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My Bloody Valentine - Loveless Audio CD

A fair review of the My Bloody Valentine "Loveless" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all My Bloody Valentine reviews here, or go back to the My Bloody Valentine tabs.

My Bloody Valentine Band: My Bloody Valentine
Title: Loveless
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Release Date: 1991-11-05
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Only Shallow 2: Loomer 3: Touched 4: To Here Knows When 5: When You Sleep 6: I Only Said 7: Come in Alone 8: Sometimes 9: Blown a Wish 10: What You Want 11: Soon

This Changed Everything
What can I possibly say to add to the following this album has? How could I even come close to the quality of the thoughtful reviews that have preceded mine?

Well, I can't. I've thought long and hard about writing this review. All I can say is that this album, for me, changed everything. I had no idea that music could be so touching, so intimate, and at the same time so raw. When I first heard it, I was in the throws of electronica obsession - and to a certain extent, I still am. But after the first spin of this album, I was even more obsessed with electronica. Funny, huh? Perhaps you were expecting me to say something like, 'After I heard this album, I was completely head-over-heals obsessed with it and never thought twice about throwing in a Chemical Brothers album. ' Nope. That's not it at all.

This album took a long time to grow on me. Like 3 years. And I'm so happy I didn't loose my patience. I read somewhere that it's the albums that you initially find the most difficult that are the ones you love forever. I think that's a perfect way to state how I feel about "Loveless".

I've tried long and hard to find an album that compares not only in quality, but one that gives me the same feeling as when I first really appreciated "Loveless". So far I've come close with Ride's "Nowehere", Catherine Wheel's "Ferment" and Slowdive's "Slouvlaki" -- but even those amazing records don't come close.

Instead of going into a song-by-song analysis, which 33 1/3 has already admirably done, all I'm going to say is that if you want music which is truly transportive (I may have made that word up), check out "Loveless". In all likelihood, you'll never hear another album like it.


Shoegazing Pioneers
You should listen it to understand why. I think this is one of the best alternative underground albums in the earlier 90's.


C-L-A-S-S-I-C
An iconic piece of art representing the eternal battle between melody and noise. This is my favorite album of all time. This is a must-have for any serious music enthusiast. Anyone who speaks badly of this album simply doesn't 'get it'.


the ultimate
one of the most defining albums of the last 30 years, maybe ever. not much to say.


Just Like Kicking Jesus
I think this album heavily involves what context you listen to it in. My Bloody Valentine is a band that has been argued about for an infinite amount of years, and honestly, I have only grown to respect them more and more every year since I had first heard them. Some good examples of where this album may be appropriate: listen to it by yourself after you drop off someone you love only to leave you for a few months. This album sounds bitter sweet then. If you're mindset is altered by psychedelics, this album would honestly sound groundbreaking to you. It all depends on who you are and a matter of perception. "Loveless" is a piece of art that may or may not be admired by it's listener. What do you plan to do while listening to "Loveless"? Are you sobered up? If so, what state of mind do you feel your in? By all means, this album flows with pure consistency and emotions that only the supernatural should bring on. This being said, treat MBV as a prescription maybe. Some people don't need prescriptions. Some people need a little. Some people abuse prescriptions. If that statement is true, then I'd say it's just as true for this band. Some people can't handle it-- won't do anything for them. Some people will throw this on occasionally because it sounds warming and intoxicating. Some people, like me, will hold this album in their top ten albums of all time forever, listening to just a little more than "sparingly. " This album is all about taste and what set of ears you were granted with when you were born. If you like polished neo-psychedelic, well-produced records like Radiohead or Doves, you will most likely find this exhausting and unlistenable if you are not familiar with the early shoegazing bands of the early 80's to mid-90's. It's a sensual, trippy nightmare of an album. I wouldn't recommend this to an average music listener though. I think it sounds better if you have been exposed to a lot musically.


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