Lotta Sea Lice

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Lotta Sea Lice
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile - Lotta Sea Lice.jpg
Studio album by
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile
ReleasedOctober 13, 2017 (2017-10-13)
RecordedJanuary 4, 2016 – March 8, 2017 [1]
StudioNewmarket Studios in North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genre
Length44:33
LanguageEnglish
Label Matador, Marathon Artists, Milk!
Courtney Barnett chronology
Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
(2015)		Lotta Sea Lice
(2017)		 Tell Me How You Really Feel
(2018)
Kurt Vile chronology
B'lieve I'm Goin Down...
(2015)		Lotta Sea Lice
(2017)		 Bottle It In
(2018)

Lotta Sea Lice is a collaborative studio album between Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, released on October 13, 2017, on Matador, Marathon Artists and Milk! Records. The album has received positive critical reviews.

Contents

Recording

Barnett and Vile announced that they had jammed together and decided to go on a mutual tour on June 7, 2017. [4] They announced the release date and lead single "Over Everything" on August 30. [5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.6/10 [6]
Metacritic 79/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club B [8]
Entertainment Weekly A− [9]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [13]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [14]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Uncut 8/10 [16]

The album received three out of five stars from AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine, who praised some of the performance and fun of the album but concluded, "As they're both charismatic singers with a way with an elliptical melody, it's pleasant enough, but by the time its 45 minutes wrap up, Lotta Sea Lice feels like a party where the hosts are having a much better time than their guests." [2]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeYearRank
BBC Radio 6 Music Albums of the Year20176 [17]
FLOODBest Albums of 201720179 [18]
Fopp Best Albums of 201720173 [19]
Paste 50 Best Albums of 201720175 [20]
Rolling Stone 50 Best Albums of 2017201715 [3]
Rough Trade Albums of the year 2017201735 [21]
Uncut 75 Best Albums of 201720178 [22]
MOJO Top 50 Albums of 2017201716 [23]
Uproxx Best Albums of 2017201719 [24]
Piccadilly RecordsTop 100 Albums of 2017201728 [25]
Noisey 100 Best Albums of 2017201729 [26]
Drowned in Sound Favourite Albums of 2017201786 [27]

Track listing

  1. "Over Everything" (Kurt Vile) – 6:19
  2. "Let It Go" (Courtney Barnett) – 4:33
  3. "Fear Is Like a Forest" (Jen Cloher) – 4:47
  4. "Outta the Woodwork" (Barnett) – 6:21
  5. "Continental Breakfast" (Vile) – 4:53
  6. "On Script" (Barnett) – 3:59
  7. "Blue Cheese" (Vile) – 4:37
  8. "Peepin' Tom" (Vile) – 4:14
  9. "Untogether" (Tanya Donelly) – 4:50

Personnel

Tour dates

The duo assembled a backing band called The Sea Lice composed of Janet Weiss, Stella Mozgawa, Rob Laakso, and Katie Harkin, with Jen Cloher as an opening act for all dates. [4] The artists donated $1 from every ticket sale to the American Civil Liberties Union. [4]

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [28] 5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [29] 26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [30] 89
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [31] 92
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [32] 27
French Albums (SNEP) [33] 89
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [34] 75
Irish Albums (IRMA) [35] 36
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [36] 12
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [37] 39
Scottish Albums (OCC) [38] 8
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [39] 69
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [40] 35
UK Albums (OCC) [41] 11
US Billboard 200 [42] 51
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [43] 10
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [44] 10
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [45] 4

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