Ciao! Best of Lush

Greatest hits album by Lush

Released

19 March 2001

Recorded

July 1989 – August 1996

Genre

Shoegazing, dream pop, Britpop

Length

72:48

Label

4AD

Producer

Lush, John Fryer, Tim Friese-Greene, Robin Guthrie, Mike Hedges, Pete Bartlett

Lush chronology

Lovelife
(1996)

Ciao! Best of Lush
(2001)

Blind Spot EP
(2016)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Pitchfork Media	(8.1/10)^[2]

Ciao! Best of Lush is a compilation album by the band Lush, released in March 2001 by 4AD. The essay in the booklet was written by Dominic Wills and included quotes from members Miki Berenyi and Emma Anderson. The best-of CD appeared almost five years after the band's dissolution and drummer Chris Acland's suicide; the compilation was dedicated to his memory.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ladykillers"	Miki Berenyi	3:13
2.	"Single Girl"	Emma Anderson	2:35
3.	"Ciao!" (featuring Jarvis Cocker)	Berenyi	3:31
4.	"500 (Shake Baby Shake)" (Single Remix)	Anderson	3:21
5.	"Light from a Dead Star"	Berenyi	3:17
6.	"Love at First Sight"	Stuart Moxham	5:12
7.	"Hypocrite"	Berenyi	2:53
8.	"Desire Lines"	Anderson	7:39
9.	"Lovelife"	Anderson	3:56
10.	"When I Die"	Anderson	4:19
11.	"Nothing Natural"	Anderson	5:54
12.	"Untogether"	Berenyi	3:34
13.	"For Love"	Berenyi	3:30
14.	"Monochrome"	Anderson	5:06
15.	"De-Luxe"	Anderson	3:28
16.	"Sweetness and Light"	Anderson	5:17
17.	"Thoughtforms"	Anderson	2:44
18.	"Etheriel"	Anderson, Berenyi	3:24

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue #
United Kingdom	19 March 2001	4AD	CD	GAD 2K22 CD
United States	5 June 2001		CD	GAD 2K22 CD
Worldwide	27 November 2015		2LP red vinyl^[4]	GAD 2K22

Credits

Tracks 1, 2, 3 and 4 taken from Lovelife, March 1996
- Produced by Pete Bartlett and Lush
Tracks 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10 taken from Split, June 1994
- Produced by Mike Hedges and Lush
Track 6 taken from the single "Hypocrite", May 1994
- Produced by Mike Hedges and Lush
Tracks 11, 12, 13 and 14 taken from Spooky, January 1992
- Produced by Robin Guthrie
Track 15 taken from the EP Mad Love, February 1990
- Produced by Robin Guthrie
Track 16 taken from the single "Sweetness and Light", October 1990
- Produced by Tim Friese-Greene
Tracks 17 and 18 taken from the mini-album Scar, October 1989
- Produced by John Fryer and Lush

Ciao! credits

Remastered by John Dent at Loud Mastering.
Art direction by Vaughan Oliver at v23.
Design by Chris Bigg at v23.
Photography by Dominic Davies, from single artwork designed by v23.
Original photographs by Jim Friedman, Richard Caldicott and Ichiro Kono.
Portraits by Mike Diver (page 3), Michael Lavine (page 6), Suzie Gibbons (page 12) and Sheila Rock (pages 9–19).

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Pitchfork Media review
↑ According to the last pages of the CD's booklet.
↑ Young, Alex (28 September 2015). "Lush reunite for first performance in 20 years". Retrieved 28 September 2015.

Lush
Miki Berenyi Emma Anderson Phil King Justin Welch Chris Acland Meriel Barham Steve Rippon
Studio albums	Scar (mini-album) Spooky Split Lovelife
EPs	Mad Love Sweetness and Light Black Spring Blind Spot
Singles	"Nothing Natural" "Ladykillers"
Compilations	Gala Ciao! Best of Lush
Related articles	Lush discography Sing-Sing The Doom Generation Nowhere Splendor

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