My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything [Remastered] [Digipak]

Isn't Anything [Remastered] [Digipak]

by My Bloody Valentine
Released
1/24/11
Music Genre
Pop
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Personnel: Kevin Shields, Bilinda Butcher (vocals, guitar); Deb Googe (bass); Colm O'Ciosoig (drums). Engineers: D. Anderson, S. Nunn, A. Russell. From its very first moments, My Bloody Valentine's ISN'T ANYTHING announces a musical revolution--the rough, insistent snare hits are joined by scalar bass runs, finally uniting and pausing to give way to a barely recognizable guitar swirl and up-close, unproduced vocals as a new form is born. The album's inimitable sonic collages sought to marry the brash experimentation and punk ethic of Sonic Youth with more pop-oriented production values and songcraft. Mastermind Kevin Shields's somewhat more streamlined European update on the noise-rock ethic may carry an intimidating sonic swagger, but beneath there beats the heart of a musical unit firmly grounded in pop. The open-ended sonic stir and dreamy vocal of "Lose My Breath" create a swirling atmosphere, held aloft by a single, plodding acoustic guitar. This kaleidoscopic intensity reaches its apex in the stirring drama of "No More Sorry," a tightly-wound tune that pitches like a ship in a storm, battered by waves of harsh, unforgiving guitar textures. The brash, pounding punk ideal is embraced most obviously on "(When You Awake) You're Still In A Dream" and "Feed Me With Your Kiss."

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Product Details

Artist
My Bloody Valentine
Label / Studio
SONY BMG
Recording Environment
Studio
Media Content Format
Album
Number of Discs
1
Media Format
Audio CD
Year of release
2009
Cast & Crew
My Bloody Valentine (Music Performer)

Press Reviews

Ranked #46 in AP's list of the `Top 99 Of '85-'95' - "...ISN'T ANYTHING is the most important rock album of the '80s, barely nudging out PSYCHOCANDY....Guitarists Kevin Shields and Bilinda Butcher introduced a new aesthetic, creating unbearably sensual, alien environments through furious tremolo-bar wrenching and outrageous distortion... Alternative Press (7/95, p.88)

...They nearly bury their somber melodies beneath surface noise. But unearthing the tunes is part of the listening pleasure..." - Rating: A- Entertainment Weekly (7/9/93, p.50)

4 stars out of 5 -- "Today, it's still striking for its consistently dark, erotic tone, alternately woozy or aggressively ravenous... Mojo (Publisher) (p.118)

Included in Q's "50 Heaviest Albums of All Time" - "...Staggeringly dense....Unveiling the softest extremely loud music ever....Even the barely intelligible lyrics contained hidden traumas... Q (7/01, p.88)

4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his is a record that heads straight for the inner ear, skewing, disorientating, toppling off balance. There are wonderful songs lurking here... Q (Magazine) (p.148)

Tracklisting

Disc 1:

  1. Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside)
  2. Lose My Breath
  3. Cupid Come
  4. When You Wake You're Still in a Dream
  5. No More Sorry
  6. All I Need
  7. Feed Me with Your Kiss
  8. Sueisfine
  9. Several Girls Galore
  10. You Never Should
  11. Para MI Corazon Basta Tu Pecho
  12. I Can See It (But I Can't Feel It)

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