Lovesongs for Underdogs
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| Studio album by Tanya Donelly | ||||
| Released | August 9, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 45:04 | |||
| Label | Sire/Warner Bros. Records (USA only); 4AD (rest of the world) | |||
| Producer | Tanya Donelly, Wally Gagel, Gary Smith | |||
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Lovesongs for Underdogs is the solo debut album by American singer Tanya Donelly, who had formerly recorded with Throwing Muses, The Breeders, and Belly. It was released on August 9, 1997. Two singles were released for promotion of the album. "Pretty Deep" was released in July 1997, while "The Bright Light" was released in October 1997. In the U.S both 4AD released singles were released in two parts, each including 2 newly released B-Sides. "Pretty Deep" featured "Spaghetti", "Morna", "These Days" and "Influenza". "The Bright Light" featured "Bury Me", "How Can You Sleep?", "Life On Sirius" and "Moon Over Boston". 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 Tanya solo, in movie like settings. "Pretty Deep" and "The Bright Light" enjoyed heavy airplay on Triple A radio stations in the U.S Northeast. "Lovesongs For Underdogs" peaked at #36 on the Official UK Albums Chart for 2 weeks upon its release. The singles, "Pretty Deep" and "The Bright Light" peaked at #55 and #65 (the latter) for 2 weeks each upon their 2 CD Single releases.
All songs by Tanya Donelly except where noted.
Album – Billboard (North America)
The album was very popular in the Northeast, hitting Billboard's Northeast Heatseekers chart, and remaining for 4 weeks.
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