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.

Lackluster Me
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 6, 1997 (original)
2016 (remaster)
Recorded1997
GenreRock
Length52:00 (original release)
49:13 (remaster) [1]
LabelEMI Norsk (original)
Apollon records (remaster) [2]
ProducerLauren & Paul Waaktaar-Savoy
Savoy chronology
Mary Is Coming
(1996)
Lackluster Me
(1997)
Mountains of Time
(1999)

In 2016, a remastered edition was released on CD and, for the first time, on LP. For this release, several tracks were shortened.[1]

Track listing

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  • 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

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"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

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  • 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.

Charts

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Chart (1997) Peak
position
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[3] 12

References

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  1. ^ a b "New Savoy reissues: Solid remastering, but shorter than the original albums | a-ha live".
  2. ^ "Lackluster Me, by Savoy".
  3. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Savoy – Lackluster Me". Hung Medien.