Loverama Explained

Loverama
Type:Album
Artist:Custard
Cover:Custard - Loverama cover.jpg
Released:[1]
Recorded:October–December 1998
Genre:Pop, rock
Length:41:54
Label:
Producer:Magoo
Prev Title:We Have The Technology
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:Goodbye Cruel World
Next Year:2000

Loverama is the fifth studio album by the Australian band Custard. It was released in June 1999 and peaked at number 19 on the ARIA Charts; the band's highest charting album.

Loverama was the band's final release for 16 years, until 2015's Come Back, All Is Forgiven. Some copies came as a two-CD set, with the companion disc called Custaro Musico.

"Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us)", "Ringo (I feel Like...)" and "Hit Song" all featured in a Hottest 100, with Girls... in 1998[2] and the other two in 1999.[3]

Reception

Rolling Stone Australia at the time of release said, it was noted that the album was less "zany" and more dance-oriented than previous releases, though the "puerile song titles and cock-eyed world view remain." Overall, the album was described as, "top-heavy with infectious ditties."[4]

They also named it the 94th best Australian album in 2021, saying, "Ever-beloved by the alt-rock scene for their quirky style, eccentric compositions, and endearing personalities, Loverama gave the wider public an insight into what had made Custard firm favourites for a decade by that point. Fittingly though, Loverama would end up serving as the group's swansong, with Custard announcing their initial split the following year."[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: 15 . Holmes . Peter . The Hot Seat . . . 1999-06-13 .
  2. Web site: Triple j's Hottest 100 . . 2014-09-08 . 2014-09-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140908155857/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/archive/archive.htm?year=1998&alltime=0 . dead .
  3. Web site: Triple j's Hottest 100 . . 2014-09-08 . 2014-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140924112752/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/archive/archive.htm?year=1999&alltime=0 . dead .
  4. Love, Exciting and New . Apter . Jeff . . 562. 90. Tilmond Pty Ltd . June 1999. Sydney, NSW.
  5. Rolling Stone Australia . 200 Greatest Australian Albums of All Time. Tyler Jenke.
  6. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia. pdf. 71.