''Love Is the Great Rebellion'' is the tenth studio album by

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n singer

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. The recording was released in Australia in May 2015 and the rest of the world in June 2015. The album was distributed by

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and was Lee's first release with Warner. ''Love Is the Great Rebellion'' marked a return to the pop sound of Ben Lee's previous work such as '' Awake Is the New Sleep'' and ''

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'' and was a change of direction from his previous release '' Ayahuasca: Welcome to the Work''.

Production

In an interview with ''

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'' to promote ''Love Is the Great Rebellion'' Lee discussed this move from his more recent work. "I thought it was going to be a natural progression from the ''Ayahuasca'' album," he said. "I thought it was going to be something very obtuse and abstract and meditative but suddenly these pop songs started coming out. ..And as I started exploring, I realised I still feel some degree of unfinished business with what the pop song can do, creatively. I don't feel entirely tapped out of the medium."

Critical reception

''Love Is the Great Rebellion'' received generally positive reviews. Lee Zimmerman of ''

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'' praised the album's cohesiveness, stating "...it holds together remarkably well as a unified, complete concept, a series of songs conveying like a zen-like mantra and philosophical thoughts on life, love, God and related subjects of similar consequence." Danelle Cloutier of ''

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'' recommended the album and also commended Lee's ability to explore deeper philosophical themes through pop music. Dan F. Stapleton of ''

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'' described listening to the album as pleasant but lamented that it lacked "grit". Stephen Thomas Erlewine of

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gave the record a more mediocre review, stating that it is "...the kind of album that can double as motivation or pleasing background music for the office."

Track listing

# "Giving Up on Miracles" – 4:38 # "Goodbye to Yesterday" – 4:14 # "Forgiveness" – 3:25 # "Big Love" – 3:12 # "Happiness" – 3:13 # "I'm Changing My Mind" – 5:07 # "The Body of Love" – 4:29 # "Everybody Dies" – 3:53 # "Everything Is Ok" – 3:57 # "Victory" – 3:11 # "The Universe Inside" – 4:47 # "Don't Let the Fire Die" – 5:03 # "God Is a Fire" – 4:07

Credits

The album was written by Ben Lee and produced by

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and Jessica Chapnik Kahn also contributed as composers.

References

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