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Serving as an introduction to the U.S. market, Gala compiles the band's first three EPs and adds a couple outtakes. One thing that went overlooked about Lush was their ability to veer from violent and edgy noise breaks to pop effervescence. They were always capable of spewing out Saturday morning glow and Sunday evening doom from song to song. Their early reliance on sheets of distortion, buried vocals, and production issues didn't help this situation. As a result, their out-the-gate raw talent went rather unnoticed, evidenced on their earliest works. Scar demonstrated their under-appreciated diversity immediately. "Thoughtforms" is an example of their heavenly pop greatness, with the vocals sweeter and lighter than angel food cake. The haunting, atmospheric vocals and jittery tempos on the doomy "Second Sight" would end up laying the foundation for Chapterhouse's early material. Not a bad start. Guthrie and his beard hopped on board for the Mad Love EP, immediately chucking the guitars through the Guthrie-izer(tm). Most criticism of the EP pointed at the Cocteau Twin himself, who was accused of heavy-handedness. The guitars do sound a bit like Guthrie's own, but in a more assaultive, jabbing manner. A bad thing? No. All four tracks are goodies, from the cascading and shimmering walls of "De-Luxe" to the darker and heavier middle tracks. Production was an issue again on the Sweetness and Light EP. Tim Friese-Greene kind of polarizes the band's extreme ends, separating the noise and pop just a little too much. Despite a patched-on noise break during the title track, it's still one of the band's career highlights. "Sunbathing" is left in the sun too long, muffling the guitars and shrinking the sparse percussion. "Breeze" wafts by gracefully.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Emma Anderson, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lush, MainArtist - Phil Overhead, StudioMusician - Tim Friese-Green, Producer, Programmer - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher - Domino Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Miki Berenyi, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Acland, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Rippon, AssociatedPerformer
1990 4AD Ltd 2000 4AD Ltd
Emma Anderson, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lush, MainArtist - Phil Overhead, StudioMusician - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher - Domino Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Miki Berenyi, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Acland, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Rippon, AssociatedPerformer
1990 4AD Ltd 1990 4AD Ltd
Emma Anderson, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lush, MainArtist - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - Phil Overhead, StudioMusician - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher - BMG rights Management (UK) Ltd., a BMG Chrysalis company., MusicPublisher - Miki Berenyi, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Acland, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Steve Rippon, AssociatedPerformer
1990 4AD Ltd 1990 4AD Ltd
Robin Guthrie, Producer, Engineer - Emma Anderson, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lush, MainArtist - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher - Domino Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Miki Berenyi, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Acland, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Rippon, AssociatedPerformer
1990 4AD Ltd 2000 4AD Ltd
Emma Anderson, AssociatedPerformer - Lush, MainArtist - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - BMG rights Management (UK) Ltd., a BMG Chrysalis company., MusicPublisher - Miki Berenyi, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Acland, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Steve Rippon, AssociatedPerformer
1990 4AD Ltd 1990 4AD Ltd
Emma Anderson, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lush, MainArtist - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher - Domino Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Miki Berenyi, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Acland, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Rippon, AssociatedPerformer
1990 4AD Ltd 1990 4AD Ltd
Emma Anderson, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lush, MainArtist - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher - Domino Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Miki Berenyi, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Acland, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Rippon, AssociatedPerformer
1990 4AD Ltd 1990 4AD Ltd
Emma Anderson, AssociatedPerformer - Lush, MainArtist - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - BMG rights Management (UK) Ltd., a BMG Chrysalis company., MusicPublisher - Miki Berenyi, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Acland, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Steve Rippon, AssociatedPerformer
1990 4AD Ltd 1990 4AD Ltd
Emma Anderson, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lush, MainArtist - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher - Domino Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Miki Berenyi, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Acland, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Rippon, AssociatedPerformer
1990 4AD Ltd 2000 4AD Ltd
Emma Anderson, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lush, MainArtist - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher - BMG rights Management (UK) Ltd., a BMG Chrysalis company., MusicPublisher - Miki Berenyi, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Acland, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Steve Rippon, AssociatedPerformer
1990 4AD Ltd 1990 4AD Ltd
Emma Anderson, AssociatedPerformer - Lush, MainArtist - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - BMG rights Management (UK) Ltd., a BMG Chrysalis company., MusicPublisher - Miki Berenyi, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Acland, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Steve Rippon, AssociatedPerformer
1990 4AD Ltd 1990 4AD Ltd
Emma Anderson, AssociatedPerformer - Lush, MainArtist - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - BMG rights Management (UK) Ltd., a BMG Chrysalis company., MusicPublisher - Miki Berenyi, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Acland, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Steve Rippon, AssociatedPerformer
1990 4AD Ltd 1990 4AD Ltd
Emma Anderson, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lush, MainArtist - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher - Miki Berenyi, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Acland, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Steve Rippon, AssociatedPerformer
1990 4AD Ltd 2000 4AD Ltd
Benny Andersson, ComposerLyricist - Bjorn Ulvaeus, ComposerLyricist - Emma Anderson, AssociatedPerformer - Lush, MainArtist - Universal, MusicPublisher - Bocu Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Union Songs Musikförlag AB, MusicPublisher - Miki Berenyi, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Acland, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Steve Rippon, AssociatedPerformer
1990 4AD Ltd 1990 4AD Ltd
Robin Guthrie, Programmer - Emma Anderson, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lush, MainArtist - BMG Rights Management, MusicPublisher - Domino Publishing, MusicPublisher - BMG rights Management (UK) Ltd., a BMG Chrysalis company., MusicPublisher - Miki Berenyi, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Acland, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Steve Rippon, AssociatedPerformer
1990 4AD Ltd 1990 4AD Ltd
Album review
Serving as an introduction to the U.S. market, Gala compiles the band's first three EPs and adds a couple outtakes. One thing that went overlooked about Lush was their ability to veer from violent and edgy noise breaks to pop effervescence. They were always capable of spewing out Saturday morning glow and Sunday evening doom from song to song. Their early reliance on sheets of distortion, buried vocals, and production issues didn't help this situation. As a result, their out-the-gate raw talent went rather unnoticed, evidenced on their earliest works. Scar demonstrated their under-appreciated diversity immediately. "Thoughtforms" is an example of their heavenly pop greatness, with the vocals sweeter and lighter than angel food cake. The haunting, atmospheric vocals and jittery tempos on the doomy "Second Sight" would end up laying the foundation for Chapterhouse's early material. Not a bad start. Guthrie and his beard hopped on board for the Mad Love EP, immediately chucking the guitars through the Guthrie-izer(tm). Most criticism of the EP pointed at the Cocteau Twin himself, who was accused of heavy-handedness. The guitars do sound a bit like Guthrie's own, but in a more assaultive, jabbing manner. A bad thing? No. All four tracks are goodies, from the cascading and shimmering walls of "De-Luxe" to the darker and heavier middle tracks. Production was an issue again on the Sweetness and Light EP. Tim Friese-Greene kind of polarizes the band's extreme ends, separating the noise and pop just a little too much. Despite a patched-on noise break during the title track, it's still one of the band's career highlights. "Sunbathing" is left in the sun too long, muffling the guitars and shrinking the sparse percussion. "Breeze" wafts by gracefully.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:33
- Main artists: Lush
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: 4AD
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
1990 4AD Ltd 1990 4AD Ltd
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