Blue Sunshine (album)

Blue Sunshine

Studio album by The Glove
Released	23 August 1983
Recorded	--
Genre	Post-punk, gothic rock, alternative rock
Label	Wonderland Records Polydor Records Rhino Records

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Pitchfork Media	^[2]
Rolling Stone	^[3]

Blue Sunshine is the only album by the British supergroup The Glove, which was first released in 1983 by Wonderland Records/Polydor. This album mainly served as a diversion for Robert Smith and Steven Severin when both of them were under heavy stress in their respective bands The Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Since Smith was prohibited from singing in another band by his record company, he and Severin recruited Zoo dancer Jeanette Landray, who was dating Banshees drummer Budgie at the time, to sing the majority of the tracks on the original release; Smith only sang on "Mr. Alphabet Says" and "Perfect Murder". Other musicians involved in this project were Andy Anderson (who later joined The Cure), Martin McCarrick (who later joined Siouxsie and the Banshees) and Matt Bradley.

In 2006, this album was digitally remastered and re-released by Rhino Records, featuring a bonus disc with Smith singing vocals on studio demo versions of all the songs instead of Landray.

In 2013, the album was re-released for Record Store Day by Polydor (in Europe) and Rhino Records (in the US) as a limited edition of 3,500 copies (numbered on the sleeve), pressed on marbled blue vinyl and featuring none of the 2006 bonus material.

Track listing

All music composed by Severin/Smith.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Like an Animal"	Smith	4:44
2.	"Looking Glass Girl"	Severin	4:56
3.	"Sex-Eye-Make-Up"	Smith	4:24
4.	"Mr. Alphabet Says"	Severin	3:50
5.	"A Blues in Drag"		3:12
6.	"Punish Me with Kisses"	Severin/Smith	3:40
7.	"This Green City"	Severin	4:34
8.	"Orgy"	Severin	3:19
9.	"Perfect Murder"	Smith	4:28
10.	"Relax"		6:03

1990 bonus tracks
No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
11.	"Mouth to Mouth"	Smith	5:35
12.	"The Tightrope"		3:12
13.	"Like an Animal [12" Club? What Club? Mix]"	Smith	6:35

2006 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
11.	"The Man from Nowhere"	1:46
12.	"Mouth to Mouth"	5:40
13.	"Punish Me with Kisses (Mike Hedges Mix)"	3:30
14.	"The Tightrope"	3:22
15.	"Like an Animal (12" Club? What Club? Mix)"	5:38

2006 Deluxe Edition bonus disc
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Like An Animal"	4:38
2.	"Looking Glass Girl"	4:28
3.	"Sex-Eye-Make-Up"	4:27
4.	"Mr. Alphabet Says"	4:06
5.	"A Blues In Drag"	3:11
6.	"Punish Me With Kisses"	3:30
7.	"This Green City"	4:31
8.	"Orgy"	3:41
9.	"Perfect Murder"	4:04
10.	"Relax"	6:15
11.	"The Man From Nowhere (Alt Instrumental Mix)"	1:47
12.	"Mouth To Mouth"	6:06
13.	"Opened The Box (A Waltz)"	1:29
14.	"The Tightrope (Almost Time)"	3:14
15.	"And All Around Us The Mermaids Sang (aka Torment)"	3:26
16.	"Holiday 80 (Original Instrumental Mix)"	1:45

Personnel

All tracks: lyrics and music written, arranged, played by Steven Severin and Robert Smith.

Robert Smith: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Various
Steven Severin: Bass, Keyboards, Various
Jeanette Landray: Vocals
Andy Anderson: Drums
Matthew Bradley: Vocals (Remastered 2006 edition)
Martin McCarrick, Ginny Hewes, Anne Stephenson: Strings^[4]

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Abebe, Nitsuh (2006-08-25). "Robert Smith Blue Sunshine ; 1983/2006". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
↑ Rolling Stone review
↑ UK (2008-09-21). "The Glove | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's". Myspace.com. Retrieved 2012-01-16.

External links

All vinyl, cassette, CD versions

The Glove

Steven Severin Robert Smith

Additional personnel	Jeanette Landray Andy Anderson Martin McCarrick Ginny Heyes Anne Stephenson

Studio albums	Blue Sunshine

Singles	"Like an Animal" "Punish Me with Kisses"

Related articles	Siouxsie and the Banshees The Cure

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