Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By

Nathaniel Merriweather Presents... Lovage: Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By is the only studio album by Lovage. It was released by 75 Ark in 2001, with current reissues done by Bulk. It peaked at number 37 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart.^[1]

Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By
Studio album by Lovage
Released	November 6, 2001 (2001-11-06)
Genre	Downtempo, trip hop
Length	59:43
Label	75 Ark, Bulk
Producer	Dan the Automator
Lovage chronology
Lovage EP (2001) Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By (2001)

Artwork

The album's artwork is a homage to the cover of Serge Gainsbourg's second album.^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	66/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Blender	[5]
NME	7/10[6]
Pitchfork	4.5/10[7]
Q	[8]
Spin	7/10[9]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66 based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[3]

M. F. DiBella of AllMusic gave the album 2.5 stars out of 5, saying: "[While Dan the Automator is] quite possibly one of the most accomplished beat processors in the realm of art hip-hop/electronica, his strict-composer approach on this project is occasionally inaccessible and at times unlistenable."^[4] Kevin Adickes of Pitchfork gave the album a 4.5 out of 10, saying: "My biggest gripe about Lovage is that it finds a number of clearly talented artists constructing the same song continually without variation."^[7] Kylee Swenson of Blender gave the album 3 stars out of 5, saying: "Lovage is music to put ladies in the mood, and it works both as satire and actual make-out fare."^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dan the Automator, Mike Patton, and Jennifer Charles, except "Sex (I'm a ...)" written by John Crawford, David Diamond, and Terri Nunn.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ladies Love Chest Rockwell"	1:19
2.	"Pit Stop (Take Me Home)"	3:56
3.	"Anger Management"	4:17
4.	"Everyone Has a Summer"	4:16
5.	"To Catch a Thief"	3:17
6.	"Lies and Alibis"	3:16
7.	"Herbs, Good Hygiene & Socks"	1:55
8.	"Book of the Month"	4:28
9.	"Lifeboat"	4:45
10.	"Strangers on a Train"	4:36
11.	"Lovage (Love That Lovage, Baby)"	1:04
12.	"Sex (I'm a...)"	6:19
13.	"Koala's Lament"	3:53
14.	"Tea Time with Maseo"	1:38
15.	"Stroker Ace"	4:29
16.	"Archie & Veronica"	6:05
Total length:		59:43

Instrumental version

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pit Stop (Take Me Home)"	3:59
2.	"Anger Management"	4:21
3.	"To Catch a Thief"	3:17
4.	"Book of the Month"	4:38
5.	"Lifeboat (Officer and a Gentleman)"	4:51
6.	"Strangers on a Train"	4:38
7.	"Sex (I'm a ...)"	6:19
8.	"Stroker Ace"	4:36
9.	"Archie & Veronika"	5:11
10.	"Lies and Alibis"	3:41
11.	"Koala's Lament"	3:54
12.	"Everyone Has a Summer"	4:58
Total length:		54:22

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Dan the Automator – production, mixing
• Mike Patton – vocals
• Jennifer Charles – vocals
• Astacio the Nudist – guitar
• SweetP – harpsichord, nose flute
• Kid Koala – turntables
• Daniel Spills – keyboards (3, 5, 9, 16)
• Chest Rockwell – vocals (1)
• Afrika Bambaataa – vocals (7)
• Sir Damien Thorne VII of the Cockfoster's Clan – vocals (11)
• Chármelle Carmel – vocals (14)
• Howie Weinberg – mastering
• James Dawson – photography
• Brandon Arnovick – layout

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[1]	37