Luxury Problem
{{Infobox album
| name = Luxury Problem
| type = Album
| artist = Lunachicks
| cover = Luxury_Problem.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 1, 1999
| recorded = December 1998–January 1999, Excello Studios, Brooklyn, New York
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Punk rock
| length = 41:51
| label = Go-Kart Records
| producer = Phil Hernandez, Chris Maxwell
| prev_title = Drop Dead Live
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1=AllMusic
|rev1score={{rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/luxury-problem-mw0000240725|title=Luxury Problem - Lunachicks | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}
|rev2=Robert Christgau
|rev2score={{rating-Christgau|cut}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=lunachicks|title=Robert Christgau: CG: lunachicks|website=www.robertchristgau.com}}
|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=5 |page=370}}
}}
Luxury Problem is a studio album by the American punk rock band Lunachicks.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lunachicks-mn0000322383/biography|title=Lunachicks | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/lunachicks/115042/album.jhtml |title=Pretty Ugly by Lunachicks | MTV |publisher=Vh1.com |date=1997-02-18 |access-date=2013-02-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206012546/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/lunachicks/115042/album.jhtml |archive-date=2008-02-06 }} It was released by Go-Kart Records on June 8, 1999. It is the band's most recent album.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/lunachicks-announce-first-concert-in-15-years/|title=Lunachicks Announce First Concert in 15 Years|first=Madison|last=Bloom|website=Pitchfork|date=18 November 2019 }}
Production
Critical reception
Ox-Fanzine called Luxury Problems "a noisy, in no way overproduced punk rock album with a certain 'indie rock' touch ... a solid, satisfying proposition."{{Cite web|url=https://www.ox-fanzine.de/review/luxury-problem-cd-4609|title=Review|website=www.ox-fanzine.de}} CMJ New Music Report wrote that the band retains "its fatal chops and sharp lyrical teeth."{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bzN6AY_LLbwC&q=Luxury+Problem+lunachicks+1999&pg=PA22|title=Reviews|work=CMJ New Music Report|date=July 12, 1999|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length =
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics = Theo Kogan except as noted
| all_music = Lunachicks
| title1 = Less Teeth, More Tits
| length1 = 3:07
| title2 = Luxury Problem
| length2 = 2:53
| title3 = I'll Be the One
| length3 = 1:39
| title4 = Crash
| length4 = 4:08
| title5 = Terror Firmer
| length5 = 2:16
| title6 = Say What You Mean
| length6 = 2:14
| title7 = Nowhere Fast
| length7 = 3:36
| title8 = Bad Ass Bitch
| length8 = 4:08
| title9 = Shut You Out
| length9 = 3:34
| title10 = Cuming Into My Own
| length10 = 1:57
| title11 = Hope to Die
| length11 = 4:03
| title12 = Knuckle Sandwich
| length12 = 1:11
| title13 = The Return of Brickface & Stucco
| length13 = 2:02
| title14 = Subway
| length14 = 3:33
| title15 = Down at the Pub
| length15 = 1:30
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Bonus Tracks
| total_length =
| title16 = Heart Of Glass (Blondie Cover)
| note16 = Japanese Release bonus track
| length16 =
}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.myspace.com/lunachicks12345 Lunachicks on Myspace]
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