394:. The figures depicted in the artwork are derivations of a signature he had which consisted of a character "made up of just a face, legs and a ." White stuck to using flat-color backgrounds; this discipline was born out of the need to keep printing costs as low as possible, and had previously been followed for the sleeve designs of the "Birthday" and "Coldsweat" singles. The album was issued in various color schemes, including green, yellow, blue and pink.
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albums—that not only influence the creative underground but stretch the overall boundaries of rock." John Dougan praised Björk's vocals and the album's "strong" songs in a retrospective review for
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2175:"From Fugazi to Madvillain: the Best Cult Albums of All Time"
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835:300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock
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1017:The Best Albums of the 80s, by Year
287:. It was released April 25, 1988 by
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2410:"Marketing The Music - Sugarcubes"
2124:. Wenner Media LLC. Archived from
1920:"Life's Too Good | The Sugarcubes"
1807:"Life's Too Good – The Sugarcubes"
1769:Bucher, Stefan (1 February 2006).
334:" was released on Derek Birkett's
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2408:Tilli, Robert (8 February 1992).
2330:"Official Charts > Sugarcubes"
2173:Butler, Will (9 September 2015).
1981:The New Rolling Stone Album Guide
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2381:"The Sugarcubes - Chart history"
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1777:. Rockport Publishers. pp.
1189:"F***ing in Rhythm & Sorrow"
819:Top 20 Albums by Year 1964–2004
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2152:"10 Essential Iceland albums"
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1970:(2004). "The Sugarcubes". In
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1494:Australian Albums Chart
257:Released: November 1988
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2154:. Treble. Treble Media
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1335:– Japanese bonus track
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230:Released: January 1988
2723:The Sugarcubes albums
2572:Sigtryggur Baldursson
2568:Margrét Örnólfsdóttir
1514:UK Indie Albums Chart
1402:Sigtryggur Baldursson
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2613:Stick Around for Joy
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2202:"Albums of the Year"
2086:(29 November 1988).
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2015:"Discography: Björk"
1986:Simon & Schuster
1840:The Line of Best Fit
1424:Additional personnel
1411:Björk Guðmundsdóttir
1275:"Dragon" (Icelandic)
1231:– US CD bonus tracks
847:Musik Express/Sounds
459:The Line of Best Fit
403:Professional ratings
239:Released: April 1988
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2451:Rock music portal
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2118:"Björk Biography"
2093:The Village Voice
2084:Christgau, Robert
1874:Los Angeles Times
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1442:Derek Birkett
1440:Production –
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2465:1980s portal
2423:. Retrieved
2421:. p. 21
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2126:the original
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1453:Copyright –
1423:
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1202:hidden track
1097:"Motorcrash"
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39:Studio album
15:
2425:17 February
1880:14 February
1622:The Quietus
1446:Ray Shulman
1264:"I Want..."
1145:"Coldsweat"
903:Rock de Lux
227:"Coldsweat"
142:Ray Shulman
2717:Categories
2043:Press, Joy
2027:4 December
1988:. p.
1932:4 December
1846:4 December
1788:1592532772
1673:16 January
1652:Music Week
1628:9 December
1578:References
1571:1,000,000
1568:Worldwide
1544:Sales for
1435:Ken Thomas
159:chronology
2385:Billboard
2314:18 August
1660:0265-1548
1526:Billboard
1488:position
1378:Personnel
1086:"Traitor"
786:Accolade
767:Accolades
312:pop music
308:post-punk
304:Reykjavík
278:Icelandic
88:Post-punk
2680:See also
2656:Birthday
2390:14 March
2339:16 April
2186:27 March
2158:27 March
2132:14 April
2099:26 March
1978:(eds.).
1812:AllMusic
1596:(1988).
1563:500,000
1253:"Cowboy"
1110:Birthday
851:Germany
783:Country
755:Diatribe
706:AllMusic
422:AllMusic
354:PolyGram
332:Birthday
216:Birthday
134:Producer
71:, London
51:Released
41: by
2648:Singles
2631:It's-It
2493:Last.fm
2479:Discogs
2365:5 April
2180:Gigwise
1818:24 July
1552:Region
1404:– drums
1333:
1229:
802:France
735:Savages
688:critic
377:A&R
318:Release
199:Singles
185:(1989)
176:(1988)
124:Elektra
2591:Albums
2289:7 June
2283:Treble
2261:
2238:7 June
2212:7 June
2063:
1996:
1785:
1658:
1555:Sales
1470:Charts
1398:– bass
1349:Length
1245:Length
1167:"Deus"
1134:"Mama"
1078:Length
1013:Treble
965:Sounds
907:Spain
725:Legacy
416:Rating
413:Source
283:group
236:"Deus"
94:Length
59:Studio
2413:(PDF)
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1667:(PDF)
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1370:57:59
1346:Title
1321:54:52
1242:Title
1217:33:05
1075:Title
1038:1988
1020:2006
1004:2002
988:2005
894:1988
873:2003
857:1988
838:2013
822:2006
808:1988
792:Rank
789:Year
753:band
715:from
509:50/10
346:Björk
297:Björk
201:from
111:Label
83:Genre
2702:Unun
2687:Kukl
2427:2023
2392:2017
2367:2009
2341:2016
2316:2022
2309:ARIA
2291:2024
2259:ISBN
2240:2024
2214:2024
2188:2016
2160:2016
2134:2016
2101:2017
2061:ISBN
2029:2022
2020:Spin
1994:ISBN
1934:2022
1882:2018
1848:2022
1820:2004
1783:ISBN
1675:2024
1656:ISSN
1630:2016
1486:Peak
1444:and
1360:3:07
1311:6:03
1300:3:42
1289:2:56
1278:3:07
1267:2:55
1256:3:27
1207:1:27
1192:3:14
1181:3:15
1170:4:07
1159:2:38
1148:3:15
1137:2:56
1126:2:43
1115:3:59
1100:2:23
1089:3:08
997:KCPR
798:Best
737:and
647:8/10
604:Spin
464:9/10
352:and
2663:Hit
2502:at
2477:at
2232:NME
1990:791
1904:NME
1532:54
1528:200
1523:US
1508:14
1498:64
1354:18.
1342:No.
1305:17.
1294:16.
1283:15.
1272:14.
1261:13.
1250:12.
1238:No.
1197:11.
1186:10.
1071:No.
1041:35
1007:35
970:11
943:13
935:NME
910:19
897:24
883:OOR
860:13
825:15
811:10
700:or
670:NME
559:4/5
504:NME
341:NME
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