Souvlaki

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Souvlaki came about after the relationship between the singers and guitarists Rachel Goswell and Neil Halstead had ended. Halstead increasingly wrote alone. In 1992 the band, touring, was already working on some forty possible songs, but label boss Alan McGee rejected them. Brian Eno refused to produce the album, but did record for a few days with the group, which yielded Sing and Here She Comes. In the summer Halstead withdrew to a rented cottage in Wales and wrote more personal songs there, such as Dagger. Ed Buller mixed the record.

The album was released in June 1993 on Creation Records and received a cool reception, at a time when the press had more eye for Britpop than for shoegaze. Later critics praise it as a classic of the genre, and Pitchfork made a documentary about it in 2015. Halstead names Aphex Twin, dub music and early drum and bass as influences on Souvlaki Space Station.

Listening

Track list

CD 1

1. 1Alison3:53Apple Music ↗
2. 2Machine Gun4:29Apple Music ↗
3. 340 Days3:16Apple Music ↗
4. 4Sing4:51Apple Music ↗
5. 5Here She Comes2:20Apple Music ↗
6. 6Souvlaki Space Station5:59Apple Music ↗
7. 7When the Sun Hits4:48Apple Music ↗
8. 8Altogether3:43Apple Music ↗
9. 9Melon Yellow3:54Apple Music ↗
10. 10Dagger3:35Apple Music ↗

CD 2

1. 1Some Velvet Morning3:23Apple Music ↗
2. 2So Tired (Single Version)4:04Apple Music ↗
3. 3Moussaka Chaos (Single Version)6:25Apple Music ↗
4. 4In Mind (Single Version)3:46Apple Music ↗
5. 5Good Day Sunshine (Single Version)5:09Apple Music ↗
6. 6Missing You (Single Version)4:16Apple Music ↗
7. 7Country Rain (Single Version)3:35Apple Music ↗
8. 8In Mind (Bandulu Remix) [Out Mind]8:06Apple Music ↗
9. 9In Mind (Reload Remix) [The 147 Take]10:27Apple Music ↗

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See also

• Slowdive