We Love Life

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All tracks are written by Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey and Mark Webber, except where noted.

We Love Life
Pulp-We Love Life.jpg
Studio album by
Released22 October 2001
Recorded2001
Studio Metropolis, London
Genre Alternative rock
Length53:55
Label Island
Producer
Pulp chronology
Freshly Squeezed... the Early Years
(1998)
We Love Life
(2001)
Hits
(2002)
Pulp studio album chronology
This Is Hardcore
(1998)
We Love Life
(2001)
More
(2025)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Weeds" 3:42
2."Weeds II (The Origin of the Species)" 3:58
3."The Night That Minnie Timperley Died" 4:38
4."The Trees" (samples "Tell Her You Love Her" written by Stanley Myers and Hal Shaper) 4:49
5."Wickerman" (samples "Willow's Song" composed by Paul Giovanni, from the British Lion film The Wicker Man ) 8:17
6."I Love Life" 5:31
7."The Birds in Your Garden" 4:11
8."Bob Lind (The Only Way Is Down)" 4:16
9."Bad Cover Version" 4:16
10."Roadkill" 4:16
11."Sunrise"Cocker, Banks, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, Peter Mansell6:02
Total length:53:55
United States CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Yesterday"3:52
13."Forever in My Dreams"4:23
Total length:62:10

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

Chart (2001)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [23] 46
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [24] 36
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [25] 38
French Albums (SNEP) [26] 41
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [27] 25
Irish Albums (IRMA) [28] 38
Scottish Albums (OCC) [29] 11
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [30] 46
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [31] 78
UK Albums (OCC) [32] 6

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [33] Silver60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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