Life on Other Planets
The fourth album, the first with Rob Coombes as a full member, made with an outside producer.
Supergrass, 2002
- Released
- 30 September 2002
- Recorded
- October 2001 to March 2002
- Studio
- Mayfair, Heliocentric and Rockfield studios
- Label
- Parlophone
- Producer
- Tony Hoffer
- Length
- 40:38
The band hired Tony Hoffer because they felt the self-titled album lacked some of the urgency of their earlier records. Goffey said he helped them keep takes short and sweet. The title came from a telescope that Rob Coombes brought to the studio and from a stay in the south of France, where the band listened to French radio and watched Carl Sagan documentaries. Its working title was Get Lost. The album was first played at the Meltdown festival at London's Royal Festival Hall on 28 June 2002, in the edition curated by David Bowie.
It reached number nine in the UK. Singles were Never Done Nothing Like That Before, Grace, Seen the Light and Rush Hour Soul. Pitchfork's Joe Tangari called it "a 40-minute tour of 70s British rock" and wrote that it had less focus than the previous two albums. It went gold in the UK.
Track listing
- Za3:04
- Rush Hour Soul2:55
- Seen the Light2:25
- Brecon Beacons2:56
- Can't Get Up4:02
- Evening of the Day5:18
- Never Done Nothing Like That Before1:43
- Funniest Thing2:29
- Grace2:30
- La Song3:43
- Prophet 154:05
- Run5:28
Personnel
- Gaz Coombes vocals, guitar
- Mick Quinn bass, vocals
- Rob Coombes keyboards
- Danny Goffey drums
- Tony Hoffer production, mixing
- Dave Sardy mixing
More from Supergrass
I Should Coco (1995), In It for the Money (1997), Supergrass (1999), Road to Rouen (2005), Diamond Hoo Ha (2008)
Sources
- Life on Other Planets, Wikipedia
- Supergrass: Life on Other Planets, Pitchfork (2003-02-24)