Souvlaki (album)
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| Studio album by Slowdive | ||||
| Released | 17 May 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1992 at Protocol Studios in London; Courtyard Studios in Sutton Courtenay; The White House Studios in Weston-super-Mare, England | |||
| Genre | Dream pop, shoegaze | |||
| Length |
40:40 57:02 (US release) | |||
| Label | Creation, SBK/EMI | |||
| Producer | Slowdive | |||
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Souvlaki is the second studio album by the English rock band Slowdive. Recorded in 1992, it was released on 17 May 1993 in the UK and on 8 February 1994 in the US.
Widely regarded as the band's masterwork, it includes synthesiser contributions from co-producer Brian Eno on "Sing" and "Here She Comes".
Release
Souvlaki was released on 17 May 1993.
The album's US release includes the previously unreleased cover of "Some Velvet Morning" (written by Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra in 1967) and three tracks from the band's 1993 5 EP, comprising the four US release bonus tracks. A two-disc remastered re-issue of the album was released in 2005 by Castle Music, a subsidiary label of Sanctuary Records.
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork | 9.3/10[2] |
Souvlaki has been well-received by critics.
In his retrospective review, Nitsuh Abebe of Pitchfork called the album "a bit of an Essential Slowdive in itself".[2]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Neil Halstead, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
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| 1. | "Alison" | 3:51 | ||
| 2. | "Machine Gun" | 4:28 | ||
| 3. | "40 Days" | 3:16 | ||
| 4. | "Sing" | Brian Eno, Slowdive | 4:51 | |
| 5. | "Here She Comes" | 2:19 | ||
| 6. | "Souvlaki Space Station" | Halstead, Slowdive | 5:58 | |
| 7. | "When the Sun Hits" | 4:47 | ||
| 8. | "Altogether" | 3:42 | ||
| 9. | "Melon Yellow" | 3:55 | ||
| 10. | "Dagger" | 3:33 | ||
Total length: |
40:40 | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 11. | "Some Velvet Morning" | Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra | 3:23 | |||||||
| 12. | "Good Day Sunshine" | 5:08 | ||||||||
| 13. | "Missing You" | 4:15 | ||||||||
| 14. | "Country Rain" | Halstead, Rachel Goswell | 3:33 | |||||||
Total length: |
57:02 | |||||||||
| 2005 Castle Records reissue bonus disc | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Some Velvet Morning" | Hazlewood, Sinatra | 3:22 | |||||||
| 2. | "So Tired" | 4:03 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Moussaka Chaos" | Chaplin, Goswell, Halstead | 6:24 | |||||||
| 4. | "In Mind" | 3:45 | ||||||||
| 5. | "Good Day Sunshine" | 5:08 | ||||||||
| 6. | "Missing You" | 4:15 | ||||||||
| 7. | "Country Rain" | Halstead, Goswell | 3:34 | |||||||
| 8. | "In Mind (Bandulu Mix)" | 8:06 | ||||||||
| 9. | "In Mind (Reload Mix)" | 10:26 | ||||||||
Total length: |
49:03 | |||||||||
Personnel
- Slowdive
- Neil Halstead – vocals, guitar
- Rachel Goswell – vocals, guitar
- Christian Savill – guitar
- Nick Chaplin – bass guitar
- Simon Scott – drums
- Additional personnel
- Brian Eno – keyboards and treatments on "Sing" and "Here She Comes"
References
- ↑ Rabid, Jack. "Souvlaki – Slowdive | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Abebe, Nitsuh (28 November 2005). "Slowdive: Just for a Day / Slowdive / Pygmalion | Album Reviews | Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
External links
- Souvlaki at Discogs (list of releases)
- Souvlaki at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
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