Is This Real? (lisahall album)
| Is This Real? | |
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| Released | 15 September 1998 |
| Genre | Pop rock, electronica |
| Label | Reprise[1] |
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Is This Real? is the debut album by British band lisahall.[2][3] It was released by Reprise on 15 September 1998.
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[5] |
The Santa Fe Reporter praised the album, calling its music "a dark, hook-laden brand of pop-rock, dipped in menace and swirled through a somnambulist, druggy sensibility."[6] AllMusic wrote that when the band "hook onto a killer groove, like they do on the sweetly biting 'Comatose,' their pop aptitude overrides their electronic one with a shimmering enthusiasm that's positively catching."[4] Entertainment Weekly wrote that a couple of songs "merge trip-hop dance grooves and loopy shape-shifting to Hall’s girlishly appealing voice for warm, emotive pop-tronica."[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Comatose" | Hall, Heeley, Hopkinson, Ludlam | 3:18 |
| 2. | "Connection 17" | Hall, Heeley, Hopkinson, Ludlam | 3:52 |
| 3. | "Is This Real?" | Hall, Heeley, Hopkinson, Ludlam | 4:53 |
| 4. | "I Know I Can Do It" | Hall, Heeley, Hopkinson, Ludlam | 3:22 |
| 5. | "It Takes A Little More" | Hall, Heeley, Hopkinson, Ludlam | 3:12 |
| 6. | "The Sign" | Hall, Heeley, Hopkinson, Ludlam | 4:16 |
| 7. | "All I Am" | Hall, Heeley, Hopkinson, Ludlam | 3:10 |
| 8. | "Chocolate" | Hall,Ludlam | 5:34 |
| 9. | "Don't Want To Talk About It" | Hall, Heeley, Hopkinson, Ludlam | 4:06 |
| 10. | "Secret" | Hall, Heeley, Hopkinson, Ludlam | 4:34 |
References
- ^ "Incoming". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. 3 September 1998 – via Google Books.
- ^ "U.K.'s lisahall Makes 'Real' Debut On Reprise". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 22 August 1998 – via Google Books.
- ^ Mathur, Paul (27 February 1999). "Lisahall". Melody Maker. Vol. 76, no. 8. p. 32.
- ^ a b "Is This Real? - Lisahall | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ a b "Is This Real?". EW.com.
- ^ Prince, David (4 November 1998). "Drunk On Beauty". The Santa Fe Reporter: 83.