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Envy is the debut album by Ambitious Lovers.[6][7] It was released in 1984 through E.G. Records.[4] The album marked the first entry in what, at one point, was supposed to be a seven-album series on the seven deadly sins.[5]

Envy
Studio album by Ambitious Lovers
Released	1984 (1984)
Recorded	BC Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Genre	New wave
Length	32:46
Label	E.G.
Producer	Arto Lindsay, M. E. Miller and Peter Scherer[1]
Ambitious Lovers chronology
Envy (1984) Greed (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	A[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

Production

Arto Lindsay, who grew up in Brazil, incorporates on the album many elements of that country's heritage.[8] Most of the music was written by keyboardist Peter Scherer.[9]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "Lindsay’s words are tantalizingly oblique, but there’s nothing oblique about his record’s lusty cry for recognition."[10] Maximum Rocknroll called the album "slick and subdued," writing that Lindsey is "one of the few improv dudes who can make you laugh."[11] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide called it "shocking in its juxtapositions."[1]

Track listing

Sampling

The hook in "Let's Be Adult" is also in the song "Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)" by Groove Armada.

Personnel

Ambitious Lovers

• Arto Lindsay – vocals, guitar, production
• Peter Scherer – Yamaha DX7, Synclavier, synthesizer bass, sampling, production

Additional musicians and production

• Martin Bisi – mixing, recording
• Reinaldo Fernandes – vocals, repinique
• Mark E. Miller – Oberheim DMX, Tom-toms, backing vocals, production
• Robert Musso – mastering
• David Moss - Voice
• Toni Nogueira – surdo, timpani
• Claudio Silva – pandeiro
• Jorge Silva – repinique
• Seth Tillett – art direction
• Howie Weinberg – mastering

References

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