Souvlaki (album)

Souvlaki
Slowdive studio album
Publication (s)	May 17, 1993
Label (s)	Creation Records
Format (s)	CD , LP , MC
Genre (s)	Dream pop , shoegazing
Title (number)	10
running time	40:48
occupation	Rachel Goswell - vocals , guitar Nick Chaplin - bass Neil Halstead - vocals , guitar Ian McCutcheon - drums Christian Saville - guitar Brian Eno - Keyboard , Effects (Tracks 4,5)
production	Slow dive
Studio (s)	Courtyard Studios, Abingdon The White House Studios, Weston-super-Mare Protocol Studios, London
chronology Just for a Day (1991) Souvlaki Pygmalion (1995)
Single release February 1994 Alison

Souvlaki is the second of four studio albums by the British rock band Slowdive and was released in May 1993 on the well-known Creation Records label . The album is one of the classics of shoegazing .

Track list

With the exception of the marked exceptions, all songs are written by Neil Halstead .

1. Alison - 3:52
2. Machine Gun - 4:28
3. 40 Days - 3:15
4. Sing (Slowdive, Brian Eno ) - 4:49
5. Here She Comes - 2:21
6. Souvlaki Space Station (Slowdive) - 5:59
7. When the Sun Hits - 4:47
8. Altogether - 3:42
9. Melon Yellow - 3:53
10. Dagger - 3:34

Bonus tracks from the re-release

1. Some Velvet Morning ( Lee Hazlewood ) - 3:23
2. Good Day Sunshine - 5:08
3. Missing You - 4:15
4. Country Rain (Halstead, Rachel Goswell) - 3:34

reception

source	rating
Allmusic
Pitchfork Media
Laut.de

When it was released, the album polarized a lot and led some critics to harshly panned out:

"[This] record is a soulless void [...] I would rather drown choking in a bath full of porridge than ever listen to it again.
[This] album is a soulless void. [...] I would rather choke in a bath full of mush than ever hear it again. "

- Dave Simpson, Melody Maker

In retrospect, however, the album is rated much more positively. Pitchfork Media voted it # 2 in their 50 best shoegazing albums. The magazine Spin counts Souvlaki among the essential albums of the genre.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Review by Jack Rabid on Allmusic (accessed December 7, 2018)
2. ↑ Review by Nitsuh Abebe on Pitchfork Media (accessed December 7, 2018)
3. ↑ Review by Kerstin Kratochwill on Laut.de (accessed December 7, 2018)
4. ^ Ian Watson - Souvlaki liner notes of the rerelease on Sanctuary Records . Page 6.
5. ↑ The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time on Pitchfork Media
6. ↑ Joe Gross: Essentials Shoegaze, in: Spin 08/2007, p. 110.