{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Loverama | type = studio | artist = Custard | cover = Custard - Loverama cover.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|1999|6|14|}}<ref>{{Cite news | page = 15 | last = Holmes | first = Peter | title = The Hot Seat | work = The Sun-Herald | location = Sydney | date = 1999-06-13 | url = http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news990616_0616_2599 }}</ref> | recorded = October–December 1998 | studio = *The Dirty Room, Brisbane *Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne | genre = Pop, rock | length = 41:54 | label = *BMG *Ra | producer = Magoo | prev_title = We Have the Technology | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Goodbye Cruel World | next_year = 2000 | misc = {{Singles | name = Album | type = studio | single1 = Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us) | single1date = 5 October 1998 | single2 = Hit Song | single2date = 12 April 1999 | single3 = Ringo (I Feel Like) | single3date = 1999 | single4 = The New Matthew | single4date = 1999 }} }}
'''''Loverama''''' is the fifth studio album by the Australian band Custard. It was released in June 1999 and peaked at number 19 on the ARIA Charts; the band's highest charting album.
''Loverama'' was the band's final release for 16 years, until 2015's ''Come Back, All Is Forgiven''. Some copies came as a two-CD set, with the companion disc called ''Custaro Musico''.
"Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us)", "Ringo (I feel Like...)" and "Hit Song" all featured in a Hottest 100, with Girls... in 1998<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/archive/archive.htm?year=1998&alltime=0 |title=Triple j's Hottest 100 |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=2014-09-08 |archive-date=2014-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908155857/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/archive/archive.htm?year=1998&alltime=0 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the other two in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/archive/archive.htm?year=1999&alltime=0 |title=Triple j's Hottest 100 |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=2014-09-08 |archive-date=2014-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924112752/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/archive/archive.htm?year=1999&alltime=0 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Reception== Rolling Stone Australia at the time of release said, it was noted that the album was less "zany" and more dance-oriented than previous releases, though the "puerile song titles and cock-eyed world view remain." Overall, the album was described as, "top-heavy with infectious ditties."<ref>{{cite magazine | title = Love, Exciting and New | last = Apter | first = Jeff |magazine= Rolling Stone Australia | issue =562|page =90| publisher = Tilmond Pty Ltd | date = June 1999| location = Sydney, NSW}}</ref>
They also named it the 94th best Australian album in 2021, saying, "Ever-beloved by the alt-rock scene for their quirky style, eccentric compositions, and endearing personalities, ''Loverama'' gave the wider public an insight into what had made Custard firm favourites for a decade by that point. Fittingly though, ''Loverama'' would end up serving as the group's swansong, with Custard announcing their initial split the following year."<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine= Rolling Stone Australia | title=200 Greatest Australian Albums of All Time|author=Tyler Jenke| url=https://au.rollingstone.com/rolling-stones-200-greatest-australian-albums-of-all-time/page/6/custard-loverama/}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{track listing | headline = Loverama | title1 = Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us) | note1 = David McCormack, Dylan McCormack & Trevor J. Ludlow | length1 = 3:11 | title2 = Hit Song | note2 = David McCormack, Glenn Thompson, Paul Medew & Matthew Strong | length2 = 2:22 | title3 = Monkey | note3 = David McCormack, Glenn Thompson, Paul Medew & Matthew Strong | length3 = 2:26 | title4 = The New Matthew | length4 = 4:18 | title5 = Ringo (I Feel Like..) | length5 = 2:50 | title6 = Nervous Breakdance | length6 = 3:57 | title7 = Funny | note7 = David McCormack & Ian Roy McCormack | length7 = 1:57 | title8 = Pluto (Pts. 1 & 2) | length8 = 2:55 | title9 = Almost Like A Song | length9 = 3:57 | title10 = Correctional Facility Of Love | length10 = 4:12 | title11 = Genius | note11 = Glenn Thompson | length11 = 3:47 | title12 = Kinder Whore | length12 = 2:50 | title13 = Ladies And Gentlemen | length13 = 3:22 | total_length = 41:54 | all_writing = David McCormack, except as noted }} {{track listing | headline = Custaro Musico | title1 = Umlaut | length1 = 2:59 | title2 = No Te Escribi Ninguna Cancion | length2 = 2:18 | title3 = Pablo Tiene Novia | length3 = 1:53 | title4 = Gato De Nueve Colas | length4 = 1:14 | title5 = Nervoisa Danzarota II | length5 = 5:00 | total_length = 13:22 }}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable" |- !align="left"|Chart (1999) !align="left"|Peak<br />position |- |align="left"|Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf|pages=71}}</ref> |style="text-align:center;"|19 |}
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