Gala

Lush | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 8, 1990)
• Original Release Date: November 13, 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002LNN
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,527 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #55 in Music > Alternative Rock > Indie & Lo-Fi > Shoegazing
  • #92 in Music > Alternative Rock > British Alternative > General

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real "sweetness and light", October 13, 2000

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Christopher Culver - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gala (Audio CD)

Although 1994's SPLIT was by far Lush's best effort, showing a full-circle maturity in musicianship and songwriting, GALA is certainly the best introduction to Lush, as it was the beginning of a seven year career tragically cut short by the death of drummer Chris Acland.

A compilation for the US market of three EPs released in the UK, GALA is a presentation of a new band finding its way musically. It's a fantastic album, although some of the songs are understandably weak due to the uncertainly of its young performers. The production is atmospheric and shimmery, and the complex feedback-drenched songs came to create that particularly fitting adjective "Lush-ious." Brightest highlights are "Thoughtforms," in it's second version (track 7), and "De-Luxe."

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice stuff, June 9, 2006

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Blake Ruiz (phoenix, az) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gala (Audio CD)

This band burned bright for an unfortunately brief period. Gala is a great collection of songs from one of the best bands of the so-called shoegazer movement . As far as the songs go, there isn't a dud in the bunch but Sweetness and Light and De-Luxe are absolutely gorgeous songs, both among the best of all time. This is a great time capsule for a band that ended under the most heartbreaking of circumstances.

Blake Ruiz

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let it breeze away..., June 16, 2004

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Barbara Streisands Love Slave (MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gala (Audio CD)

Lush were an early 90's "shoegazing" band that I feel were very underrated and didn't get the recognition they deserved. This is their first US release and it's a compilation of EP's that were previously released in the UK. Best songs: Sweetness And Light, De-Luxe, and Breeze. If you like bands such as My Bloody Valentine and Ride, then this is definately worth checking out.