Slowdive - Just for a Day
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Artist: SlowdiveEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1992-01-14
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
- Spanish Air
- Celia's Dream
- Catch the Breeze
- Ballad of Sister Sue
- Erik's Song
- Waves
- Brighter
- The Sadman
- Primal
Free Music Notes for Just for a Day
Free Music Review: The Essence of Shoegazer
Hit: 5 Stars
When it comes to Slowdive, fans are generally irrevocably split between giving the "Best of Artist" nod to this album or the following effort 'Souvlaki'.
I would contend that the sophomore album is a more polished work but that 'Just for a Day' captures the essence and energy of a young band finding its way - and the results are frequently delightful.
Washes of guitar seem to ebb and flow throughout the tracks, rising to magnificent crescendos and fading to nebulous atmospherics. The tracks "Celia's Dream" and "Primal" build in pulsating waves to dramatic conclusions, while there is a much lighter touch given to "Ballad of Sister Sue", "Erik's Song" and "The Sadman".
This album puts the dream into dream-pop. It is a more ethereal and less hard-edged work than contempories from My Bloody Valentine and friends. Think blissed-out, dreamy, surging, peaceful with only occasional bursts of (superb) sonic violence.
Certainly one of my favorite albums of all, containing two of my favorite songs in the shoegazer/dream-pop genre - the aforementioned "Primal" and "Celia's Dream".
Sublime album that should remain a seminal part of the essential shoegazer collection.
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