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Track Listings

1	Home
2	Sleeping Beauty
3	Lucky Number
4	To Tender (To Touch)
5	Say When
6	Writing On The Wall
7	Telepathy
8	Momentary Breakdown
9	I Think We're Alone Now
10	One In A 1,000,000
11	Tonight
12	Be Stiff
13	One Lonely Heart
14	Big Bird
15	The Fall
16	Blue
17	I Think We're Alone Now (Japanese Version)

Product details

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 5.75 x 0.45 inches; 3.39 ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Rhino / Ada
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ December 7, 2006
Label ‏ : ‎ Rhino / Ada
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000003SZU
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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FredL.

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2016

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She's great! Glad to get digital version, as I have the vinyl from years ago.

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Kenneth FitzGerald

Great but not as Great as it first was.

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2015

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My only limitation in rating this album is that, despite the cover artwork and track order, it is the reworked U.S. version of the record and not the original U.K. release. The changes are noticeable only on 4 of the tracks (Sleeping Beauty, Home, Too Tender to Touch, Say When), and range from the minimal (an extended piano solo on Too Tender) to the wholesale (Say When is an entirely different version). While still an excellent record, I much prefer the Stiff UK version.

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K. Toman

"One in a 1,000,000" reasons to love Lene Lovich's "Stateless"

Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2007

Yep, count me in among those of you who still harbor their old vinyl copies of "Stateless" (I must've been in the 8th. grade back when I bought it--yikes!) It's still in good playing condition, thank goodness; I have been playing it quite a bit since last Christmas when I got a new turntable! I remember when I first heard Lene Lovich on the radio--the DJ didn't know how to pronounce her name and kept calling her "Lenny Lo-vich" until some other listener finally called him on it, LOL. That was about the time I first saw the album in stores and noticed right off the phonetic spellings underneath both "Lene Lovich" and "Stateless", so why did the DJ keep mangling her name when his station started playing cuts off of it?!? That was a little strange, LOL.

As far as the extra tracks included on this CD version, really only her version of "Be Stiff" piqued my interest, so I may wait on buying another copy of "Stateless" unless after all these years I've managed to maintain my old vinyl copy I end up carelessly tripping over it in the dark and breaking it, or (even worse) I leave the thing out in direct sunlight and melt the sucker, LOL.

BTW, I have that Japanese version of "I Think We're Alone Now" on an old compilation LP Stiff Records put out in 1980 called "The Last Stiff Compilation..." As a promo gimmick, the song was simply used as a surprise unlisted track at the end of side 2 after the Dammed's "Smash it Up"--I thought that was pretty clever of them to do that, but looking over much of my collection of Stiff artists, I've noted tacking on extra liner notes or in the case of Ian Dury's 2nd. LP, "Do it Yourself": marketing it in a choice of several colors, seems to be par for the course with that label anyway. What fun!

Another old band I've loved since the '80s is Throwing Muses...a while back I had read an interview with their frontwoman, Kristin Hersh, and got quite a pleasant shock after learning that Lene Lovich was a major influence in Kris' vocal style--there is that similar manic wailing quality in much of Throwing Muses' material that eerily mimics Lovich's. A definite "aha" moment! Nice to know other musical gals beside me have been that much inspired by Lovich's music--beside Rachel Sweet, Lovich has always been a major player for Stiff Records as one of their best female artists, IMO. "Stateless" itself certainly proves it!

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J. Bynum

Love Lene Lovich!

Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2012

Lene Lovich / Stateless / plus (17 tracks): With robotic precision and a yoko'ish squeak, Lene stole my heart with this album. This is such an album of the `new wave' punkish era that it might sound dated to some, but every one of these tracks is delightful. Five Stars.

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2005

Gad, remember when pop music was fun and not stupid brainless fun or trendy fun but entertaining and often ironic fun! Maybe I'm biased but late-Seventies and Eighties pop, punk, and New Wave often reached peaks of combined fun, musicality, and intelligence that we haven't seen since. I've played stuff like Eno and Wire and Lene Lovich to young 'uns who had musical asperations and in one case I got tears. "How can we ever hope to do anything this cool?" Wire alone is a humbling experience for moderns who never hear brilliant experimentation combined with tight structure, inspired lyrics, and memorable melody i.e. great non-commercial songwriting. Grunge ruined everything, especially our standards of excellence. Well at least we have Pram and Magnetic Fields.

I once saw Lene lovich live and in the raw and you know what? She was even better sounding and cooler acting in person. Let's see that happen with any artist today. The concert was an absolute joy. I could rave but sample the samples. This is a tight album full of great material.

If you like Lene, check out Rita Mitsouka (a band name, not the lead vocalist's name. That's Catherine Ringer). More pop than Lene but just as unique and great.

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Fred Kaffing

Best Lovich album

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2010

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This is an outstanding album and her best. It is essential for Lovich fans and anyone at all interested. I say this because her albums after Flex PLus are disappointing.

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Peter Uys

A POP MASTERPIECE

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2001

Originally released in 1979, Stateless is an album of the absolute cream of late 70s post-punk pop from the famous Stiff Records label. Most songs are written by Lovich and Les Chappel, including the quirky Lucky Number, which was a huge hit. Not all are bright, happy numbers: Home, Too Tender (To Touch) and Momentary Breakdown are sad but beautiful torch songs, and there's a great version of Nick Lowe's Tonight and the old standard I Think we're Alone Now. This music has aged well and in retrospect, the following could also have been chart singles: Say When (equally quirky!), Telepathy, and One In A Million. Although welcome, the additional (Plus?) tracks add nothing spectacular since this album has always been perfect as it was. With such talent, it's a pity Lene faded into obscurity.

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Randolph Fowler

So-so remaster

Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2019

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Mediocre remaster of Stateless, Lene Lovich's classic first album originally released in the U.K. in 1978 and in the U.S. (after a remix) the following year. "Disappointed" would best describe my feeling after playing this version of the CD. Also, the CD came with a "Super Saver" sticker on it even though this copy (presumably out of print) cost fifty bucks. Not worth it in my humble opinion. Not even close.

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Mandrek Larl

Not a dull moment as Lovich's magnificent operatic voice swoops and soars ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2020

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The other night I chanced upon Annie Nightingales's selection of punk and new wave clips from the Old Grey Whistle Test archives on the BBC iPlayer, and while I might dispute the punk/new wave credibility of some of the inclusions [early Duran Duran really?], one whose credentials for inclusion in the hallowed company of the Damned, the Stranglers, the Adverts etc I wouldn't dispute would be Lene Lovich.

I first saw Lene Lovich on the second Stiff package tour, the "Be Stiff Tour", along with Wreckless Eric, Jona Lewie, Mickey Jupp, and Rachel Sweet [and Lovich was without doubt the best act of the evening]. I saw her again not long after in early 1979, this time headlining at the old Guildford Civic Hall, this would have been around about the time of "Lucky Number" and was so impressed that I bought "Stateless" [on vinyl] and rebought it on CD about ten years ago. Prompted by La Nightingale's programme, this morning I am listening to Lovich once again as she was in her prime and enjoying every moment of it, I had forgotten how much I loved this album.

Opening with the very gothic pairing of "Home" and "Sleeping Beauty" it moves on to the singalong single "Lucky Number" with its memorable opening line of "udy, udy, udy, udy, udy, udy, udy, argh"; then via the sublimely beautiful "Too Tender (To Touch)" that can still bring tears to my eyes; to the very staccato Hazel O'Connor'ish "Writing On The Wall"; and on to the cover version of Tommy James & The Shondells' "I Think We're Alone Now"; before closing with Lovich's take on fellow Stiff artist Nick Lowe's gentle "Tonight". And that's just the highlights, in between these there's the fast spiky metronomic beat of "Say When" [great live], the atmospheric "Telepathy", the sweet softness of "Momentary Breakdown", and the rhythmic "One In 1,000,000". There's not a dull moment here as Lovich's powerful operatic voice swoops and soars around the guitars, piano, organ, synthesisers and rhythm section of her band and her own saxophone that particularly comes to the fore on "Writing On The Wall".

The original "Stateless" vinyl LP had only eleven tracks finishing with Lovich's "Tonight"; my "Stateless ... Plus" CD has an extra track, Lovich's version of the Stiff Records house anthem "Be Stiff", originally a Devo single, which is credited to Lene Lovich and the Musicians Union [which I think was the other members of Be Stiff Tour gang] and five bonus tracks, as ever you can take or leave these; for me after "Be Stiff" the bonus tracks detracts from the original album that I remember and loved.

Somehow I missed all of Lovich's later releases, an omission which I need to correct even if it means having to buy MP3 versions as the CDs are currently silly money, but if you have a few pounds to spare then I can recommend "Stateless" with or without the "... plus".

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CS

I Love Lene

Reviewed in Canada on April 2, 2011

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Hey, what can I say? I see someone gave this one five stars out of five. The only comment I can make about "Stateless Plus" by Lene Lovich would be to give this CD more than 5 stars. The bonus tracks, especially the Japanese Version of "I Think We're Alone Now", make this CD a must have for any Lene fanatic. Love it.

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... the Stiff Label and this album is basically her Best Of collection though why getting hold of this album ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 10, 2017

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One of the quirkiest and therefore most talented artists from the Stiff Label and this album is basically her Best Of collection though why getting hold of this album is such a costly enterprise I do not know but it is worth hunting down. Every track is entertaining from the better known to the newbies on first hearing...her voice is amazing and overall style and performances will have you flipping this onto repeat plays..

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Howard

Greatly underrated

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 9, 2011

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A really enjoyable album, featuring three great songs: Lucky Numbers, Say When, and I Think We're Alone Now (the last of these sung in English and Japanese - each unrecognisable from the copy version that followed it).

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UltraBassCadet1

Lena's magnificent debut album.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 22, 2021

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I have had so much pleasure from listening to this album over the years.

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