LUSH
GALA - CD
UPC: 191400083226
Label: 4AD
Format: CD
Release Date: November 14, 2025
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Lush’s Gala was the band’s debut compilation album, comprising their earliest releases — Scar(1989), Mad Love (1990), and Sweetness and Light (1990) — in reverse chronological order,plus two additional tracks (a cover version of ABBA’s “Hey Hey Helen” and the extended Robin Guthrie mix of Scar track “Scarlet”).
Originally released in 1990 as the band’s introduction to the US and Japanese markets, the compilation’s 35th anniversary is being celebrated with a 2025 reissue with new remasters by Kevin Vanbergen. Back in print for the first time since 1990, the LP features original artwork by V23.
“With their strumming swathed in electronic reverberation and other effects, Lush creates an undertow of opulent and churning harmony. Above it float Ms. Berenyi’s airy lead vocals and Ms. Anderson’s weightless descant, their chiming, overlapping lines calmly sketching disillusionment amid the maelstrom of guitars.
- The New York Times
“From the early standout ‘Sweetness and Light’ to the swooping beauty of ‘De-Luxe’ to the enjoyable romp through Abba’s ‘Hey Hey Helen,’ Gala is one continued win.”
- Pitchfork [The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time, #8]
“Fom the twisting stab of ‘De-Luxe’, the controlled thrash of ‘Downer’ or the heady swirl of ‘Thoughtforms’, Lush seemed like the perfect creation, right down to the beautiful Vaughan Oliver v23 artwork.”
- The Quietus
TRACK LIST:
A1/1 Sweetness and Light
A2/2 Sunbathing
A3/3 Breeze
A4/4 De-Luxe
A5/5 Leaves Me Cold
A6/6 Downer
A7/7 Thoughtforms - Mad Love Version
B1/8 Baby Talk
B2/9 Thoughtforms - Scar Version
B3/10 Scarlet - Scar Version
B4/11 Bitter
B5/12 Second Sight
B6/13 Etheriel
B7/14 Hey Hey Helen
B8/15 Scarlet - Robin Guthrie Version
