Track Listing

1. Traitor
2. Motorcrash
3. Birthday
4. Delicious Demon
5. Mama
6. Cold Sweat
7. Blue Eyed Pop
8. Deus
9. Sick For Toys
10. Fucking In Rhythm And Sorrow

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #57007 in Music
• Released on: 1998-05-11
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Rare is the debut that displays such fully formed talent as Iceland's Sugarcubes' first album. Highlighted by the Cocteau Twins-influenced single "Birthday", two other provocative singles, "Deus" and "Coldsweat", and by the incredible vocal gymnastics of Björk Gudmundsdottir, Life's Too Good brilliantly shows a new band staking out its own sonic space. Einar Orn contributes an electronically reprocessed trumpet, and a few awkwardly charming and ranting vocals as well, but this is clearly Björk 's show: her vocal range is absolutely staggering. The CD reissue adds six extra tracks, several of which are sung in Icelandic. --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews

simply sublime
This album is one of my all time favourites-full of spark and humour. Bjork's voice is simply sublime. Even after so many years it brings a smile to my face. Buy it!!!

We put him in a bathtub. And made him really clean! Squeaky Clean!
I'd forgotten about this album until I was recently trawling through Last.fm for gems. And what a gem this is! Deus is absolutely delightful if somewhat tongue in cheek, playing fast and loose with theology. Birthday is sublime. Sick for Toys utterly beguiling.

I'm not a Bjork fan. But this early work is absolutely wonderful still, aging disgracefully. Buy it. Now.

Sensational!
Listened to this for the first time in a long time recently and have to admit it still sounds as fresh as it did when it first came out. Put it quite simply there are no weak tracks on this album. 'Motorcrash' and 'Birthday' are classics and 'Blue Eyed Pop' being poptastic! For anyone who has never heard The 'cubes then get a copy of all their albums as they were underrated at the time although it made Bjork a superstar!