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Though not as big and swirling as Just for a Day, there's more of an attempt to put advanced song structure and melody in place rather than just craft infinitely appealing, occasionally thunderous mood music. Everything is simplified, as if Brian Eno's presence on two songs -- he contributes keyboards and treatments and co-wrote one tune after turning down the band's invitation to produce -- hammered home the better aspects of "ambient" music. This is no Music for Airports though. On the opening "Alison," the largely uplifting "When the Sun Hits," and the darkly blissful "Machine Gun," Slowdive are still capable of mouth-opening, spine-tingling flourishes. They've found a way to be quiet, moving, and aggressive simultaneously, mixing trance-like beauty with the deepest delayed guitar sounds around, a sound at once relaxing, soothing, and exciting, and most of all harshly beautiful. [SBK released Souvlaki in the U.S. a full eight months after its English release on Creation, with three-quarters of the 5 EP tacked on the end, plus one unreleased track, a memorable, spacy run through Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood's "Some Velvet Morning."]
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Giles Hall, Engineer - Ed Buller, Mixing Engineer - Andy Wilkinson, Engineer - Marcus Lindsay, Engineer - Slowdive, Producer - Slowdive, Performer - Yvette Lacey, Engineer - Guy Fixsen, Engineer - Neil Halstead, Writer - Neil Halstead, Composer
(P) 1994 Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Chris Hufford, Engineer - Ed Buller, Mixing Engineer - Slowdive, Producer - Slowdive, Performer - Neil Halstead, Writer - Neil Halstead, Composer
(P) 1994 Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Giles Hall, Engineer - Ed Buller, Mixing Engineer - Andy Wilkinson, Engineer - Marcus Lindsay, Engineer - Slowdive, Performer - Slowdive, Producer - Slowdive, Mixing Engineer - Yvette Lacey, Engineer - Guy Fixsen, Engineer - Neil Halstead, Writer - Neil Halstead, Composer
(P) 1994 Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Neil Halstead, Writer - Neil Halstead, Composer - Marcus Lindsay, Engineer - Rachel Goswell, Writer - Rachel Goswell, Composer - Christian Savill, Writer - Christian Savill, Composer - Guy Fixsen, Engineer - Andy Wilkinson, Engineer - Ed Buller, Mixing Engineer - Yvette Lacey, Engineer - Giles Hall, Engineer - Slowdive, Producer - Slowdive, Performer - Brian Eno, Composer - Brian Eno, Keyboards - Brian Eno, Writer - Nicholas Chaplin, Writer - Nicholas Chaplin, Composer
(P) 1994 Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Neil Halstead, Writer - Neil Halstead, Composer - Marcus Lindsay, Engineer - Guy Fixsen, Engineer - Andy Wilkinson, Engineer - Ed Buller, Mixing Engineer - Yvette Lacey, Engineer - Giles Hall, Engineer - Slowdive, Performer - Slowdive, Producer - Brian Eno, Keyboards
(P) 1994 Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Chris Hufford, Engineer - Ed Buller, Mixing Engineer - Christian Savill, Composer - Christian Savill, Writer - Slowdive, Performer - Slowdive, Producer - Rachel Goswell, Writer - Rachel Goswell, Composer - Nicholas Chaplin, Writer - Nicholas Chaplin, Composer - Neil Halstead, Writer - Neil Halstead, Composer
(P) 1994 Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Martin Nichols, Engineer - Ed Buller, Mixing Engineer - Slowdive, Performer - Slowdive, Producer - Neil Halstead, Writer - Neil Halstead, Composer
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Chris Hufford, Engineer - Ed Buller, Mixing Engineer - Slowdive, Producer - Slowdive, Performer - Neil Halstead, Writer - Neil Halstead, Composer
(P) 1994 Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Martin Nichols, Engineer - Ed Buller, Mixing Engineer - Christian Savill, Composer - Christian Savill, Writer - Slowdive, Performer - Slowdive, Producer - Rachel Goswell, Writer - Rachel Goswell, Composer - Nicholas Chaplin, Writer - Nicholas Chaplin, Composer - Neil Halstead, Writer - Neil Halstead, Composer
(P) 1994 Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Giles Hall, Engineer - Ed Buller, Mixing Engineer - Andy Wilkinson, Engineer - Marcus Lindsay, Engineer - Slowdive, Producer - Slowdive, Performer - Yvette Lacey, Engineer - Guy Fixsen, Engineer - Neil Halstead, Writer - Neil Halstead, Composer
(P) 1994 Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
Album review
Though not as big and swirling as Just for a Day, there's more of an attempt to put advanced song structure and melody in place rather than just craft infinitely appealing, occasionally thunderous mood music. Everything is simplified, as if Brian Eno's presence on two songs -- he contributes keyboards and treatments and co-wrote one tune after turning down the band's invitation to produce -- hammered home the better aspects of "ambient" music. This is no Music for Airports though. On the opening "Alison," the largely uplifting "When the Sun Hits," and the darkly blissful "Machine Gun," Slowdive are still capable of mouth-opening, spine-tingling flourishes. They've found a way to be quiet, moving, and aggressive simultaneously, mixing trance-like beauty with the deepest delayed guitar sounds around, a sound at once relaxing, soothing, and exciting, and most of all harshly beautiful. [SBK released Souvlaki in the U.S. a full eight months after its English release on Creation, with three-quarters of the 5 EP tacked on the end, plus one unreleased track, a memorable, spacy run through Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood's "Some Velvet Morning."]
© Jack Rabid /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:28
- Main artists: Slowdive
- Composer: Neil Halstead
- Label: Creation Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
1994 (P) The White House Studio, Weston Super Mare
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