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2003 studio album by Matthew Sweet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kimi Ga Suki * Raifu (Japanese: キミがスキ・ライフ, lit. "I Love You – Life") is an album by alternative rock musician Matthew Sweet.[5][6] It was released on Cutting Edge in 2003.[7]
| Kimi Ga Suki * Raifu | ||||
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| Released | April 22, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | January 2002 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | Cutting Edge Glass Modern[1] | |||
| Producer | Matthew Sweet | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.3/10[4] |
Released in April 2003 as a "thank you" to Japanese fans, it received a United States release the following year. Sweet stated in the liner notes of the album (which is translated in Japan as: キミがスキ・ライフ) that he wrote the album in the course of one week in January 2002. The album marked a reunion of most of Sweet's Girlfriend-era bandmates.[3] Sweet mixed, produced and engineered the album at his house. The album cover was designed by Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara. Also in the liner notes, Sweet described the album's title as an attempt at reverse Engrish: "If I did it correctly, the title should seem a little strange or wrong, but still meaningful! The true definition is supposed to be a 'love you' life, one devoted to loving someone or something, even life itself!"
The New Yorker wrote that "songs like 'Morning Song' and 'Wait' find Sweet revisiting the rootsier side of Girlfriend, particularly in the generous use of slide guitar, and 'Love Is Gone' distills his best instincts with a lovely melody and aching harmonies."[7] No Depression wrote that the album "churns with immediacy, from power-pop gems 'Dead Smile' and 'The Ocean In-Between' to the dark, Cheap Trick-like 'Spiral' and the acoustic twelve-string jangler "Love Is Gone'."[8] The Rough Guide to Rock called it "a little less polished, but certainly [not] lacking in the great tunes and hooks department."[9] New York wrote that "it’s good to hear [Sweet] loosen up to the point where his perfectionism no longer suffocates his songs."[10]
All songs written by Matthew Sweet.
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