Lolita Nation

Infobox Album
Name = Lolita Nation


Type = Album
Artist = Game Theory
Released = December 1, 1987
Recorded = 1987
Genre = Rock
Length = 74:06
Label = Enigma Records
Producer = Mitch Easter
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:rq6ktr89klmx link]
Last album = "Big Shot Chronicles"
(1986)
This album = "Lolita Nation"
(1987)
Next album = "Two Steps From The Middle Ages"
(1988)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Back cover
Type = Studio album

Lolita Nation is the fourth official album by Game Theory. Originally released in 1987 as a double LP, it is often considered to be the group's finest work. Mark Deming of Allmusic notes that the album contains "more than a few flat-out brilliant tracks" [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:rq6ktr89klmx] , while William Ham, writing for Dancing About Architecture, praises its emotional impact, insularity, and melodic virtuosity. He also asserts that " [Scott] Miller's lyrics, like those of vintage Elvis Costello, careen all over the place verbally yet somehow manage to plug directly into the emotions." [http://www.dancingaboutarc.com/essays/gameessay.html] . Joe S. Harrington places "Lolita Nation" at number 4 on his list of the Top 100 Albums Of All Time [http://www.blastitude.com/14/pg4.htm] , while Culturespill's Omar Ghieth flatly calls it "the greatest album of all time." [http://culturespill.com/?tag=lolita-nation] . Although it garnered little commercial success upon its release, "Lolita Nation" has become a highly sought-after collector's item, with CD copies changing hands for as much as $100 in online auctions.

Track listing

All songs written by Scott Miller except where noted.

CD version

#"Kenneth - What's The Frequency?" – 0:46
#"Not Because You Can" – 3:04 (S. Miller/D. Thayer)
#"Shard" – 0:22
#"Go Ahead You're Dying To" – 0:37
#"Dripping With Looks" – 4:00
#"Exactly What We Don't Want to Hear" – 1:01
#"We Love You Carol and Alison" – 3:27
#"The Waist and the Knees" – 6:08
#"Nothing New" – 4:21
#"The World's Easiest Job" – 1:38
#"Look Away" – 3:20 (D. Thayer)
#"Slip" - 3:35
#"The Real Sheila" - 3:35
#"Andy in Ten Years" - 3:50
#"Watch Who You're Calling Space Garbage Meteor Mouth/Pretty Green Card Shark" - 0:18
#"Where They Have To Let You In" - 2:27 (G. Ray)
#"Turn Me On Dead Man" - 0:28
#"Mammoth Gardens" - 4:02 (D. Thayer/S. Miller
#"Little Ivory" - 3:17
#"Museum of Hopelessness" - 0:10
#"Toby Ornette" - 2:29 (S. LaFreniere)
#"All Clockwork and No Bodily Fluid Makes Hal a Dull Metal Humbert / In Heaven Every Elephant Baby Wants to Be So Full of Sting / Paul Simon in the Park with Canticle / But You Can't Pick Your Friends / Vacuum Genesis / DEFMACROS / HOWSOMETH / INGDOTIME / SALENGTHS / OMETHINGL / ETBFOLLOW / AAFTERNOO / NGETPRESE / NTMOMENTI / FTHINGSWO / NTALWAYSB / ETHISWAYT / BCACAUSEA / BWASTEAFT / ERNOONWHE / NEQBMERET / URNFROMSH / OWLITTLEG / REENPLACE / 27 - 1:54
#"One More For Saint Michael" - 3:50
#"Choose Between Two Songs" - 1:32
#"Chardonnay" - 4:28
#"Last Day That We're Young" - 5:07
#"Together Now, Very Minor" - 3:29

Vinyl version

Side 1
#"Kenneth - What's The Frequency?"
#"Not Because You Can" (S. Miller/ D. Thayer)
#"Shard"
#"Go Ahead You're Dying To"
#"Dripping With Looks"
#"Exactly What We Don't Want to Hear"
#"We Love You Carol and Alison"
#"The Waist and the Knees"

Side 2
#"Nothing New"
#"The World's Easiest Job"
#"Look Away" (D. Thayer)
#"Slip"
#"The Real Sheila"
#"Andy in Ten Years"

Side 3
#"Watch Who You're Calling Space Garbage Meteor Mouth"
#"Pretty Green Card Shark"
#"Where They Have To Let You In" (G. Ray)
#"Turn Me On Dead Man"
#"Mammoth Gardens" (D. Thayer/S. Miller)
#"Little Ivory"
#"Museum of Hopelessness"
#"Toby Ornette" (S. La Freniere)
#"All Clockwork and No Bodily Fluid Makes Hal a Dull Metal Humbert"
#"In Heaven Every Elephant Baby Wants to Be So Full of Sting"
#"Paul Simon in the Park with Canticle"
#"But You Can't Pick Your Friends"
#"Vacuum Genesis"
#"DEFMACROS"
#"HOWSOMETH"
#"INGDOTIME"
#"SALENGTHS"
#"OMETHINGL"
#"ETBFOLLOW"
#"AAFTERNOO"
#"NGETPRESE"
#"NTMOMENTI"
#"FTHINGSWO"
#"NTALWAYSB"
#"ETHISWAYT"
#"BCACAUSEA"
#"BWASTEAFT"
#"ERNOONWHE"
#"NEQBMERET"
#"URNFROMSH"
#"OWLITTLEG"
#"REENPLACE"
#"27"
#"One More For Saint Michael"
#"Choose Between Two Songs"

Side 4
#"Chardonnay"
#"Last Day That We're Young"
#"Together Now, Very Minor"

Personnel

*Guillaume Gassuan - Bass and Backing Vocals
*Gil Ray - Drums, Backing Vocals and Guitar
*Donnette Thayer - Guitar and Vocals
*Shelley LaFreniere - Synthesizers and Backing Vocals
* Scott Miller - Vocals and Guitar
*
*Mitch Easter - Producer and Engineer
*Robert Toren - Bass Guitar on "Toby Ornette"
*Eric Marshall - Electronic Bass Drum on "The Waist And The Knees"
*Zach Smith - Guitar Samples on "The Waist And The Knees"