Penthouse (album)

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Penthouse
Penthouse (Luna album) coverart.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 8, 1995
StudioSorcerer 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]
Melody Maker Recommended [5]
NME 7/10 [6]
The Province Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [8]
Select 4/5 [9]

Penthouse is the third album by American alternative rock band Luna. It was ranked the 99th best album of the 1990s by Rolling Stone . [10]

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)

Personnel

Luna

with:

Production

See also

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  10. 100 Best Albums of the Nineties