Split (Lush album)

Split
Studio album by Lush
Released 13 June 1994
Recorded October – December 1993
Studio Rockfield Studios, Wales; Berry House, Sussex; and Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre Shoegazing, dream pop, noise pop
Length 52:06
Label 4AD
Producer Mike Hedges and Lush
Lush chronology
Spooky
(1992)Spooky1992
Split
(1994)
Lovelife
(1996)Lovelife1996

Split is the third studio album by English alternative rock band Lush, released on 4AD on June 13, 1994 in the UK and a day later in the US. Two singles were released from the album: "Desire Lines" and "Hypocrite," both released on May 30, 1994. Split was reissued by 4AD on CD in July 2001.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[2]
NME6/10[3]
Pitchfork8.2/10[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
Select2/5[6]

Select's Roy Wilkinson gave the album a negative review, describing it as "mid-paced stuff, fitting between melancholy and listlessness".[6] The review went on to state, "There's nothing wrong with a dose of heavyweight introspection per se. But a pretty deft touch is needed to translate it movingly to the recording studio".[6]

In a retrospective review, Andy Kellman, writing for AllMusic, was far more positive: "Split touches on most forms of emotional turbulence. A legitimizing stunner, the record prevented the band from being lost amidst the bunker of form-over-function dream pop bands. Split shattered every negative aspect of those failed acts with flying colors. A fantastic record within any realm."[1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Light from a Dead Star"Berenyi3:15
2."Kiss Chase"Berenyi3:17
3."Blackout"Anderson3:06
4."Hypocrite"Berenyi2:53
5."Lovelife"Anderson3:56
6."Desire Lines"Anderson7:37
7."The Invisible Man"Anderson2:14
8."Undertow"Berenyi4:57
9."Never-Never"Anderson8:04
10."Lit Up"Anderson4:00
11."Starlust"Anderson, Berenyi4:32
12."When I Die"Anderson4:17

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalogue #
United Kingdom 13 June 1994 4AD CD CAD 4011 CD
LP CAD 4011
Cassette CAD C 4011
United States 14 June 1994 4AD/Reprise CD 9 45578-2
Japan 20 March 1996 Nippon Columbia CD COCY-80093
United Kingdom 2 July 2001 4AD CD (reissue) GAD 4011 CD

Singles

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Kellman, Andy. "Split – Lush". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  2. Romero, Michele (15 July 1994). "Split". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  3. Fadele, Dele (11 June 1994). "The Division Belles". NME. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  4. Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (3 May 2016). "Lush: Origami". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  5. Evans, Paul (8 September 1994). "Lush: Split". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  6. 1 2 3 Wilkinson, Roy (July 1994). "Lush: Split". Select (49): 84.
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