Life on a Plate

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{{Infobox album

| name = Life on a Plate

| type = Album

| artist = Millencolin

| cover = Millencolin - Life on a Plate cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = SWD - 11 October 1995
NA - 26 March 1996

| recorded = August 1995 at Unisound in Örebro, Sweden

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop punk{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/greatest-pop-punk-albums/|title = The 50 Greatest Pop-Punk Albums of All Time — Ranked|website = Loudwire| date=9 November 2023 }}

| length = 32:06

| label = Burning Heart, Epitaph

| producer = Millencolin

| prev_title = Same Old Tunes

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = For Monkeys

| next_year = 1997

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Life on a Plate

| type = studio

| single1 = The Story of My Life

| single1date = 20 September 1995

| single2 = Move Your Car

| single2date = 26 October 1996

}}

}}

Life on a Plate is the second album by the Swedish punk rock band Millencolin, released on 11 October 1995 by Burning Heart Records. It reached No. 4 on the Swedish music charts upon its release and was certified gold in sales in 2002 after selling over 50,000 copies in Sweden.{{cite web|url=http://millencolin.com/bio/disco_lifeonaplate.htm |title=Life on a Plate |accessdate=12 March 2008 |author=Millencolin |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305223729/http://www.millencolin.com/bio/disco_lifeonaplate.htm |archivedate=5 March 2008 |url-status=dead }} Swedish magazine Slitz also named its cover art, created by band member Erik Ohlsson, as the "Album Cover of the Year" for 1995. Life on a Plate was re-released in the United States the following year by Epitaph Records on 26 March 1996.

Reception

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r295990/review|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]

}}

NME listed the album as one of "20 Pop Punk Albums Which Will Make You Nostalgic".{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/20-pop-punk-albums-which-will-make-you-nostalgic/340824|title=20 Pop Punk Albums Which Will Make You Nostalgic|date=9 June 2014|work=NME.com|accessdate=29 July 2015}}

Track listing

All songs written by Nikola Šarčević except where noted.

{{Track list

|title1 = Bullion

|length1 = 1:59

|title2 = Olympic

|note2 = Kristofer Åström

|length2 = 2:56

|title3 = Move Your Car

|note3 = Mathias Färm

|length3 = 2:06

|title4 = Killercrush

|length4 = 2:27

|title5 = Friends 'Til the End

|length5 = 2:31

|title6 = The Story of My Life

|length6 = 2:32

|title7 = Jellygoose

|length7 = 2:34

|title8 = Replay

|length8 = 2:16

|title9 = Vulcan Ears

|length9 = 2:05

|title10 = Dr. Jackal & Mr. Hide

|length10 = 2:24

|title11 = Softworld

|length11 = 2:56

|title12 = Buzzer

|note12 = Mathias Färm

|length12 = 2:21

|title13 = Ace Frehley

|length13 = 0:05

|title14 = Airhead

|note14 = Mathias Färm

|length14 = 2:54

}}

Personnel

=Millencolin=

=Others=

  • Fredrik Folcke - saxophone
  • Markus Lowegren - trombone

References

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