Cloudcuckooland (album)

Cloudcuckooland
Studio album by The Lightning Seeds
Released	February 10, 1990
Recorded	1989
Genre	Alternative rock, Pop
Label	Ghetto (GHETT 3)
Producer	Ian Broudie
The Lightning Seeds chronology
Cloudcuckooland (1990) Sense (1992)
Singles from Cloudcuckooland
"Pure" Released: July 28, 1989 "Joy" Released: October 31, 1989 "All I Want" Released: April 30, 1990

Cloudcuckooland is the debut album by rock group The Lightning Seeds. It was released in 1990. "Pure" was the debut UK hit for The Lightning Seeds and the band's only Top 40 hit in the USA.^[1]

Background

Writing and recording

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
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Track listing

The CD version of Cloudcuckooland included an extra track, "God Help Them", which was originally a B-side and not on the LP version. The US track listing differs from the UK version with "God Help Them" replaced by two other B-sides, "Fools" and "Frenzy", and it was released on the MCA Records label rather than the indie label Ghetto. The re-release of the US album includes a new recording of "All I Want".^[3]

All songs written by Ian Broudie (except where stated).

1. "All I Want" – 2:50 (Broudie/Peter Coyle)
2. "Bound in a Nutshell" – 4:29
3. "Pure" – 3:45
4. "Sweet Dreams" – 4:25 (Broudie/Richard Jobson)
5. "The Nearly Man" – 3:06
6. "Joy" – 4:13
7. "Love Explosion" – 4:10
8. "Don't Let Go" – 3:54
9. "Control the Flame" – 3:22 (Broudie/Coyle)
10. "The Price" – 4:20

Bonus tracks

UK CD bonus track

11. "God Help Them" – 3:44 (Broudie/Paul Simpson)

U.S. bonus tracks

11. "Fools" – 4:08
12. "Frenzy" – 3:56

Personnel

The Lightning Seeds Ian Broudie – all instruments, vocals, producer Production Cenzo Townshend – engineer Ian McFarlane – assistant engineer Paul Cobbold – additional engineer Pete Coleman – additional engineer Simon Rogers – additional programming Steve Brown – additional programming Greg Fulginiti – mastering

Additional musicians Henry Priestman – piano, organ Micky Kearns – saxophone Andy McCluskey – keyboards Ian McNabb – backing vocals Cate Shanks – backing vocals Other personnel Peter Ashworth – photography

Release history

Charts

Charts (1990)	Peak chart position
UK Albums Chart	50
U.S. Billboard 200	46

References

1. ^ Pure Songfacts
2. ^ Carlson, Dean. "The Lightning Seeds: Cloudcuckooland > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r11700. Retrieved August 6, 2010. 
3. ^ Cloudcuckooland track listing at www.lightning-seeds.co.uk

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