La Peste (album)

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La Peste
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Studio album by
Released24 October 2000
Recorded1999
StudioMilo Studios, Hoxton, London; Orinoco Studios, London SE1; Steam Rooms, Isle of Wight; The Fuzzpit; Olympic Studios, Barnes, London
Length51:59
Label One Little Indian
Columbia [1]
Producer John "Segs" Jennings, Steve "Dub" Jones
Alabama 3 chronology
Exile on Coldharbour Lane
(1997)
La Peste
(2000)
Power in the Blood
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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La Peste is the second studio album by Alabama 3, released in 2000. [4] [5]

Contents

The album peaked at No. 80 on the UK Albums Chart. [6]

Critical reception

Record Collector called the album "a dreamy romp through cinematic mini-masterpieces including 'Sad Eyed Lady Of The Low Life', 'Mansion On The Hill' and 'The Thrills Are Gone'." [7] Trouser Press called it "a disappointing disgrace of an album," writing "the new, gussied-up A3 (designed, perhaps, not to offend Sopranos fans) is merely overproduced and out of ideas." [8] NME deemed it "deeply pointless, if hilarious" and an "almost monumental waste of time." [9] The Independent judged it "infectiously intelligent," writing that the band still operates "fruitfully at the convergence of country, funk, gospel and drug culture." [10]

Track listing

  1. "Too Sick to Pray" (Love, Love, Love, Empiricist) - 4:44
  2. "Mansion on the Hill" (Love, Love, Love, Dope) - 3:00
  3. "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlife" (Love, Love, Love, Love, The Spirit) - 4:43
  4. "Walking in My Sleep" (Love, Love, Love, Love, Empiricist, The Spirit) - 6:09
  5. "Wade into the Water" (Love, Love, Empiricist) - 5:15
  6. "Hotel California" (Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey) - 5:34
  7. "Cocaine (Killed My Community)" (Love, Love, Love, Dope) - 4:44
  8. "The Thrills Have Gone" (Love, Empiricist, The Spirit, Paddy Hill) - 4:30
  9. "2129" (Love, Love, Empiricist, Dope) - 4:24
  10. "Strange" (Love, Love, Empiricist, The Spirit) - 5:27
  11. "Sinking..." (Love, Love, Love, The Spirit) - 5:29
  1. "Woke Up This Morning" (Chosen One mix) (Love, Love, Love, The Very Reverend Dr. D. Love) - 4:09

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