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* Shoegaze * Indie * Post-rock * Grunge * Dream Pop * Ambient * Ethereal *
Artist..: Slowdive
Album...: Souvlaki
GENRE....: Indie
STYLE....: Shoegaze
LABEL....: Creation SCENE.....: 2015-01-03
BITRATE..: 808 kbps avg STORE.....: 1993-00-00
ENCODER..: FLAC 1.2.1 -8 -V TRACKS....: 17
SIZE.....: 446.4MB SOURCE....: CD
URL..: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowdive
- TRACKLIST
Disc 1 "Souvlaki"
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1 Alison 3:52
2 Machine Gun 4:28
3 40 Days 3:16
4 Sing 4:51
5 Here She Comes 2:21
6 Souvlaki Space Station 5:59
7 When The Sun Hits 4:47
8 Altogether 3:42
9 Melon Yellow 3:54
10 Dagger 3:38
Disc 2 "Blue Day"
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1 Slowdive 5:14
2 Avalyn 1 4:50
3 Morningrise 4:19
4 She Calls 5:38
5 Losing Today 4:59
6 Shine 5:21
7 Albatross 5:13
Total Playtime: 76:22
Includes bonus CD of the singles collection "Blue Day"
http://www.discogs.com/Slowdive-Souvlaki/release/567225
Barcode: 5 017556 901397
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Blue Day is a summary of the Slowdive, Morningrise, and Holding Our Breath
EPs, minus "Catch the Breeze," "Golden Hair," and "Avalyn II." It was
initially released in Japan, France, and a couple of other countries, and it
was also included with the first 1000 CD copies of Souvlaki sold in the U.S.
and U.K. It's an excellent document of their pre-Just for a Day material.
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Souvlaki -
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.
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