Life's Too Good

Life's Too Good
Studio album by The Sugarcubes
Released	April 1988
Recorded	Summer/Fall 1987 at Grettisgat Studio, Reykjavik, Iceland & Berry St. Studios and Orinocco Studios in London
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	33:13
Label	Elektra
Producer	Ray Shulman
Professional reviews
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The Sugarcubes chronology
Life's Too Good (1988) Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week! (1989)

Life's Too Good, released in April 1988, was the first album by the Icelandic alternative rock-pop band The Sugarcubes, which brought fame to lead vocalist Björk. Through the first single, "Birthday", the Sugarcubes received attention in Europe and the United States.
"Ammæli", afterwards released in English as "Birthday", entered the charts outside Iceland, leading the band to put Icelandic music on world map. "Birthday" was chosen as "single of the week" by both NME and Melody Maker in August 1987 and was also selected Number 1 in John Peel's Festive Fifty for 1987. The album has been chosen as one of the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Besides the regular green sleeve, the UK and American LPs were released in blue, yellow, orange, and pink.

Track listing

1. Traitor - 3:08
2. Motorcrash - 2:23
3. Birthday - 3:56
4. Delicious Demon - 2:43
5. Mamma - 2:56
6. Cold Sweat - 3:15
7. Blue Eyed Pop - 2:38
8. Deus - 4:07
9. Sick for Toys - 3:15
10. Fucking in Rhythm and Sorrow - 3:14
11. Take some Petrol Darling (Hidden Track) - 1:27

Bonus tracks in some versions

12. Cowboy - 3:27

13. I Want - 2:55

14. Cat - 3:01

15. Dragon - 3:08

The original LP release contains only tracks 1-11, track 11 not being listed on the sleeve or label.

The title of Track #10 appears as "F***ing in Rhythm & Sorrow" in the cover of the original LP, but the title is "Fucking in Rhythm & Sorrow" on Björk's official site.

Singles

Release	Title	Format	Label
October 1987	Birthday	7”/12”	One Little Indian/Elektra/Columbia
December 1987	Birthday	CD	One Little Indian/Elektra
January 1988	Coldsweat	12”/CD	One Little Indian/Elektra
April 5, 1988	Deus	7”/10”/12”/CD	One Little Indian
August 1988	Birthday Christmas Mixes	12”/CD	One Little Indian/Elektra
1988	Motorcrash	7”/12”/MC/CD	One Little Indian/Rough Trade/Elektra

Video clips

• ”Motorcrash”, directed by Óskar Jónasson.
• ”Birthday”, directed by Óskar Jónasson.
• ”Deus”.
• ”Coldsweat.

Credits

Performers

Vocals: Björk Guðmundsdóttir and Einar Örn Benediktsson.
Trumpet: Einar Örn Benediktsson.
Guitars: Þór Eldon Jónsson.
Keyboards: Björk Guðmundsdóttir.
Bass: Bragi Ólafsson.
Drums: Sigtryggur Baldursson.
Lyrics and music: The Sugarcubes.

Acknowledgement: Friðrik Erlingson.

Personnel

Engineering: Kjartan Kjartansson, Gerard Johnson, Gail Lambourne, Mel Jefferson, Brian Pugsley and Ken Thomas.
Production: Ray Shulman and Derek Birkett.
Sleeve: P. White at Me Company.
Photograph: David McIntyre with collaboration of Pinks.
Publishing: Second Wind.^{[disambiguation needed ]}

References

1. ^ Dougan, John. "allmusic ((( Life's Too Good > Review )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r19320. Retrieved March 18, 2010. 
2. ^ Brackett, Nathan. "The Sugarcubes". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 791, cited March 18, 2010
3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "The Sugarcubes". robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on March 18, 2010.
4. ^ Scaruffi, Piero. "The Sugarcubes". pieroscaruffi.com (Italian). Retrieved on March 18, 2010.