Souvlaki (album)
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| Studio album by Slowdive | ||||
| Released | May 17, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | Courtyard Studios, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK The White House Studios |
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| Genre | Dream pop, shoegazing | |||
| Length | 40:40 With bonus tracks: 57:00 Remaster: 1:29:44 |
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| Label | Creation Records SBK/Creation (U.S.) Castle Music (2005 re-release) Sanctuary Records (2005 re-release) |
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| Producer | Chris Hufford Martin Nichols Brian Eno |
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| Pitchfork Media | (9.3/10) link |
Souvlaki is the second studio album by the English dream pop/shoegazing band Slowdive. It was released on May 17, 1993 in the UK and on February 8, 1994 in the U.S. Widely regarded as their best album, it benefits from synthesizer contributions from co-producer Brian Eno on "Sing" (which he co-wrote) and "Here She Comes." The album's U.S. 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 U.S. release bonus tracks.
According to interviews with the band, the album was titled after an explicit skit on the first album by telephone pranksters The Jerky Boys, containing the line: "My wife loves that Greek shit. She'll suck your cock like souvlaki."[1]
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[edit] Track listing
All songs by Neil Halstead, except when noted.
[edit] Original release
- "Alison" – 3:52
- "Machine Gun" – 4:28
- "40 Days" – 3:15
- "Sing" (Brian Eno, Slowdive) – 4:49
- "Here She Comes" – 2:21
- "Souvlaki Space Station" – 5:59
- "When the Sun Hits" – 4:47
- "Altogether" – 3:42
- "Melon Yellow" – 3:53
- "Dagger" – 3:34
[edit] 2005 Castle Records re-release
A two-disc remastered re-issue of the album was released in 2005 by Castle Music, a subsidiary label of Sanctuary Records.
[edit] Disc 2
- "Some Velvet Morning" (Lee Hazlewood) – 3:23
- "So Tired" – 4:03
- "Moussaka Chaos" – 6:24
- "In Mind" – 3:45
- "Good Day Sunshine" – 5:08
- "Missing You" (Halstead, Green) – 4:15
- "Country Rain" (Halstead, Rachel Goswell) – 3:34
- "In Mind (Bandulu Mix)" – 8:06
- "In Mind (Reload Mix)" – 10:26
[edit] 2005 Castle Records re-release credits[2]
- Sleeve Notes by Ian Watson
- Project Co-orindator was Steve Hammonds
- Compiled by Steve Hammonds
- Sleeve Design by Becky Stewart
- Re-Mastered by Townhouse
- Produced by Chris Hufford
- The disc sleeve about the first disc mistakenly titles the song "40 Days" with incorrect title "Days".
[edit] Personnel
- Rachel Goswell (vocals, guitar)
- Neil Halstead (vocals, guitar)
- Christian Savill (guitar)
- Simon Scott (drums)
- Nick Chaplin (bass)
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