Savage Bliss

Savage Bliss is the eleventh album from Arthur Loves Plastic and was released in 2004.

Savage Bliss
Studio album by Arthur Loves Plastic
Released	2004
Genre	Electronica
Length	39:25
Label	Machine Heart Music
Producer	Bev Stanton
Arthur Loves Plastic album chronology
Higher Fruit (2003) Savage Bliss (2004) Love or Perish (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Aural Innovations	favorable [1]
Church of Girl	favorable [2]
Collected Sounds	favorable [3]
Music Monthly	favorable [4]
Smother Magazine	favorable [5]
Washington Blade	favorable [6]

Awards

Savage Bliss won the 2004 Wammie for Best Recording in the Electronica Category.[7]

Release notes

"Hell hath no fury!!! Ms. Arthur indulges her cock rock tendencies in throbbing tracks that soothe the burn of traumatic social encounters and occupational ennui. Features remixes of the 2 Skinnee J's, Stave, and Bicycle Thieves."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bev Stanton, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"World Control"	3:12
2.	"Ecstasy"	3:34
3.	"You're a Champion" (2 Skinnee J's remixed by ALP)	4:16
4.	"Motor City (Full Martyr Fashion Remix)" (Mystified remixed by ALP)	3:22
5.	"Monument" (Bicycle Thieves remixed by ALP)	4:23
6.	"Queen of the World"	3:11
7.	"Don't Push" (Stave remixed by ALP)	3:53
8.	"Freedom"	2:53
9.	"Persona Non Grata"	2:50
10.	"Illusion"	2:44
11.	"Savage Bliss"	2:18
12.	"Worst Place in the World"	2:49
Total length:		39:25

Personnel

• Produced by Bev Stanton in the Flamingo Room, Silver Spring, MD.

Additional musicians

• Toda V - Loops (1) ^*
• Omnitechnomatrix - Loops (2) ^*
• Heather Heimbuch - Vocals (6)
• Lisa Moscatiello - Guitar (6)
• Ryan Fitzgerald - Loops (8) ^*
• Lisa Moscatiello - Vocals (9)
• Bev Stanton - Guitar (9)
• Electroearwig - Loops (10) ^*
• Heuristics Inc. - Loops (10) ^*
• Chaos Is Your Destiny - Loops (12) ^*

^* Remixed for The Tapegerm Collective

Samples

• Dialogue from the film Colossus: The Forbin Project (1)
• Dialogue from an interview with film director John Waters (2)

Credits

• Album cover designed by Scot Howard, The Digital Butterfly Project[8]

References

1. Rosenberg, Chuck. "Review: Savage Bliss". Aural Innovations. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
2. "Review: Savage Bliss". Church of Girl. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
3. Stjärnell, Anna Maria. "Review: Savage Bliss". Collected Sounds. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
4. Scruggs, Stone. "Review: Savage Bliss". Music Monthly. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
5. Shawn, Jason. "Review: Savage Bliss". Smother Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
6. Miller, Dan. "Review: Savage Bliss" (PDF). SK Bilişim. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 16, 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
7. The 2004 Wammies (Washington Area Music Awards) Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.
8. The Digital Butterfly Project.