Luxury Problem

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title: "Luxury Problem" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1999-albums", "lunachicks-albums", "go-kart-records-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxury_Problem" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Luxury Problem
type	Album
artist	Lunachicks
cover	Luxury_Problem.jpg
released	June 1, 1999
recorded	December 1998–January 1999
studio	Excello (Brooklyn, New York)
genre	Punk rock
length	41:51
label	Go-Kart
producer	Phil Hernandez, Chris Maxwell
prev_title	Drop Dead Live
prev_year	1998
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| name = Luxury Problem | type = Album | artist = Lunachicks | cover = Luxury_Problem.jpg | alt = | released = June 1, 1999 | recorded = December 1998–January 1999 | venue = | studio = Excello (Brooklyn, New York) | genre = Punk rock | length = 41:51 | label = Go-Kart | producer = Phil Hernandez, Chris Maxwell | prev_title = Drop Dead Live | prev_year = 1998 | next_title = | next_year = Luxury Problem is the fifth studio album by the American punk rock band Lunachicks, released on June 1, 1999, through Go-Kart Records. Following the departure of guitarist Sindi Benezra in 1997, it is the only album with the band as a quartet. It is also their most recent album, having been on hiatus since 2001.

Production

The album was recorded after the departure of guitarist Sindi Benezra, making the band a quartet.

Critical reception

|rev1=AllMusic |rev1score= |rev2=Robert Christgau |rev2score= |rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |rev3score = Ox-Fanzine called Luxury Problems "a noisy, in no way overproduced punk rock album with a certain 'indie rock' touch ... a solid, satisfying proposition." CMJ New Music Report wrote that the band retains "its fatal chops and sharp lyrical teeth."

Track listing

| total_length = | all_writing = | all_lyrics = Theo Kogan except as noted | all_music = Lunachicks | title1 = Less Teeth, More Tits | length1 = 3:07 | title2 = Luxury Problem | length2 = 2:53 | title3 = I'll Be the One | length3 = 1:39 | title4 = Crash | length4 = 4:08 | title5 = Terror Firmer | length5 = 2:16 | title6 = Say What You Mean | length6 = 2:14 | title7 = Nowhere Fast | length7 = 3:36 | title8 = Bad Ass Bitch | length8 = 4:08 | title9 = Shut You Out | length9 = 3:34 | title10 = Cuming Into My Own | length10 = 1:57 | title11 = Hope to Die | length11 = 4:03 | title12 = Knuckle Sandwich | length12 = 1:11 | title13 = The Return of Brickface & Stucco | length13 = 2:02 | title14 = Subway | length14 = 3:33 | title15 = Down at the Pub | length15 = 1:30 | headline = Bonus Tracks | total_length = | title16 = Heart of Glass (Blondie Cover) | note16 = Japanese Release bonus track | length16 =

References

References

1. "Lunachicks | Biography & History".
2. (1997-02-18). "Pretty Ugly by Lunachicks | MTV". Vh1.com.
3. Bloom, Madison. (18 November 2019). "Lunachicks Announce First Concert in 15 Years".
4. "Luxury Problem - Lunachicks | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic".
5. "Robert Christgau: CG: lunachicks".
6. (2006). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". MUZE.
7. "Review".
8. (July 12, 1999). "Reviews". CMJ Network, Inc..

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