[2015-12-04] Lush "Chorus" limited edition 5CD box set (4AD UK)

Charles · 19 Dec 2007

Description
Over the course of a decade, Lush released three studio albums Spooky (1992), Split (1994) and Lovelife (1996) to growing critical and commercial success. Starting out with the mini-album Scar (1989) and releasing a string of singles and EPs throughout their career, these were used to create the compilations Gala (1990) and Topolino (1996); two albums that would ultimately bookend their story with the tragic death of drummer Chris Acland in late-1996 leaving them too grief-stricken to continue.

Twenty years on and Lush are a band long overdue celebration. Compiled by the band, Chorus will be spread over five CDs and housed in a beautiful hardbound book, designed by long-time associate and former v23 collaborator Chris Bigg. 105 tracks in total, Chorus contains their three studio albums and both singles compilations plus a wealth of previously unreleased demos, radio sessions, remixes and rarities.

[tracklisting][CD1]
[CD1: Gala]
1. Sweetness And Light
2. Sunbathing
3. Breeze
4. De-Luxe
5. Leaves Me Cold
6. Downer
7. Thoughtforms
8. Baby Talk
9. Thoughtforms
10. Scarlet
11. Bitter
12. Second Sight
13. Etheriel
14. Hey Hey Helen
15. Scarlet
16. Leaves Me Cold - Peel Session*
17. Breeze - Peel Session*
18. Hey Hey Helen - Peel Session*
19. Blackout - Evening Session*
20. Kiss Chase - Evening Session*
21. The Childcatcher - Evening Session*
22. Single Girl - Mark Radcliffe Session*
23. Runaway - Mark Radcliffe Session*
24. Heavenly Nobodies - Evening Session*
25. Ladykillers - Evening Session*

[CD2: Spooky]
1. Stray
2. Nothing Natural
3. Tiny Smiles
4. Covert
5. Ocean
6. For Love
7. Superblast!
8. Untogether
9. Fantasy
10. Take
11. Laura
12. Monochrome
13. God’s Gift
14. Fallin’ In Love
15. Starlust
16. Outdoor Miner
17. Astronaut
18. Sweetness And Light (The Orange Squash Mix)
19. Undertow (Spooky Mix)

[CD3: Split]
1. Light From A Dead Star
2. Kiss Chase
3. Blackout
4. Hypocrite
5. Lovelife
6. Desire Lines
7. The Invisible Man
8. Undertow
9. Never-Never
10. Lit Up
11. Starlust
12. When I Die
13. Cat’s Chorus
14. Love At First Sight
15. Girl’s World
16. White Wood
17. 500 (Acoustic Version)*
18. Olympia (Acoustic Version)
19. Kiss Chase (Acoustic Version)

[CD4: Lovelife]
1. Ladykillers
2. Heavenly Nobodies
3. 500
4. I’ve Been Here Before
5. Papasan
6. Single Girl
7. Ciao!
8. Tralala
9. Last Night
10. Runaway
11. The Childcatcher
12. Olympia
13. Sweetness And Light (Demo)*
14. Covert (Demo)*
15. Problem Child (Demo)*
16. Desire Lines (Demo)
17. Hypocrite (Demo)*
18. Lit Up (Demo)
19. Light From A Dead Star (Demo)*

[CD5: Topolino]
1. 500 (Shake Baby Shake)
2. I Have The Moon
3. Ex
4. I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend
5. Matador
6. Outside World
7. I’d Like To Walk Around In Your Mind
8. Carmen
9. Shut Up
10. Cul De Sac
11. Demystification
12. Tinkerbell
13. Piledriver
14. Plums And Oranges
15. Half And Half
16. Dear Me (Miki’s 8-Track Home Demo)
17. Sweetie
18. Heavenly
19. Pudding
20. Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
21. All This Useless Beauty
22. Mannequin
23. Rupert

* Denotes previously unreleased[/tracklisting]

Amazon USA
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B017AML04K/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B017AML04K/?tag=imwan-21

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Nov 09, 2015 8:01 pm

Bump: Added the UK pre-order link to the first post. Waiting to see if there will be a domestic release.

Rick Grubbs · 03 Oct 2006

Just got into these guys and loving what I heard. Is this a limited edition? I read on Slicing Up Eyeballs or Post Punk that this was strictly limited to three thousand copies.

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Nov 09, 2015 8:51 pm

Amazon UK does list it as a limited edition, so it might not be a bad idea to lock in the British pressing right away.

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2015 11:46 pm

Bump: All of Charles' information has been moved up into the first post, and we now have a larger image of the packaging (click it to enlarge to full size).

Rick Grubbs · 03 Oct 2006

Thanks Linda. Ordered!

Charles · 19 Dec 2007

There's a US release upcoming in a couple of weeks on 1/22/16........in case you missed out on the already sold out UK one.

The Amazon US link above has the 1/22/16 release date........but saying "currently unavailable."
Amoeba and other sites are taking pre-orders.

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Jan 17, 2016 5:39 pm

The domestic listing page is live now:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B017AML04K/?tag=imwan-20

Tricky Kid · **Joined:** 23 Sep 2007 **Posts:** 8297

Spent part of my evening listening to Lovelife which has put me in the mood to pick this up... the domestic pressing is available, but wondering if this will end up with lower third-party pricing.

[2015-12-04] Lush "Chorus" limited edition 5CD box set (4AD UK)

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