| Pillow Lips | ||||
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| Released | 1990 | |||
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| Length | 32:40 | |||
| Label | TVT [2] | |||
| Producer | Pat Collier | |||
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Pillow Lips is an album by the English band Modern English, released in 1990. [3] [4] It contains a rerecorded version of "I Melt with You", which charted. [5] The album peaked at No. 135 on the Billboard 200. [6] The band again broke up after promoting Pillow Lips. [7]
The album was written over a period of 18 months, and was produced by Pat Collier. [8] [9] [10] Modern English recorded it as a trio. [11]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [12] |
| Calgary Herald | B+ [11] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [7] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |  [13] |
| Ottawa Citizen | [14] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [15] |
Entertainment Weekly wrote that "even the lightest, most eager and abandoned melodies on this album tap a deeper vein of feeling than most songs do." [16] Trouser Press thought that "the diverse record contains some easy-to-like bounce-pop ('Beauty', 'Care About You') but other tracks either drift along listlessly (like the enervated title tune) or sag under clichéd lyrics ('Life's Rich Tapestry'...) and equally unimaginative melodies." [17]
The Ottawa Citizen stated that, "now with the band trimmed back to a trio, the sound is tighter, the spirit more lively, and the approach better conceived." [14] The Los Angeles Times concluded that the album was "recorded without a permanent lead guitarist in the group and suffers accordingly, with a thin, techno-pop approach somewhere between OMD and late-period Sparks." [18] The Dallas Morning News determined that, "having provided us a near-perfect pop song, the group now delivers a hodgepodge that includes everything from neo-Modern English to country to watered-down Big Audio Dynamite." [19]
AllMusic noted that "older fans of the band despaired of their new, slicker variant." [12]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Melt with You" | 4:15 |
| 2. | "Life's Rich Tapestry" | 4:06 |
| 3. | "Beauty" | 2:26 |
| 4. | "You're Too Much" | 2:31 |
| 5. | "Beautiful People" | 3:11 |
| 6. | "Care About You" | 2:57 |
| 7. | "Let's All Dream" | 2:37 |
| 8. | "Coming Up for Air" | 3:46 |
| 9. | "Pillow Lips" | 3:31 |
| 10. | "Take Me Away" | 3:44 |
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