was replaced by Michaela Dornonville de la Cour. The band was about to release the album in the USA (1992), so they recorded four new songs and released the album under the same name (but with a new cover, introducing Michaela as such). The US Edition lacks Supernatural and My Army Of Lovers. Army of Lovers scored three Top-10 Dance hits in United States and the album sold over Gold limit (500.000)[1] In the UK this album peaked low # 31, but proved to be a very strong seller, going gold.
When the Night is cold ·Love Me Like A Loaded Gun ·Baby's got a Neutron bomb ·Supernatural ·My Army of Lovers ·Ride the Bullet ·Crucified·Obsession ·Candyman Messiah ·Judgment Day ·Israelism ·La Plage De Saint Tropez ·I am ·Lit de Parade ·Sexual Revolution ·Life is Fantastic ·Give my Life ·Venus and Mars/Megamix ·King Midas ·Let The Sunshine In ·Hands Up
