Lackluster Me
{{Infobox album
| name = Lackluster Me
| type = studio
| artist = Savoy
| cover = Lacklustre_Me.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 6, 1997 (original)
2016 (remaster)
| recorded = 1997
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Rock
| length = 52:00 (original release)
49:13 (remaster) {{Cite web|url=http://a-ha-live.com/2017/08/12/new-savoy-reissues-solid-remastering-but-shorter-than-the-original-albums/|title = New Savoy reissues: Solid remastering, but shorter than the original albums | a-ha live}}
| label = EMI Norsk (original)
Apollon records (remaster) {{Cite web|url=https://savoyaha.bandcamp.com/album/lackluster-me|title = Lackluster Me, by Savoy}}
| producer = Lauren & Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
| prev_title = Mary Is Coming
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = Mountains of Time
| next_year = 1999
}}
Lackluster Me is the second album released by the band Savoy. It was only officially released in Norway and Sweden. It sold a total of 15,000 copies there and received a Spellemannprisen nomination for best rock album.
In 2016, a remastered edition was released on CD and, for the first time, on LP. For this release, several tracks were shortened.{{Cite web|url=http://a-ha-live.com/2017/08/12/new-savoy-reissues-solid-remastering-but-shorter-than-the-original-albums/|title = New Savoy reissues: Solid remastering, but shorter than the original albums | a-ha live}}
Track listing
- 1. "Lackluster Me"
- 2. "Unsound"
- 3. "You Should Have Told Me"
- 4. "Foreign Film"
- 5. "Flowers for Sylvia"
- 6. "I Still Cry"
- 7. "Sycamore Leaves"
- 8. "Rain"
- 9. "Butt Out"
- 10. "This, That & The Other"
- 11. "Hey Luchie"
- 12. "Easy"
- 13. "If You Tell"
Trivia
"Flowers For Sylvia" is an homage to American poet Sylvia Plath.
"Sycamore Leaves" was previously recorded by a-ha on their 1990 album East of the Sun, West of the Moon.
Personnel
- Guitars, bass, vocals, keyboards, programming, arrangements: Paul Waaktaar-Savoy.
- Rhythm guitars and backing vocals (tracks 3, 4, 5, 9 & 12): Lauren Savoy.
- Drums and backing vocals: Frode Unneland.
- Bass: Greg Calvert.
- Cello: James Roven.
- Violín: Timothy Roven.
- String arrangements (tracks 1, 2 & 8): The Vertavo Quartet.
- All songs written by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy and Lauren Savoy except track 6 Paul Waaktaar-Savoy.
- Produced by: Savoy.
- Released by: EMI Norsk.
Charts
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| scope=col | Chart (1997)
!scope=col | Peak |
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| {{album chart|Norway|12|artist=Savoy|album=Lackluster Me}} |
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