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Only Life is the third album by the American rock band the Feelies, released in 1988.[11][12] It was made with the same line-up that appeared on the band's previous album, The Good Earth.[13] The album contains a cover of the Velvet Underground's "What Goes On".[9]

Only Life
Studio album by The Feelies
Released	September 13, 1988[1]
Length	39:17
Label	Coyote/A&M[2]
Producer	Steve Rinkoff, Bill Million, Glenn Mercer
The Feelies chronology
The Good Earth (1986) Only Life (1988) Time for a Witness (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Robert Christgau	B+[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[5]
The Philadelphia Inquirer	[6]
Pitchfork	7.6/10[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[9]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	7/10[10]

The album peaked at No. 173 on the Billboard 200.[14] Jonathan Demme directed the video for "Away".[15]

Production

The album was produced by Glenn Mercer, Bill Million, and Steve Rinkoff.[16]

Critical reception

Magnet wrote that "the songs grapple with apprehension and the longing for comfort, which the music delivers in the form of indelible hooks and transcendent rave-ups."[17] Rolling Stone wrote: "Driven by the interlocking guitars of Mercer and Bill Million, the band constructs waves of beautiful hypnotic drone, with subtle tempo shifts and percussion accents that ripple through the arrangements."[8] Trouser Press praised the "amazingly exacting sound and performances" and "riveting songs of breathless electricity."[18] USA Today listed the album at number nine on its list of the ten best albums of 1988.[19]

Track listing

Personnel

• Glenn Mercer – guitars, vocals
• Bill Million – guitars, vocals
• Dave Weckerman – percussion
• Brenda Sauter – bass
• Stan Demeski – drums

References

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