Isn't Anything

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Isn't Anything
Studio album by My Bloody Valentine
Released	November 1988
Recorded	Spring/Summer 1988
Genre	Shoegazing
Length	37:48
Label	Creation Records
Producer(s)	My Bloody Valentine
Professional reviews
All Music Guide Entertainment Weekly (A) 7/93 (p. 55)
My Bloody Valentine chronology
	Isn't Anything (1988)	Loveless (1991)

Isn't Anything is the official debut album by My Bloody Valentine, released in November 1988 after three years of issuing EPs and mini-LPs. Although it is usually not held in as high regard as the vaunted follow-up Loveless, Isn't Anything was still a pioneering release for the shoegazing movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Contents 1 Style 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Awards

[edit] Style

Displaying a strong Cocteau Twins and The Jesus & Mary Chain influence, Isn't Anything established itself as one of the leading albums in the shoegazing movement. The album is comprised of burned-out torch-style songs ("Lose My Breath," "No More Sorry," and "All I Need"), jagged grunge onslaughts ("You're Still in a Dream," "Feed Me With Your Kiss," "Sueisfine") and dream-pop surfaces ("Cupid Come," "I Can See It But I Can't Feel It"), linked together by the band's use of pop hooks, indie-rock intensity and pure noise.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Soft as Snow (But Warm Inside)" (Kevin Shields, Colm O'Ciosoig)
2. "Lose My Breath" (Bilinda Butcher, Shields)
3. "Cupid Come" (Butcher, Shields)
4. "(When You Wake) You're Still in a Dream" (O'Ciosoig, Shields)
5. "No More Sorry" (Butcher, Shields)
6. "All I Need" (Shields)
7. "Feed Me With Your Kiss" (Shields)
8. "Sueisfine" (Shields, O'Ciosoig)
9. "Several Girls Galore" (Butcher, Shields)
10. "You Never Should" (Shields)
11. "Nothing Much to Lose" (Shields)
12. "I Can See It (But I Can't Feel It)" (Shields)

[edit] Personnel

• Kevin Shields - guitar, vocals
• Bilinda Butcher - vocals, guitar
• Colm O'Ciosoig - drums
• Debbie Googe - bass
• My Bloody Valentine - production
• Dave Anderson - engineer
• Steve Nunn - engineer
• Alex Russell - engineer
• Joe Dilworth - photography

[edit] Awards

• #22 - Pitchforkmedia: Top 100 Albums of the 1980s
• #110 - Stylus: Top 101-200 Favourite Albums Ever

My Bloody Valentine
Kevin Shields | Colm O'Ciosoig | Bilinda Butcher | Debbie Googe
Albums
Isn't Anything | Loveless
EPs
This Is Your Bloody Valentine  | Geek!  | The New Record by My Bloody Valentine  | Sunny Sundae Smile  Strawberry Wine  | Ecstasy  | You Made Me Realise  | Feed Me with Your Kiss  | Glider  | Tremolo
Compilations
Ecstasy and Wine
Labels
Creation Records | Island Records | Sire Records
Related articles
Shoegazing | List of songs by My Bloody Valentine
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