Reception
In 2016, Pitchfork ranked Spooky at number 27 on its list of "The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time".[7] In the album's entry, Paula Mejia said:
Shortly after the release of their debut album, Spooky, Lush were invited to play Lollapalooza's mainstage by Perry Farrell himself. It helped the London quartet break through stateside, but was still a less-than-likely festival booking—because, unlike other rock records of the early 1990s, Spooky doesn't rely on blistering noise to make its points. Its brilliant intricacies remain best appreciated alone, through headphones, and preferably in a room where long shadows creep onto the walls. Each element in the mix—from the caffeinated basslines in "For Love" to the reverbed guitars in "Fantasy"—is layered on thickly yet proportionately. Its lyrical themes, which range from hazy dreams to long-lost friends, are helmed adroitly by co-vocalists and guitarists Emma Anderson and Miki Berenyi—together, they set a template for the kind of wistful musings that shoegaze became known for. Their incantations are only frightening in how wonderful they are.[7]
Track listing
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1. | "Stray" | Miki Berenyi | 2:07 |
2. | "Nothing Natural" | Emma Anderson | 5:54 |
3. | "Tiny Smiles" | | 4:26 |
4. | "Covert" | Berenyi | 3:34 |
5. | "Ocean" | Berenyi | 4:49 |
6. | "For Love" | Berenyi | 3:29 |
7. | "Superblast!" | Anderson | 4:07 |
8. | "Untogether" | Berenyi | 3:33 |
9. | "Fantasy" | Anderson | 4:27 |
10. | "Take" | Berenyi | 3:28 |
11. | "Laura" | Anderson | 3:22 |
12. | "Monochrome" | Anderson | 5:05 |
Release history
Country |
Date |
Label |
Format |
Catalogue # |
United Kingdom |
27 January 1992 |
4AD |
CD |
CAD 2002 CD |
Limited CD in digipak sleeve |
CAD D 2002 CD |
Double 10" vinyl |
CAD D 2002 |
United States |
4 February 1992 |
4AD/Reprise |
CD |
9 26798-2 |
Japan |
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Nippon Columbia |
CD (two bonus tracks) |
COCY-80092 |
Singles
- "Black Spring EP" (29 October 1991)
- CD BAD 1016 (US only, Reprise Records 9 40231-2)
- "Nothing Natural" – 5:56
- "God's Gift" – 4:10
- "Monochrome" – 5:07
- "Nothing Natural (Version)" – 3:59
- "For Love" (30 December 1991)
- CD (BAD 2001 CD); 10" vinyl (BAD D 2001); 12" vinyl (BAD 2001)
- "For Love" – 3:32
- "Starlust" – 4:21
- "Outdoor Miner" – 2:46 (Wire cover)
- "Astronaut" – 2:37
- "Superblast!" (Promo-only, January 1992)
- Radio promo CD (PRO-CD-5471)
- "Superblast! (Gil Norton Remix)" – 4:04
- "Starlust" – 4:21
- "Fallin' in Love" – 2:38 (Dennis Wilson cover)
- "Superblast! (Album Version)" – 4:08
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