Length 48:23 Artist Slowdive Label Creation Records | Producer Chris Hufford
Slowdive Release date 6 February 1995 | |
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Released February 6, 1995 (1995-02-06) Recorded 1994 at Courtyard Studios in Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England Pygmalion
(1995) Catch the Breeze
(2004) Genres Shoegazing, Dream pop, Ambient music, Post-rock, Experimental rock Similar Slowdive albums, Shoegazing albums, Other albums | ||
Slowdive pygmalion full abum remastered
Pygmalion is the third studio album by English rock band Slowdive, released on 6 February 1995 by record label Creation. It was the final album before Slowdive disbanded in 1995.
Contents
- Slowdive pygmalion full abum remastered
- Slowdive rutti
- Content
- Reissue
- Reception
- Legacy
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Slowdive rutti
Content
A departure from their previous two albums, Pygmalion incorporated a more experimental sound tilted towards ambient electronic music, with sparse, atmospheric arrangements. All compositions were by Neil Halstead. Lyrics on tracks "Miranda" and "Visions of LA" were by Rachel Goswell.
The cover illustration featured imagery from Rainer Wehinger's graphic notation for György Ligeti's work Artikulation (1958).
Reissue
The album was remastered and reissued on Cherry Red in 2010, with a bonus disc consisting of demo versions of Pygmalion-era tracks.
Reception
Pygmalion has been well received by critics. AllMusic called it "a stylistic masterpiece", while BBC Music echoed similar sentiments, writing that Pygmalion "remains Halstead and Goswell's masterpiece and comparing it to the ambient work of Brian Eno.
Pitchfork noted the change in style, describing the album's tracks as "ambient pop dreams that have more in common with post-rock like Disco Inferno than shoegazers like Ride".
A negative review came from Trouser Press, which wrote that the album "completely lacks all the tension, songwriting, sounds and power of the band's work, leaving only the spatial dimensions", calling it "essentially a solo ambient recording by singer/guitarist Neil Halstead that should have been released under his own name".
Legacy
The song "Blue Skied an' Clear" was featured on the soundtrack of the 1995 film The Doom Generation.
In 1999, Ned Raggett ranked the album at No. 122 on his list of "The Top 136 or So Albums of the Nineties".
Track listing
All tracks written by Neil Halstead, except where noted.
Personnel
Songs
1Rutti10:06
2Crazy for You6:01
3Miranda4:49