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Blue Sunshine (album)

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Released
  
23 August 1983

Artist
  
The Glove

Label
  
Wonderland

Recorded
  
1983

Release date
  
23 August 1983

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Genres
  
New wave, Post-punk, Gothic rock, Alternative rock

Producers
  
Robert Smith, Steven Severin

Similar
  
Robert Smith albums, Gothic rock albums

Blue Sunshine is the only album by the British supergroup The Glove, which was first released in 1983 by Wonderland Records/Polydor. This album mainly served as a diversion for Robert Smith and Steven Severin when both of them were under heavy stress in their respective bands The Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Since Smith was prohibited from singing in another band by his record company, he and Severin recruited Zoo dancer Jeanette Landray (a former girlfriend of Banshees drummer Budgie) to sing the majority of the tracks on the original release; Smith only sang on "Mr. Alphabet Says" and "Perfect Murder". Other musicians involved in this project were Andy Anderson (who later joined The Cure) and Martin McCarrick (who later joined the Banshees).

Contents

In 2006, the album was digitally remastered and re-released by Rhino Records, featuring a bonus disc with Smith singing vocals on studio demo versions of all the songs instead of Landray.

In 2013, the album was re-released for Record Store Day by Polydor (in Europe) and Rhino (in the US) as a limited edition of 3,500 copies (numbered on the sleeve), pressed on marbled blue vinyl and featuring none of the 2006 bonus material.

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Track listing

All music composed by Severin/Smith.

Personnel

All tracks: lyrics and music written, arranged, played by Steven Severin and Robert Smith.
  • Robert Smith: Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards
  • Steven Severin: Bass, keyboards
  • Jeanette Landray: Vocals
  • Andy Anderson: Drums
  • Martin McCarrick: Keyboard, strings
  • Ginny Hewes: Strings
  • Anne Stephenson: Strings
  • Songs

    1Like an Animal4:44
    2Looking Glass Girl4:56
    3Sex-Eye-Make-Up4:24

    References

    Blue Sunshine (album) Wikipedia