Album · The Soup Dragons
Lovegod by The Soup Dragons
Lovegod is an album by The Soup Dragons, released in 1990. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 9 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Mother Universe”, on 7 lists with a best position of #851.
Lovegod, the Soup Dragons' second album, came out on Big Life in 1990, and it's the Scottish band throwing their guitars onto the indie-dance floor and producing the whole thing themselves. Named after a character from the children's show Clangers, the group ride loose, hypnotic grooves here, with wah-wah shimmer and a whiff of psychedelia.
"Mother Universe" and "Backwards Dog" swing on fat, loping beats, the title track sprawls happily, and "Crotch Deep Trash" was a single too. The big one was their cover of the Rolling Stones' "I'm Free", missing from first pressings but moved to the top of the track list on the reissue that same year; it went top 5 in the UK and its video hit the top of MTV's most-requested list. The album reached number 7 in Britain and wore a zoomed-in Mandelbrot set on the cover, a perfect picture of its swirling sound.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Lovegod on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mother Universe | 7 | #851 | – | 1999–2005 | |
| 2 | Lovegod | 1 | #562 | – | 1991 | |
| 3 | Backwards Dog | 1 | #742 | – | 1991 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.