Lackluster Me Explained

Lackluster Me
Type:	studio
Artist:	Savoy
Cover:	Lacklustre_Me.jpg
Released:	October 6, 1997 (original) 2016 (remaster)
Recorded:	1997
Genre:	Rock
Length:	52:00 (original release) 49:13 (remaster) ^[1]
Label:	EMI Norsk (original) Apollon records (remaster) ^[2]
Producer:	Lauren & Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
Prev Title:	Mary Is Coming
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Mountains of Time
Next Year:	1999

Lackluster Me is the second album released by the band Savoy. It was only officially released in Norway and Sweden. It sold a total of 15,000 copies there and received a Spellemannprisen nomination for best rock album.

In 2016, a remastered edition was released on CD and, for the first time, on LP. For this release, several tracks were shortened.^[3]

Track listing

• 1. "Lackluster Me"
• 2. "Unsound"
• 3. "You Should Have Told Me"
• 4. "Foreign Film"
• 5. "Flowers for Sylvia"
• 6. "I Still Cry"
• 7. "Sycamore Leaves"
• 8. "Rain"
• 9. "Butt Out"
• 10. "This, That & The Other"
• 11. "Hey Luchie"
• 12. "Easy"
• 13. "If You Tell"

Trivia

"Flowers For Sylvia" is an homage to American poet Sylvia Plath.

"Sycamore Leaves" was previously recorded by a-ha on their 1990 album East of the Sun, West of the Moon.

Personnel

• Guitars, bass, vocals, keyboards, programming, arrangements: Paul Waaktaar-Savoy.
• Rhythm guitars and backing vocals (tracks 3, 4, 5, 9 & 12): Lauren Savoy.
• Drums and backing vocals: Frode Unneland.
• Bass: Greg Calvert.
• Cello: James Roven.
• Violín: Timothy Roven.
• String arrangements (tracks 1, 2 & 8): The Vertavo Quartet.
• All songs written by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy and Lauren Savoy except track 6 Paul Waaktaar-Savoy.
• Produced by: Savoy.
• Released by: EMI Norsk.

Notes and References

1. Web site: New Savoy reissues: Solid remastering, but shorter than the original albums | a-ha live.
2. Web site: Lackluster Me, by Savoy.
3. Web site: New Savoy reissues: Solid remastering, but shorter than the original albums | a-ha live.