Envy (Ambitious Lovers album)

Arto Lindsay, who grew up in Brazil, incorporates on the album many elements of that country's heritage.[8] Most of the music was written by keyboardist Peter Scherer.[9]

Trouser Press wrote that "Lindsay’s words are tantalizingly oblique, but there’s nothing oblique about his record’s lusty cry for recognition."[10] Maximum Rocknroll called the album "slick and subdued," writing that Lindsey is "one of the few improv dudes who can make you laugh."[11] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide called it "shocking in its juxtapositions."[1]

John Leland of Spin called it, "the most generous and appealing work Lindsay has ever done. He brings his formerly anti-pop trademarks — demented, chicken-scratch guitar, fragmented lyrics, idiosyncratic compositions, choppy rhythms — intact into a contemporary pop format."[12]

The hook in "Let's Be Adult" is also in the song "Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)" by Groove Armada.

Ambitious Lovers

• Arto Lindsay – vocals, guitar, production
• Peter Scherer – Yamaha DX7, Synclavier, synthesizer bass, sampling, production

Additional musicians and production

• Martin Bisi – mixing, recording
• Reinaldo Fernandes – vocals, repinique
• Mark E. Miller – Oberheim DMX, Tom-toms, backing vocals, production
• Robert Musso – mastering
• David Moss - Voice
• Toni Nogueira – surdo, timpani
• Claudio Silva – pandeiro
• Jorge Silva – repinique
• Seth Tillett – art direction
• Howie Weinberg – mastering