Penthouse (album)

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Penthouse
Penthouse (Luna album) coverart.jpg
Studio album by
Luna
ReleasedAugust 8, 1995
RecordedSorcerer Studios, New York City
Genre Indie pop, indie rock
Length51:14
Label Elektra
Producer Luna, Pat McCarthy and Mario Salvati
Luna chronology
Bewitched
(1994)		Penthouse
(1995)		 EP
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide A [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly C− [4]
NME 7/10 [5]
The Province Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [7]
Select 4/5 [8]

Penthouse is the third album by American alternative rock band Luna. It was ranked the 99th best album of the 1990s by Rolling Stone . [9]

Contents

Track listing

All music by Luna and lyrics by Dean Wareham, except where noted.

  1. "Chinatown" – 4:39
  2. "Sideshow by the Seashore" – 3:12
  3. "Moon Palace" – 3:46
  4. "Double Feature" – 4:27
  5. "23 Minutes in Brussels" – 6:40
  6. "Lost in Space" – 3:44
  7. "Rhythm King" – 3:16
  8. "Kalamazoo" – 6:26
  9. "Hedgehog" – 3:05
  10. "Freakin' and Peakin'" – 6:12
  11. "Bonnie and Clyde" – 5:27 (Serge Gainsbourg) (CD bonus track not featured on vinyl and cassette releases)

Credits

Personnel

Guests

Production

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Penthouse – Luna". AllMusic . Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (2000). "Luna: Penthouse". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN   0-312-24560-2 . Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958.
  4. ↑ Mirkin, Steven (August 11, 1995). "Penthouse". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Luna: Penthouse". NME . August 12, 1995. p. 41.
  6. ↑ Harrison, Tom; McLaughlin, John P.; Walsh, Michael (1995-11-02). "Still electrifying after 25 years". The Province – via ProQuest.
  7. ↑ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Luna". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  500–01. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  8. ↑ Wilkinson, Roy (September 1995). "Luna: Penthouse". Select . No. 63. p. 97.
  9. ↑ 100 Best Albums of the Nineties
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