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{{Infobox album
| name       = Lovely
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[the Primitives]]
| cover      = Primitiv Lovely.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = March 1988
| recorded   = 1987–1988
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Psychedelic pop]]
| length     = 35:25
| label      = [[RCA Records|RCA]]
| producer   = * Paul Sampson
* Mark Wallis
* [[Craig Leon]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Pure (The Primitives album)|Pure]]
| next_year  = 1989
}}
'''''Lovely''''' is the debut [[studio album]] by the English [[indie pop]] band [[the Primitives]], released in March 1988 by [[RCA Records]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Sutherland |first1=Steve |title=Daydream Believers |magazine=Melody Maker |date=26 March 1988 |volume=64 |issue=13 |page=33}}</ref> It features the international hit single "[[Crash (The Primitives song)|Crash]]", as well as the UK top 100 hits "Stop Killing Me", "Thru the Flowers", and "Out of Reach". "Way Behind Me" was issued as a single after the album's initial release and was later included on re-releases as well as on the follow-up studio album ''[[Pure (The Primitives album)|Pure]]'' (1989).
== Chart performance ==
The album reached No. 6 on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="Roberts">{{Cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 439}}</ref> It spent 9 weeks on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album charts and reached its peak position of No. 106 in October 1988.<ref name="Billboard200">{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/418884/primitives/chart |title=Billboard 200: The Primitives |author= |date=2017 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=February 11, 2017 }}</ref>
==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lovely-mw0000196318|title=Lovely – The Primitives|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=15 September 2018|last=Abebe|first=Nitsuh}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[NME]]''
| rev2score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Some Candy Talking|magazine=[[NME]]|date=26 March 1988|last=Solanas|first=Jane|page=30}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Record Collector]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/lovely|title=Lovely {{!}} The Primitives|magazine=[[Record Collector]]|issue=417|date=August 2013|access-date=15 September 2018|last=Abrahams|first=Ian|pages=94–95}}</ref>
| rev4      = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=56072&cf=2557|title=The Primitives: Lovely|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=22 September 1988|access-date=12 June 2023|last=Azerrad|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Azerrad|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020113091516/http://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=56072&cf=2557|archive-date=13 January 2002}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev5score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=561}}</ref>
}}
''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' stated that "Tracy Tracy's sweet vocals bring a touch of light and melody to Paul Courts' distortion-tinged bubblegum psychedelia."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dafoe |first1=Chris |title=Lovely The Primitives |work=The Globe and Mail |date=23 June 1988 |page=C3}}</ref>
== Track listing ==
All songs written by Paul "PJ" Court, except for where noted.
# "[[Crash (The Primitives song)|Crash]]" (Court, Steve Dullaghan, Tracy Tracy) — 2:31
# "Spacehead" (Court, Dullaghan, Tracy) — 2:11
# "Carry Me Home" — 2:54
# "Shadow" (Court, Dullaghan, Tracy) — 3:28
# "Thru the Flowers" — 2:30
# "Dreamwalk Baby" — 2:01
# "I'll Stick with You" — 2:33
# "Way Behind Me" (Court, Tracy) [bonus track; not on original release] — 3:08
# "Nothing Left" (Court, Dullaghan, Tracy) — 3:04
# "Stop Killing Me" — 2:04
# "Out of Reach" — 2:20
# "Ocean Blue" — 3:24
# "Run Baby Run" — 2:32
# "Don't Want Anything to Change" — 1:52
# "Buzz Buzz Buzz" — 2:01
== Personnel ==
'''The Primitives'''
* Tracy Tracy — lead vocals, tambourine
* Paul Court — guitar, vocals
* Steve Dullaghan — bass
* Tig Williams — drums
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{discogs master|102342}}
{{The Primitives}}
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[[Category:The Primitives albums]]
[[Category:1988 debut albums]]
[[Category:RCA Records albums]]
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