Envy (Ambitious Lovers album)
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| Envy | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1984 | |||
| Recorded | BC Studio, Brooklyn, NY | |||
| Genre | New wave | |||
| Length | 32:46 | |||
| Label | E.G. | |||
| Producer | Arto Lindsay, M. E. Miller and Peter Scherer[1] | |||
| Ambitious Lovers chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau | A[3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Envy is the debut album by Ambitious Lovers.[6][7] It was released in 1984 through E.G. Records.[4] The album marked the first entry in what, at one point, was supposed to be a seven-album series on the seven deadly sins.[5]
Critical reception
Trouser Press wrote that "Lindsay’s words are tantalizingly oblique, but there’s nothing oblique about his record’s lusty cry for recognition."[10] Maximum Rocknroll called the album "slick and subdued," writing that Lindsey is "one of the few improv dudes who can make you laugh."[11] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide called it "shocking in its juxtapositions."[1]
John Leland of Spin called it, "the most generous and appealing work Lindsay has ever done. He brings his formerly anti-pop trademarks — demented, chicken-scratch guitar, fragmented lyrics, idiosyncratic compositions, choppy rhythms — intact into a contemporary pop format."[12]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cross Your Legs" | Lindsay, Miller, Scherer | 5:05 |
| 2. | "Trouble Maker" | Lindsay, Miller, Scherer | 2:25 |
| 3. | "Pagode Americano" | Fernandes, Nogueira, Silva | 2:12 |
| 4. | "Nothing's Monstered" | Lindsay, Miller, Moss | 1:00 |
| 5. | "Crowning Roar" | Lindsay, Miller | 1:00 |
| 6. | "Too Many Mansions" | Lindsay, Miller, Scherer | 3:52 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Let's Be Adult" | Lindsay, Scherer | 4:18 |
| 2. | "Venus Lost Her Shirt" | Fernandes, Lindsay, Miller, Nogueira, Scherer, Silva | 1:55 |
| 3. | "My Competition" | Lindsay, Miller | 0:45 |
| 4. | "Badú" | Nogueira, Silva, Silva | 1:06 |
| 5. | "Dora" | Caymmi | 2:55 |
| 6. | "Beberibe" | Lindsay, Nogueira | 1:00 |
| 7. | "Locus Coruleus" | Fier, Lindsay, Scherer | 5:06 |