The Luv Show


The Luv Show is an album by the American musician Ann Magnuson. It was released in 1995 on Geffen Records. Magnuson later developed a stage production based on the album.

Critical reception

The Hamilton Spectator called the album "a hoot from start to finish, a hilariously horny musical about a small-town girl who gets the education of her life when she arrives in Hollywood." The New York Times deemed it "a quirky, 50's-styled concept album." The Calgary Herald wrote that "Magnuson plays the raving bimbo one moment and the poetic Jungian the next, crafting a hilarious song cycle that sways from lounge, surf punk and artsy East-side New York dope-rock without losing your attention."

Track listing

  1. "Dead Moth"
  2. "This Nothing Life"
  3. "Waterbeds of Hollywood"
  4. "It's a Great Feeling "
  5. "Sex With the Devil"
  6. "It's a Great Feeling"
  7. "Miss Pussy Pants"
  8. "Live, You Vixen!"
  9. "Some Kind of a Swinger"
  10. "L.A. Donut Day"
  11. "M.K.C.F."
  12. "Swinger "
  13. "Man With No Face"
  14. "I Remember You"

Album credits

Songstress: Ann Magnuson

Producer: Don Fleming

Engineer: Adam Kaspar
In Los Angeles

Supersession band:

Guitar – Art Byington

Bass – Richie Lee

Drums, Percussion, Effects – Mike Kelley

L.A. Studio: Chéz Kelley

L.A. Remote: Your Place Or Mine

Assistant Engineer: Tom Nellen
In New York City

Keyboards and Accordion – Tom Judson

Guitars – Randolph A. Hudson III, Dave Rick, Dom Fleming, Ann Magnuson

Percussion – David Licht

Trombone – Christoper Washburne

Trumpet – John Walsh

Theremin – Walter Sear, Don Fleming

NYC Studio: Sear Sound

Engineer: Bil Emmons

Mastering: Greg Calbi at Masterdisk, NY, NY

Vibeology: Jim Dunbar



with special guest star Jim Thirlwell as "That Satan Guy"