Loveless

~ Release by My Bloody Valentine (see all versions of this release, 20 available)

Tracklist

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1Only Shallow
producer and mixer:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
bass guitar:
Debbie Googe (English bassist)
drums (drum set):
Colm O'Ciosoig (Irish drummner, member of My Bloody Valentine)
guitar:
Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
vocals:
Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
music videos:
Only Shallow (music video) by My Bloody Valentine (Irish shoegaze band)
recording of:
Only Shallow (in 1991)
lyricist:
Bilinda Butcher
composer:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd.
3.954:17
2Loomer
producer and mixer:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
bass guitar:
Debbie Googe (English bassist)
drums (drum set):
Colm Ó Cíosóig (Irish drummner, member of My Bloody Valentine)
guitar:
Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
vocals:
Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
recording of:
Loomer
lyricist:
Bilinda Butcher
composer:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
3.82:38
3Touched
producer:
C. O'Ciosoig (Irish drummner, member of My Bloody Valentine) and Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
mixer:
C. O'Ciosoig (Irish drummner, member of My Bloody Valentine)
bass guitar:
Debbie Googe (English bassist)
drums (drum set):
Colm Ó Cíosóig (Irish drummner, member of My Bloody Valentine)
guitar:
Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
vocals:
Colm Ó Cíosóig (Irish drummner, member of My Bloody Valentine)
recording of:
Touched
composer:
Colm O'Ciosoig (Irish drummner, member of My Bloody Valentine)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd.
3.050:57
4To Here Knows When
producer and mixer:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
bass guitar:
Debbie Googe (English bassist)
drums (drum set):
Colm Ó Cíosóig (Irish drummner, member of My Bloody Valentine)
guitar:
Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
vocals:
Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
music videos:
To Here Knows When (music video) by My Bloody Valentine (Irish shoegaze band)
recording of:
To Here Knows When
lyricist:
Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
composer:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
3.55:31
5When You Sleep
producer and mixer:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
bass guitar:
Debbie Googe (English bassist)
drums (drum set):
Colm Ó Cíosóig (Irish drummner, member of My Bloody Valentine)
guitar:
Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
vocals:
Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
recording of:
When You Sleep
lyricist and composer:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
3.654:12
6I Only Said
producer and mixer:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
bass guitar:
Debbie Googe (English bassist)
drums (drum set):
Colm Ó Cíosóig (Irish drummner, member of My Bloody Valentine)
guitar:
Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
vocals:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
recording of:
I Only Said
lyricist and composer:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
3.855:34
7Come In Alone
producer and mixer:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
bass guitar:
Debbie Googe (English bassist)
drums (drum set):
Colm Ó Cíosóig (Irish drummner, member of My Bloody Valentine)
guitar:
Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
vocals:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
recording of:
Come In Alone
lyricist and composer:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
3.753:59
8Sometimes
producer and mixer:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
bass guitar:
Debbie Googe (English bassist)
drums (drum set):
Colm Ó Cíosóig (Irish drummner, member of My Bloody Valentine)
guitar:
Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
vocals:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
recording of:
Sometimes
lyricist and composer:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
3.35:19
9Blown a Wish
producer and mixer:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
bass guitar:
Debbie Googe (English bassist)
drums (drum set):
Colm Ó Cíosóig (Irish drummner, member of My Bloody Valentine)
guitar:
Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
vocals:
Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
recording of:
Blown a Wish
lyricist:
Bilinda Butcher
composer:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd.
3.23:37
10What You Want
producer and mixer:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
bass guitar:
Debbie Googe (English bassist)
drums (drum set):
Colm Ó Cíosóig (Irish drummner, member of My Bloody Valentine)
guitar:
Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
vocals:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
recording of:
What You Want
lyricist and composer:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
3.355:33
11Soon
engineer:
Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
producer:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
bass guitar:
Debbie Googe (English bassist)
drums (drum set):
Colm Ó Cíosóig (Irish drummner, member of My Bloody Valentine)
guitar:
Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
vocals:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
video copyrighted (©) by:
Creation Records
music videos:
Soon (Music video) by My Bloody Valentine (Irish shoegaze band)
recording of:
Soon
lyricist, writer and composer:
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
46:59

Credits

Release

manufactured in:United States
art direction:My Bloody Valentine (Irish shoegaze band)
photography:Angus Cameron
engineer:Nick Addison
Darren Allison
Harold Burgon
Adrian Bushby
Charles Steel
Colm O'Ciosoig (Irish drummner, member of My Bloody Valentine)
Anjali Dutt
Tony Falter
Guy Fixsen (producer, engineer & programmer)
Pascale Giovetto (engineer)
Dick Meaney
Alan Moulder (producer and engineer)
Hugh Price
Nick Robbins (engineer)
Nick Savage
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
Ingo Vauk
Andy Wilkinson (UK engineer)
mastering:Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
bass guitar and sampler:Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
sampler:Colm O'Ciosoig (Irish drummner, member of My Bloody Valentine)
vocals:Bilinda Butcher
Kevin Shields (singer/guitarist/producer, My Bloody Valentine)
manufactured by:WEA Manufacturing Inc.
copyrighted (©) by:Sire Records Company (not for release label use!) (in 1991)
marketed by:Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint)
recorded at:Blackwing Studios (London, UK) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1989-02 until 1989)
Elephant Studio in Tower Hamlets, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1989-09 until 1989)
Protocol (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1990 until 1991)
Britannia Row Studios (first location, 1975–1995 Islington) in Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1991-05 until 1991-06)
Eastcote Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1991-07 until 1991)
mastered at and engineered at:The Church Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1991)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/79063 [info]
ASIN:US: B000002LRJ [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:Only Shallow
covers:Loveless by Japancakes
Loveless - Tribute by Various Artists (add compilations to this artist)
Yellow Loveless by Various Artists (add compilations to this artist)
part of:Music Genre Tree (canonical album list from musicgenretree.org – one representative release per genre)
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Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/5948 [info]
reviews:https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/q2dp [info]
other databases:https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/my_bloody_valentine/loveless/ [info]
https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/81324/ [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000272104 [info]
Wikidata:Q174163 [info]