Massive Luxury Overdose
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Massive Luxury Overdose
- Artist: Army of Lovers
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- Release Date: 1991
- Total Time: 44:54
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
Review
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, Rovi| Massive Killing Capacity [Bonus Tracks] (1995 Album by Dismember) | |
| Massive Luxury Overdose [Ton Son Ton] (1991 Album by Army of Lovers) |
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Massive Luxury Overdose
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| Studio album by Army of Lovers | ||||
| Released | August 26, 1991 | |||
| Genre | Pop, Dance | |||
| Label | Ton Son Ton / Giant | |||
| Producer | Alexander Bard, Anders Wollbeck, Per Adebratt | |||
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The US-cover of the album
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Massive Luxury Overdose is the second studio album by the Swedish pop group Army of Lovers. The album was released in 1991 and contains some of the band's biggest hits, including Obsession and Crucified, which was a #1 hit in 29 countries.[1] The album also includes "Ride the Bullet," which was previously featured on their first album Disco Extravaganza in 1990. "Ride the Bullet" peaked at #6 in Finland while "Obsession" reached #5.
When La Camilla left the band in 1991, she was replaced by Michaela Dornonville de la Cour. For the US release in 1992, the band recorded four new songs and released the album under the same name but with a new cover, introducing Michaela as such. The US edition does not contain the tracks "Supernatural" or "My Army Of Lovers".
Army of Lovers made their first tour in March 1992 and at that time the album already had sold over 500 000 copies. The tour began in Sweden, at High Chaparral in Kulltorp, and after several Swedish cities the tour continued throughout Europe.[2]
In Sweden Massive Luxury Overdose sold about 70,000 copies, and worldwide the album sold at least 2 million copies.[3].
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Track listing
CD
- First Edition
- We Stand United (3.44)
- Crucified (3.32)
- Candyman Messiah (3.24) (this is 16 seconds longer than in subsequent editions)
- Obsession (3.39)
- I Cross the Rubicon (4.01)
- Supernatural (The 1991 Remix) (3.54)
- Ride the Bullet (The 1991 Remix) (3.42)
- Say Goodbye to Babylon (4.26)
- Flying High (3.39)
- Walking with a Zombie (4.09)
- My Army of Lovers (3.27)
- Second Edition
- Dynasty Of Planet Chromada (3.54) (new track)
- Crucified (3.32)
- Candyman Messiah (3.08) (single remix)
- Obsession (3.39)
- We Stand United (3.44)
- Say Goodbye to Babylon (4.26)
- Ride the Bullet (3.27) (1992 remix)
- The Particle Song (3.26) (new track)
- Someone Somewhere (3.18) (new track)
- I Cross the Rubicon (4.01)
- Flying High (3.39)
- Walking with a Zombie (4.09)
- Judgement Day (3.58) (new track)
Credits
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References
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- ^ Dagens Nyheter, 8 March 1992, Nils Hansson, "Bards armé på testväg runt landet"
- ^ Tidningen Vi, no 26/27, 1 July 1993, Hans Wigstrand, "Våra välljudande världsstjärnor", pp. 19-20
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