La Peste (album)

La Peste is the second studio album by Alabama 3, released in 2000.[4][5]

La Peste
Studio album by
Alabama 3
Released24 October 2000
Recorded1999
Length51:59
LabelOne Little Indian
Columbia Records[1]
ProducerSegs Jennings, Steve Dub
Alabama 3 chronology
Exile on Coldharbour Lane
(1997)		 La Peste
(2000)		 Power in the Blood
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]

The album peaked at No. 80 on the UK Albums Chart.[6]

Critical reception

Record Collector called the album "a dreamy romp through cinematic mini-masterpieces including 'Sad Eyed Lady Of The Low Life', 'Mansion On The Hill' and 'The Thrills Are Gone'."[7] Trouser Press called it "a disappointing disgrace of an album," writing "the new, gussied-up A3 (designed, perhaps, not to offend Sopranos fans) is merely overproduced and out of ideas."[8] NME deemed it "deeply pointless, if hilarious" and an "almost monumental waste of time."[9] The Independent judged it "infectiously intelligent," writing that the band still operates "fruitfully at the convergence of country, funk, gospel and drug culture."[10]

Track listing
  1. "Too Sick to Pray" - 4:44
  2. "Mansion on the Hill" - 3:00
  3. "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlife" - 4:43
  4. "Walking in My Sleep" - 6:09
  5. "Wade into the Water" - 5:15
  6. "Hotel California" - 5:34 (Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey)
  7. "Cocaine (Killed My Community)" - 4:44
  8. "The Thrills Have Gone" - 4:30
  9. "2129" - 4:24
  10. "Strange" - 5:27
  11. "Sinking..." - 5:29
  • Bonus track (limited UK release)
  1. "Woke Up This Morning (Chosen one mix)" - 4:09

Personnel
  • Larry Love - lead vocals
  • D Wayne Love - vocals
  • The Mountain of Love - programming, harmonica, synthesiser
  • Sir 'Real' Love L.S.D.O.P.T. - percussion
  • Captain Empiricist - guitar
  • L.B. Dope - drums
  • The Spirit - keyboards
  • Segs Jennings - guitars, bass & backing vocals.
  • Steve Dub - additional programming & synthesizers
  • Val Harrison - vocals on 2, 9, 10, 11
  • Paddy Hill - vocals on "The Thrills Have Gone"
  • Bobby Valentino - mandolin on "Wade Into The Water"

References
  1. "A3: La Peste". PopMatters. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. La Peste at AllMusic
  3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 93.
  4. "Alabama 3 | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. "Jake Black obituary". the Guardian. 29 May 2019.
  6. "ALABAMA 3 | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  7. "La Peste - Record Collector Magazine".
  8. "Alabama 3". Trouser Press. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  9. "La Peste". 12 September 2005.
  10. Gill, Andy (13 October 2000). "Album review: ALABAMA 3 La Peste". The Independent: 14.


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