Life in the So-Called Space Age

Life in the So-Called Space Age
Studio album by God Lives Underwater
Released	March 24, 1998
Genre	Industrial rock, electronic rock, techno
Length	72:32
Label	1500 A&M
Producer	Gary Dobbins
God Lives Underwater chronology
Empty (1995) Life in the So-Called Space Age (1998) Up Off the Floor (2004)

Life in the So-Called Space Age is the second studio album by American electronic rock band God Lives Underwater. The title comes from the cover of the Depeche Mode album Black Celebration, where it appears in quotes on the back,^[1] while the front cover features skyscrapers from the Kuala Lumpur city center, fitted with clear domes. The song "From Your Mouth" appeared in the 2000 film Gossip.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	0/10[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[3]
Pitchfork	3.2/10[4]

Ned Raggett of Allmusic wrote of their influences, "rather than simply cloning [Depeche Mode]'s own style in the fashion of bands like Camouflage, the integration of that approach with God Lives Underwater's own murky rock is even better than before."^[1] Marc Weingarten of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Whether this is a Ween-like exercise in genre parody or an earnest effort is debatable, but either way, it's good weird fun."^[3] Annie Marie Cruz of CMJ New Music Monthly called it "a tolerable album filled with nothing you haven't heard before".^[5] Chuck Eddy of Spin wrote that the album uses less guitars than their previous releases and recommended it to fans of OK Computer, though he found it too lacking in aggression.^[6]

Track listing

All songs written by David Reilly and Jeff Turzo.

1. "Intro" – 0:58
2. "Rearrange" – 3:33
3. "From Your Mouth" – 4:43
4. "Can't Come Down" – 5:05
5. "Alone Again" – 3:18
6. "Behavior Modification" – 3:55
7. "The Rush Is Loud" – 4:08
8. "Dress Rehearsal for Reproduction" – 4:25
9. "Happy?" – 5:13
10. "Vapors" – 4:50
11. "Medicated to the One I Love" – 32:24 (includes hidden tracks "Life In The So-Called Space Age" [25:52] and "Outro" [0:59])

Personnel

• David Reilly – lead vocals, keyboards, programming
• Jeff Turzo – guitars, bass, keyboards, programming
• Andrew McGee – guitars
• Adam Kary – drums

Chart positions

Chart	Peak Position
Heatseekers	6[7]
The Billboard 200	137[8]

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 173. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
3. review
4. Wisdom, James P. "God Lives Underwater: Life in the So-Called Space Age: Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
5. Cruz, Annie Marie (May 1998). "Reviews: God Lives Underwater: Life in the So-Called Space Age". CMJ New Music Monthly (57): 42.
6. Eddy, Chuck (June 1998). "Metal Machine Music". Spin. 14 (6): 139.
7. "God Lives Underwater - Life in the So-Called Space Age". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
8. "Life in the So-Called Space Age - God Lives Underwater" Billboard.com. Retrieved 2010-04-03