Lovely (The Primitives album)
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| Released | March 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1987–1988 | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic pop | |||
| Length | 35:25 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
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Lovely is the debut studio album by the English indie pop band the Primitives, released in March 1988 by RCA Records.[1] It features the international hit single "Crash", as well as the UK top 100 hits "Stop Killing Me", "Thru the Flowers", and "Out of Reach". "Way Behind Me" was issued as a single after the album's initial release and was later included on re-releases as well as on the follow-up studio album Pure (1989).
The album reached No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart.[2] It spent 9 weeks on the US Billboard 200 album charts and reached its peak position of No. 106 in October 1988.[3]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| NME | 8/10[5] |
| Record Collector | [6] |
| Rolling Stone | [7] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
The Globe and Mail stated that "Tracy Tracy's sweet vocals bring a touch of light and melody to Paul Courts' distortion-tinged bubblegum psychedelia."[9]
Track listing
All songs written by Paul "PJ" Court, except for where noted.
- "Crash" (Court, Steve Dullaghan, Tracy Tracy) – 2:31
- "Spacehead" (Court, Dullaghan, Tracy) – 2:11
- "Carry Me Home" – 2:54
- "Shadow" (Court, Dullaghan, Tracy) – 3:28
- "Thru the Flowers" – 2:30
- "Dreamwalk Baby" – 2:01
- "I'll Stick with You" – 2:33
- "Way Behind Me" (Court, Tracy) [bonus track; not on original release] – 3:08
- "Nothing Left" (Court, Dullaghan, Tracy) – 3:04
- "Stop Killing Me" – 2:04
- "Out of Reach" – 2:20
- "Ocean Blue" – 3:24
- "Run Baby Run" – 2:32
- "Don't Want Anything to Change" – 1:52
- "Buzz Buzz Buzz" – 2:01
