Lovesongs for Underdogs

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Lovesongs for Underdogs is the solo debut album by American musician Tanya Donelly, who had formerly recorded with Throwing Muses, The Breeders, and Belly. It was released on September 8, 1997 and issued by 4AD and Sire Records.

Release

Lovesongs for Underdogs was released by Donelly's European label 4AD on September 8, 1997,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> while Sire Records issued the album in the United States the following day.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> It peaked at number 36 on the UK Albums Chart upon its release.<ref name="UK"/>

Two singles were released from Lovesongs for Underdogs: "Pretty Deep" on August 18, 1997,<ref name="MW19970816">Template:Cite magazine</ref> and "The Bright Light" on November 24, 1997.<ref name="MW19971122">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Both singles were issued in CD format in two parts,<ref name="MW19970816"/><ref name="MW19971122"/> each including two newly-released B-sides. "Pretty Deep" featured "Spaghetti", "Morna", "These Days", and "Influenza",<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> while "The Bright Light" featured "Bury My Heart", "How Can You Sleep", "Life on Sirius", and "Moon Over Boston".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> "Pretty Deep" and "The Bright Light" peaked at numbers 55 and 64 respectively on the UK Singles Chart.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A music video for each single was produced and aired on VH1 and MTV2. Both videos differed highly in creative and artistic direction from previous Belly videos and exclusively featured Donelly solo, in movie-like settings.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tanya Donelly, except where noted.

1. "Pretty Deep" – 4:22
2. "The Bright Light" – 3:21
3. "Landspeed Song" – 3:34
4. "Mysteries of the Unexplained" – 4:52
5. "Lantern" – 3:10
6. "Acrobat" (Donelly, Dean Fisher) – 3:30
7. "Breathe Around You" – 2:56
8. "Bum" – 3:09
9. "Clipped" – 4:01
10. "Goat Girl" – 2:16
11. "Manna" – 5:26
12. "Swoon" – 4:27

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>

Musicians

• Tanya Donelly – vocals, guitar, keyboards, string arrangements
• Brian Clague – viola, violin
• Brother Cleve – string arrangement transcription
• Dean Fisher – bass, acoustic guitar, keyboards, accordion, percussion
• Wally Gagel – bass, keyboards, drum machine, percussion, string arrangements
• Rich Gilbert – guitar, baritone guitar, tiple, keyboards, accordion, saw
• Walter Halvorsen – cello
• Stacy Jones – drums
• David Lovering – drums
• Hilken Mancini – backing vocals
• David Narcizo – drums
• Chris Toppin – backing vocals
• Jonathan Williams – electric guitar

Production

• Tanya Donelly – production
• Matthew Ellard – engineering
• Wally Gagel – production, engineering, mixing
• Jesse Henderson – engineering (assistant)
• Suzanne Kapa – engineering (assistant)
• Dave Kirkpatrick – engineering (assistant)
• Paul Q. Kolderie – mixing
• Brian Lee – mastering
• Dan McLoughlin – engineering
• Carl Plaster – drum technician
• Sean Slade – mixing
• Gary Smith – production
• Kelly Wohlford – engineering (assistant)

Design

• Chris Bigg – design
• Andrew Catlin – photography

Charts

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Chart (1997)	Peak position
UK Independent Albums (OCC)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	7
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	20

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