Title: Souvlaki
Artiste: Slowdive
Year: 1993
Chronological position: Second album
Previous experience of this artiste?: Not a thing
Why is this considered a classic? I really don't know. It was recommended to me. But I can see how it is. Mind you, I've never heard their other albums: are they all this good?
My thoughts
One minute (or thereabouts in) ---- Good, great, bad, meh, still waiting or other? Great
One track in --- Great
Halfway through --- Great
Finished --- Great
Comments: I don't know why but I thought this would be something totally different, but from the very first chords I really loved it. A real wall of sound with laidback, I guess you'd say dreamy vocals, which only get better with track two when the female vocalist (Rachel Goswell, it says here) takes over and I just sort of float away and turn up the volume. Sublime! The appearance of Brian Eno on synth during
Sing is a great bonus.
I see why Slowdive are being compared to My Bloody Valentine (Spotify "suggested" them to me on the basis of having listened to MBV, though the rec itself came from Duga I think?) : the same feedback and low vocals with an almost lazy quality is here, but Slowdive do it much better for my money. Of course that's only my opinion, but if MBV were like this I'd be more inclined to listen to them. So this is Shoegaze/Dreampop, is it? I like this. I like this a lot.
Favourite track(s): No point: I love everything here
Least favourite track(s): See above
Final impression --- Excellent album, excellent band and I need to hear more.
Do I feel, at the end, A) I wish I had listened to this sooner
B) I'm sorry I bothered
C) I might end up liking this
D) Have to wait and see
E) Bit underwhelmed; was ok but a classic?
F) Definitely enjoyed it, but again would I consider it a classic?
Another big A here!