Lifestyle (album)

2000 studio album by Silkworm

Lifestyle

Studio album by

Silkworm

Released| August 8, 2000
Genre| Indie rock
Length| 36:58
Label| Touch and Go
Producer| Steve Albini
Silkworm chronology
| Blueblood
(1998)  | Lifestyle
(2000)  | Italian Platinum
(2002)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Robert Christgau| A−[2]
Daily Herald| [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [4]
Tom Hull| A−[6]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| [5]

Lifestyle is the seventh studio album by the American indie rock band Silkworm.[7][8] It was released on August 8, 2000, by Touch and Go Records, their second on the label.[9]

## Production

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The album was produced by Steve Albini, the band's longtime producer (although he had only mixed Silkworm's previous album).[10]

## Critical reception

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Exclaim! wrote: "You can dig 'Treat the New Guy Right' and 'YR Web' for being the appropriate ratio of ride in the drums, propagation of the bass, twinkling keys, alternately chiming and grinding guitars, and the worldly wise lyrics."[11] Eric Weisbard, in The Village Voice, wrote: "Silkworm wouldn’t relish the comparison, but Lifestyle reminds me of Pearl Jam’s underappreciated Yield—rock made to honor a band’s sense of their own standards."[12] The Chicago Reader wrote that "Neil Young's slow-burn lyricism is still a big influence--that's especially evident in the wrenching guitar solo that opens 'That's Entertainment'—but these guys have never sounded more comfortable in their own skins."[13] The Star Tribune thought that "Andy Cohen's vocals cast a dry, jaundiced pall as his bandmates dodge in and out with lashing guitars, restless rhythmic forays and solemn marches."[14] The New York Times deemed the album "another batch of clangy, engagingly sulky songs for listeners who like to ponder while they rock."[15]

## Track listing

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1. Contempt – (2:49)
2. Slave Wages – (3:06)
3. Treat the New Guy Right – (2:42)
4. Plain – (3:54)
5. Roots – (2:55)
6. Yr Web – (3:25)
7. That's Entertainment – (3:45)
8. Raging Bull – (1:41)
9. Around the Outline – (4:00)
10. Dead Air – (2:16)
11. Ooh La La (Ronnie Wood/Ronnie Lane) – (3:56)
12. The Bones – (2:29)

## Personnel

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* Andy Cohen—Guitar, Vocals
* Michael Dahlquist – Drums, Vocals
* Tim Midyett—Bass, Baritone Guitar, Vocals
* Brett Gossman—Keyboards
* Steve Albini – Engineer
* Heather Whinna—Producer, Backing vocals on 3
* Hiroshi Kimura—Artwork
* Steve Rooke—Mastering

## References

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1. ^ Andy Kellman. "Lifestyle". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
2. ^ Robert Christgau. "Silkworm". Robert Christgau website. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
3. ^ Guarino, Mark (September 8, 2000). "Silkworm lives 'Lifestyle' of making great melodies, densely layered pop". Daily Herald: 5.
4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7\. MUZE. p. 453.
5. ^ Masley, Ed (September 1, 2000). "RECORDINGS". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: 34.
6. ^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Silkworm".
7. ^ "Silkworm | Biography & History". AllMusic.
8. ^ "TrouserPress.com :: Silkworm". www.trouserpress.com.
9. ^ "Lifestyle". Touch and Go Records. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
10. ^ Margasak, Peter (June 6, 2002). "Home at Last". Chicago Reader.
11. ^ "Silkworm Lifestyle". exclaim.ca.
12. ^ "The Long Haul". The Village Voice. December 5, 2000.
13. ^ Margasak, Peter (September 7, 2000). "Silkworm". Chicago Reader.
14. ^ Casey, Vickie (September 8, 2000). "Pop/rock SILKWORM". Star Tribune: 8.
15. ^ Powers, Ann (September 15, 2000). "Pop and Jazz Guide". The New York Times: 24.

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Silkworm

* Andy Cohen
* Tim Midyett
* Matt Kadane
* Michael Dahlquist
* Joel RL Phelps

Full-lengths|

* L'ajre (1992)
* In The West (1994)
* Libertine (1994)
* Firewater (1996)
* Developer (1997)
* Blueblood (1998)
* Lifestyle (2000)
* Italian Platinum (2002)
* It'll Be Cool (2004)

EPs|

* His Absence Is A Blessing EP (1993)
* The Marco Collins Session EP (1995)
* You Are Dignified EP (2003)
* Chokes! EP (2006)

Other albums|

* Even A Blind Chicken Finds A Kernel of Corn Now And Then: 1990-1994 (1998)

Related bands|

* Bottomless Pit
* The Crust Brothers
* Joel RL Phelps and the Downer Trio

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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