Luxembourg (album)

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Luxembourg
Bluetones Luxembourg.jpg
Studio album by
Released12 May 2003 (UK)
Recorded2003
Genre Indie rock
Length34:15
Label Superior Quality Recordings
Producer The Bluetones, Gordon Mills
The Bluetones chronology
The Singles
(2002)
Luxembourg
(2003)
The Bluetones
(2006)
Singles from Luxembourg
  1. "Fast Boy"/"Liquid Lips"
    Released: 21 April 2003
  2. "Never Going Nowhere"
    Released: 11 August 2003
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Luxembourg is the fourth studio album by English rock band The Bluetones. It was released on 12 May 2003 on Superior Quality Recordings. It was re-issued on Cooking Vinyl on 15 May 2006. Its offspring singles were a "Fast Boy/Liquid Lips" double-A side and "Never Going Nowhere".

The title of the album refers to the song "You're No Fun Anymore", about an S&M relationship which has lost its spark. "Luxembourg" is the escape word used. "I Love The City" was also released as a download, prior to the album release.

Track listing

All tracks written by: Chesters, Devlin, Morriss, Morriss:

  1. "Here It Comes Again" – 4:09
  2. "Fast Boy" – 2:57
  3. "Liquid Lips" – 3:02
  4. "You're No Fun Anymore" – 2:57
  5. "Big Problem" – 2:55
  6. "I Love the City" – 2:54
  7. "Never Going Nowhere" – 4:13
  8. "Little Bear" – 3:43
  9. "Code Blue" – 3:47
  10. "Turn It Up" – 3:38

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References

  1. Drowned in Sound review
  2. The Guardian review
  3. "New albums". The Times. 17 May 2003. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  4. "The Bluetones – Luxembourg". Uncut. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  5. Whisperin & Hollerin review