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=
- Nikola Šarčević - lead vocals, bass
- Erik Ohlsson - guitar
- Mathias Färm - guitar
- Fredrik Larzon - drums
=Others=
- Fredrik Folcke - saxophone
- Markus Lowegren - trombone
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqiNMfophBRi9u05jxGWJHOpTLoRQQWLG Life on a Plate] at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
{{Millencolin}}
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