It's a Love Cult

It's a Love Cult is the tenth full-length studio album by the Norwegian band Motorpsycho. The album was preceded by the EP release of "Serpentine", for which also a video was made.

It's a Love Cult
Studio album by Motorpsycho
Released	September 30, 2002
Recorded	2001/2002
Genre	Psychedelic
Length	50:09
Label	Stickman Records
Producer	Motorpsycho, Deathprod
Motorpsycho chronology
Phanerothyme (2001) It's a Love Cult (2002) In the Fishtank 10 (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

The sleeve was designed by Kim Hiorthøy.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bent Sæther, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Überwagner or a Billion Bubbles in My Mind"		5:36
2.	"Circles"		3:59
3.	"Neverland"	Hans Magnus Ryan, Sæther	4:01
4.	"This Otherness"		6:30
5.	"Carousel"	Ryan, Sæther	7:16
6.	"What if..."	Håkon Gebhardt	4:15
7.	"The Mirror and the Lie"		6:43
8.	"Serpentine"	Ryan	5:15
9.	"Custer's Last Stand (One More Daemon)"		4:06
10.	"Composite Head"	Ryan, Sæther	2:25

Personnel

Individual song credits per Motorpsycho's web site^[2].

Motorpsycho

• Bent Sæther: lead vocals (1–5, 7, 9, 10), bass guitar (1–5, 7–10), electric guitar (1, 7, 9, 10), acoustic guitar (2, 5, 7), Mellotron (1, 3, 9), piano (4), viscount organ (4, 6), harmonium (7), glockenspiel (1), tambourine (1, 6, 9), percussion (4, 5), drums (7), guiro (9), vibra slap (9), hand claps (9), backing vocals (1, 3, 6–8)
• Hans Magnus Ryan: lead vocals (3, 8), lead guitar (1, 9, 10), rhythm guitar (1, 9), electric guitar (2–6, 8), 12-string acoustic guitar (3, 10), lapsteel guitar (5), slide guitar (6), acoustic guitar (8, 10), viscount organ (1), Mellotron (1, 6, 9), harmonium (2), ARP synthesizer (2, 9), Elektron SidStation synthesizer (2, 8, 9), piano (7), Fender Rhodes electric piano (7), percussion (4), backing vocals (1, 2, 4–6, 8, 10)
• Håkon Gebhardt: lead vocals (6), drums (1–6, 7–10), percussion (4, 5), acoustic guitars (6), horn/reed arrangement (6), lapsteel guitar (7), banjo (7), zither (7), maracas (9), tambourine (10)

with

• Baard Slagsvold: backing vocals (2, 4, 5), Mellotron (2, 5), clavinet (2), Hammond organ (3), orchestral arrangement (5, 7), piano (8)
• Helge Sten (Deathprod): Audio virus, filters; theremin (3), percussion (4), Echoplex (7)

Strings

• Øyvind Fossheim, Vegard Johnsen, André Orvik, Hans Morten Stensland: violins (1, 5, 7)
• Jon W. Sønstebø: viola (1, 5, 7)
• Anne Britt Søvig Årdal: cello (1, 5, 7)

Horns and reeds

• Ketil Vestrum Einarsen: flute (1, 5, 7)
• Anne-Grethe Orvik: oboe (5, 7)
• Lars Horntveth: saxophones (6), horn/reed arrangement (6)
• Øyvind Brække: trombone (6)
• Mathias Eick: trumpet (6)

References

1. Mason, Stewart. It's a Love Cult at AllMusic
2. "It's Love Cult Lyrics". Motorpsycho - You Gotta Hang On To The Trip You're On... Retrieved 22 March 2024.