- shoegaze, rock, noise pop, noise rock
- 38 min
- 12 tracks
- Rhino
Isn't Anything is the debut studio album by the Irish rock band My Bloody Valentine, released on 21 November 1988 by Creation Records. Its innovative guitar and production techniques consolidated the experimentation of the band's preceding EPs and would make the album a pioneering work of the subgenre known as shoegaze. Upon its release, the album received rave critical reviews and reached No. 1 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.
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Character-led, grave, spare and open-ended.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The Irish Times4/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- MSN Music (Expert Witness)A−
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork10/10
- Q4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 ★
- Uncut10/10
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Tracks
- 1Soft as Snow (but Warm Inside)2:21
- 2Lose My Breath3:38
- 3Cupid Come4:29
- 4(When You Wake) You’re Still in a Dream3:18
- 5No More Sorry2:48
- 6All I Need3:04
- 7Feed Me With Your Kiss3:54
- 8Sueisfine2:13
- 9Several Girls Galore2:21
- 10You Never Should3:23
- 11Nothing Much to Lose3:17
- 12I Can See It (but I Can’t Feel It)3:12
12 tracks, 38 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- My Bloody Valentine
- Label
- Rhino
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- CA
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