Scar

Recorded July 1989

Released October 1989 on 4AD

JAD 911 - 12”

JAD 911 C - Cassette

JAD 911 CD - CD

Baby Talk (2:16)

Thoughtforms (2:41)

Scarlet (3:26)

Bitter (2:01)

Second Sight (2:39)

Etheriel (3:24)

Co-produced by John Fryer. Sleeve by Vaughan Oliver, Christopher Bigg and Jim Friedman.

Matthew Kirkcaldie writes: "Scar has BRIGHT salmon pink on the inside of the LP sleeve, with  illustrations from a Japanese textbook showing the kanji for "tongue" and "elder sister" with the English words and a 50s-style line drawing in a box, one to each side, in white on the pink.  Very vulgar overtones, this sort of pink cavity...and the choice of words... The same things are on the reverse side of the folded insert for the jewel case CD."

"Etheriel" is about Meriel Barham, who became part of Pale Saints.  Emma Anderson writes: "She used to be in the band and she was going out with a guy called Ethan.  She wasn't really into the band that much, and she was a lot more into Ethan... every time we wanted to do something she was like, 'I can't do that because Ethan's sick, or Ethan's something... Ethan's broken his fingernail so I can't rehearse today...' so in the end we thought, well, this isn't going to work out  and Miki wrote a song about it.  We blended the two names together, Ethan and Meriel..."

Dark Image writes: "On the Scar vinyl run-off grooves, there is a quote on one side that reads 'I'll still fondle you' and on the other side 'Fanny Tits Delight' Well, the reason for this was that Emma didn't know the lyrics to Scarlet and Etheriel (go figure) So she thought that Miki was saying 'Fanny Tits Delight' instead of Vanities Delight and likewise for 'I'll still fondle you' (I'm still fond of you)."

Mad Love

Recorded December 1989

Released February 1990 on 4AD

BAD 0003 - 12”

BAD 0003 C - Cassette

BAD 0003 CD - CD

De-Luxe (3:26)

Leaves Me Cold (2:55)

Downer (2:39)

Thoughtforms (2:43)

Produced by Robin Guthrie. Engineered by Lincoln Fong. Sleeve by Vaughan Oliver, Christopher Bigg and Jim Freidman.

Thoughtforms is a new recording

Sweetness and Light

Recorded August 1990

Released October 1990 on 4AD

AD 0013 - 7” *

ADC 0013  - Cassette

BAD 0013 - 12”

BAD 0013 CD - CD

Sweetness And Light (5:19) * (4:12)

Sunbathing (3:09) (12” & CD only)

Breeze (2:47)

Produced by Tim Friese-Green. Engineered by Ed Buller. Featuring Phil Overhead. Recorded at The Greenhouse and Wessex Studio. Sleeve by Vaughan Oliver, Chris Bigg and Jim Friedman. The run-out grooves read «cool, fresh, milk float» and «what's hiding under the sheets?».

• The 7” version contains a shortened version of Sweetness And Light

Gala

Recorded on various dates

Released November 1990 on 4AD

CAD 0013 - LP

CAD 0013  C - Cassette

CAD 0013 CD - CD

also

COCY-6925 - CD - 4AD-Japan

9 26463-1 - LP - Reprise

9 26463-2 - CD - Reprise

9 26463-4 - Cassette - Reprise

Sweetness And Light (5:19)

Sunbathing (3:09)

Breeze (2:47)

De-Luxe (3:26)

Leaves Me Cold (2:55)

Downer (2:39)

Thoughtforms (2:43)

Baby Talk (2:16)

Thoughtforms (2:41)

Scarlet (3:26)

Bitter (2:01)

Second Sight (2:39)

Etheriel (3:24)

Hey Hey Helen (2:27)

Scarlet (version) (3:53)

This album is a compilation of all tracks from Scar, Mad Love and Sweetness And Light, together with a new track (Hey Hey Helen), and the Robin Guthrie rerecording of "Scarlet" (originally released on Gigantic 2, a NME compilation).  The initial LP and CD release in the UK came with a card slip case.

Matthew Kirkcaldie writes: "the CD features a cardboard wraparound with another Jim Friedman photo on the outside (black and dark green, a 2-colour print with a little full colour one in the middle) and a nice inside with (a) the Lush logo faintly over a pink-yellow background with the EP sleeves placed over it and a big calligraphic Chris Bigg scrawl, and (b) on the other half, a whole gallery of those dated pictures of Japanese women.  The LP has the same thing as a second sleeve, but the CD one can be detached at the bottom while you have to open the LP one as far as you dare without wrecking it." 

The Japanese version comes with lyrics to all the songs except "Downer," "Leaves Me Cold" and "Hey Hey Helen."

Black Spring EP

Recorded August 1991

Released October 1991 on 4AD

AD 1016 - 7”

ADC 1016  - Cassette

BAD 1016 - 12”

BAD 1016 CD - CD

also

9 40231-2 - CD - Reprise (in digipak)*

170.1016.20 - CD - PIAS Belguim

RTD 120.1175.3 - CD - Rough Trade Germany

33000 PM515 - CD - 4AD thru Virgin France

53000 PM432 - Cassette - 4AD thru Virgin France

Nothing Natural (5:58)

Fallin’ In Love (2:44) (12” & CD only)

God’s Gift (4:13)

Monochrome (5:08) (12” & CD only)

Produced by Robin Guthrie. Engineered by Robin Guthrie & Mitsuo Tate. Sleeve by Vaughan Oliver and Jim Friedman.

The run-out grooves on the 7” read  “And who's in `ere?” & “a little gum!”. The run-out grooves on the 12” read “Lush and Ride at the Enormodrome” & “They've got this much talent”.

Fallin' In Love written by Dennis Wilson.

* The Reprise version is called Nothing Natural and omits Fallin’ In Love and adds a shorter version of Nothing Natural (3:59) as a last track.

For Love

Recorded November 1991

Released January 1992 on 4AD

BAD 2001 - 12”

BAD 2001 CD - CD

BAD D 2001 - Ltd 10”

BAD C 2001  - Cassette

also

? - CD - 4AD Holland? (in slimline case)

33082 - CD - 4AD thru Virgin France (digipak)

For Love (3:35)

Starlust (4:24)

Outdoor Miner (2:49)

Astronaut (2:39)

For Love produced and engineered by Robin Guthrie. All others produced  by Lush and Mark Freegard.  

BAD D 2001 has a different sleeve to other releases. The run-out grooves on BAD D 2001 read “Steve, yah, bloody good bloke." "Miki? Face like a bulldog chewing a wasp!". BAD 2001 CD was released in a deluxe fold-out digipak. 'For Love' produced by Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins). The digipak has "for the love of Steve" in the credits.

Outdoor Miner written by Graham Lewis and Colin Newman.

Spooky

Recorded ?

Released February 1992 on 4AD

CAD 2002 - LP

CAD D 2002 - Ltd 2 x 10”

CAD C 2002 - Cassette

CAD 2002 CD - CD

CAD D 2002 CD - Ltd. CD

also

COCY- ?????? - CD - 4ad Japan

9 26798-2 - CD - Reprise US

330944 - CD - 4AD thru Virgin France (digipak with same cover as CAD D 2002)

50930 PM464 - Cassette - 4AD thru Virgin France

SHOCK 1017 CD - CD - Shock Records Australia

Stray (2:08)

Nothing Natural (5:54)

Tiny Smiles (4:27)

Covert (3:35)

Ocean (4:50)

For Love (3:29)

Superblast! (4:07)

Untogether (3:34)

Fantasy (4:27)

Take (3:29)

Laura (3:23)

Monochrome (5:06)

God’s Gift (4:10)*

Fallin’ In Love (2:44)*

Produced by Robin Guthrie. Engineered by Robin Guthrie, Matsuo Tate and Lincoln Fong. Recorded at September Sound, London. Sleeve by Vaughan Oliver and Jim Friedman.

The first legitimate studio album.  The tracks marked with an * are found only on the Japanese release and are identical to the tracks found on the Black Spring EP.  This release also comes with lyrics to all the songs. Bones, Inner Sanctum, Sanctuary writes: "there is also a limited edition CD of Spooky that comes  with a blue velour pouch. The pouch is imprinted with the circles from  the Spooky cover. That is, where the logos are, there are no fuzzy  textures.

Eyesore adds: "CAD D 2002 CD is a limited edition deluxe fold-out digipak. CADD2002 is a double 10" release. They both have similar sleeves, which are pretty different from the other formats. The run-out grooves on CAD D 2002 read “What do you call Lush's...” / “bass player in Japan?” / “Rippon in Nippon...” / “...wise words mate”. 

Superblast!

Recorded ? 1993

Released ? 1993 on 4AD Japan

COCY-5185 - CD

Superblast! (remix) (4:04)

Outdoor Miner (2:49)

Fallin’ In Love (2:44)

This Japanese-only single came with the lyrics to all three songs. Lists Phil, not Steve as the bassist. Says "for the love of steve" in the credits.

Hypocrite

Recorded ? 1994

Released  30th May 1994 on 4AD

AD 4008 - 7”

BAD D 4008 - 12”

BAD 4008 CD - CD

Hypocrite (2:58)

Love At First Sight (5:12) (12” & CD only)

Cat’s Chorus (3:23)

Undertow (Spooky remix) (9:13) (12” & CD only)

Tracks 1, 2 and 4 by Miki Berenyi. Produced by Lush & Mike Hedges. Mixed by Alan Moulder. Sleeve by Vaughan Oliver, Chris Bigg, Richard Caldicott & Melodie McDaniel. Undertow remixed by Spooky.

The run-out grooves on the 7”read “a funny thing happened to the way to the perineum” & “when the boot goes in”. The run-out grooves on the 12” read “I've seen a table wine” & “a Norweigan pine”.

Love at First Sight written by S. Moxham (Young Marble Giants).

Emma Anderson writes: "Love At First Sight is a cover of a song by The Gist, a band Stuart Moxham formed after the Young Marble Giants."

Desire Lines

Recorded ? 1994

Released  30th May 1994 on 4AD

AD 4010 - 7”

BAD D 4010 - 12”

BAD 4010 CD - CD

Desire Lines (7:29)

White Wood (4:14) (12” & CD only)

Girl’s World (4:56)

Lovelife (Suga Buillit mix) (8:15) (12” & CD only)

Tracks 1 and 4 by Emma Anderson. Track 2 by Anderson/Berenyi. Produced by Lush & Mike Hedges. Mixed by Alan Moulder except Lovelife remix by Co-Co T and Suga-D. Sleeve by Vaughan Oliver, Chris Bigg, Richard Caldicott & Melodie McDaniel. Strings on Desire Lines  arranged by Martin McCarrick. Strings on Girl’s World arranged by Audrey Riley.

The run-out grooves on the 7”read “back to the draining board” & “two bars on and vim under the sink”. The run-out grooves on the 12” read “I've seen a belly flop” & “and a record shop”.

Split

Recorded ? 94

Released 13th June 1994 on 4AD

CAD 4011 - LP

CAD C 4011 - Cassette

CAD 4011 CD - CD

also

9 45578-1 - LP - Reprise US

9 45578-2 - CD - Reprise US

9 45578-4 - Cassette - Reprise US

? CD - 2 x CD - Rough Trade Germany

7243 8 40008 2 - CD - 4AD thru Virgin France

7243 8 40008 4 - Cassette - 4AD thru Virgin France

Light From A Dead Star (3:15)

Kiss Chase (3:17)

Blackout (3:06)

Hypocrite (2:53)

Lovelife (3:56)

Desire Lines (7:37)

The Invisible Man (2:14)

Undertow (4:57)

Never-Never (8:04)

Lit Up (4:00)

Starlust (4:30)

When I Die (4:17)

Tracks 1, 2, 4 & 8 by Berenyi, 3, 5-7, 9, 10, 12 by Anderson, 11 by Anderson/Berenyi. Produced by Lush & Mike Hedges. Engineered by Mike Hedges, Lance Phillips, Curtis Schwartz, Chris Ludwinski, Paul Read and Ronen Tal. Recorded at Blackfield Studios, Wales, Berry House, Susses, Abbey Road, London andSwanyard Studios, London. Mixed by Alan Moulder. Strings arranged by Martin McCarrick & Audrey Riley. Sleeve by Vaughan Oliver, Chris Bigg, Richard Caldicott & Melodie McDaniel.

Michael Schuster writes: "The cover art bears a new logo (the band name in a sorta outline script, partially covering a circular background) and has a picture of four lemons."

The run-out grooves read “I've seen a council skip” & “and a sunset strip”.

The Rough Trade version came with a "bonus disk" which contains the three B-sides from the Desire Lines single, i.e., "Girl's World," "White Wood," "Lovelife" (Suga Bullit mix).

Promotional postcard

Cookie

Recorded ? 94

Released ? 1994 on 4AD Japan

COCY-78365 - CD

White Wood (4:14)

Girl’s World (4:56)

Lovelife (Suga Bullit remix) (8:15)

Love At First Sight (5:12)

Cat’s Chorus (3:23)

Undertow (Spooky remix) (9:13)

Japanese only release. All track information as before. Sleeve by Vaughan Oliver, Chris Bigg, Richard Caldicott & Melodie McDaniel.

Single Girl

Recorded ? 1995

Released  ? 1996 on 4AD

AD 6001 - 7”

BAD 6001 - 12” 1

BAD D 6001 - 12” 2

BAD 6001 CD - CD1

BAD D 6001 CD - CD2

Single Girl

Sweetie

Tinkerbell*

Outside World*

Cul De Sac*

Pudding**

Demytification**

Shut Up**

Sweetie on 7” only

* on first 12” / CD

** on second 12” / CD

Produced by Lush & Pete Bartlett. Engineered by Giles Hall, Liam Molloy & Neil Simons. Recorded at Protocol Studios, London. Mixed by Sean Slade, Paul Q, Kolderie, Pete BArtlett and Giles Hall. Featuring Kate Holmes from Frazier Chorus and Ray Dickaty. Sleeve by v23 and Ichiro Kono. Demystification written by S. Lake.

AD6001 was released on clear vinyl.

Ladykillers

Recorded ? 1995

Released  ? 1996 on 4AD

AD 6002 - 7”

BAD 6002 - 12” 1

BAD D 6002 - 12” 2

BAD 6002 CD - CD1

BAD D 6002 CD - CD2

Ladykillers

I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend

Matador*

Ex*

Dear Me (Miki’s 8-track home demo)*

Heavenly**

Carmen**

Plums and Oranges**

I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend on 7” only

* on first 12” / CD

** on second 12” / CD

Produced by Lush & Pete Bartlett. Engineered by Giles Hall, Liam Molloy & Neil Simons. Recorded at Protocol Studios, London. Mixed by Sean Slade, Paul Q, Kolderie, Pete Bartlett and Giles Hall. Featuring Kate Holmes from Frazier Chorus and Ray Dickaty. Sleeve by v23 and Ichiro Kono. Heavenly arranged by Pete Bartlett. Plums and Oranges mixed by Neil Simons

AD6001 was released on green vinyl.

Lovelife

Recorded May to August 1995

Released  ? 1996 on 4AD

CAD 6004 - LP

CAD C 6004 - 12” 1

CAD 6004 CD - CD

also

COZY-27/28 - CD 4AD Japan (bonus 3” CD)

7243 8 41484 2 3 - CD - 4AD/Labels thru Virgin France

Ladykillers

Heavenly Bodies

500

I’ve Been Here Before

Single Girl

Ciao!

Tralala

Last Night

Runaway

The Childcatcher

Olympia

Produced by Lush & Pete Bartlett. Engineered by Giles Hall & Liam Molloy. Recorded at Protocol Studios, London, Fort Apache, Cambridge, MA, & BJG Studios, London. Mastered by Bob Ludwig. Sleeve by v23, Ichiro Kono and Andrew Catlin. Heavenly arranged by Pete Bartlett. Plums and Oranges mixed by Neil Simons.

CAD 6004 was released on clear vinyl only. The run-out grooves Read “Browning in a sea of Britpop” & “No, I’ve never seen a blind man’s buff”.

Promotional poster

500 (Shake Baby Shake)

Recorded ? 1995

Released  ? 1996 on 4AD

AD 6009 - 7”

BAD 6009 - 12” 1

BAD D 6009 - 12” 2

BAD 6009 CD - CD1

BAD D 6009 CD - CD2

500 (Shake Baby Shake)

I Have The Moon*

Piledriver*

Olympia (acoustic version)*

I’d Like To Walk Around In Your Mind**

Kiss Chase (acoustic version)**

Last Night (hexadecman dub mix)**

I Have The Moon on 7”

* on first 12” / CD

** on second 12” / CD

All songs by Anderson/Berenyi except Piledriver by Chris Acland, I Have The Moon by Stephen Merritt & I’d Like To Walk... by Anon. Produced by Lush & Pete Bartlett. Engineered by Liam Molloy & Neil Simons. Mixed by Pete Bartlett & Giles Hall. Recorded at Protocol Studios, London.  Sleeve by v23 and Ichiro Kono. 500 (Shake Baby Shake) mixed by Mike Drake and engineered by Steve Cook. Last Night mixed by Steve Osbourne.

AD6009 was released on clear vinyl.

Topolino

Recorded ? 1995

Released  ? 1996 on Nippon Columbia

COCY-80351 - CD

also

76974 2110-2 - CD Polygram Canada

with two different track listings

500 (Shake Baby Shake)

I Have The Moon*

Ex

I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend

Matador

Piledriver

I’d Like To Walk Around In Your Mind

Carmen

Plums and Oranges

Heavenly*

Demystification*

Tinkerbell*

Dear Me*

* on first Canadian CD

Second Canadian CD track listing

500 (Shake Baby Shake)

I Have The Moon*

Ex

I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend

Matador

Outside World

I’d Like To Walk Around In Your Mind

Carmen

Shut Up

Cul De Sac

Demystification*

Tinkerbell*

You Bowed Down

Recorded ??

Released  17th September 1996 on ??

?? - CD single USA

includes

All This Useless Beauty

Ciao! Best of

Recorded at various times

Released  ? 2000 on 4AD

GAD 2K22 CD - CD

Ladykillers (3:13)

Single Girl (2:35)

Ciao! (3:31)

500 (Shake Baby Shake) (3:21)

Light From A Dead Star (3:17)

Love At First Sight (5:12)

Hypocrite (2:53)

Desire Lines (7:39)

Lovelife (3:56)

When I Die (4:19)

Nothing Natural (5:54)

Untogether (3:34)

For Love (3:30)

Monochrome (5:06)

De-Luxe (3:28)

Sweetness And Light (5:17)

Thoughtforms (2:44)

Etheriel (3:24)

Not Much known about this Elvis Costello single featuring Lush playing the Costello song All This Useless Beauty.

Distorted Angel

Recorded ??

Released  22th July 1996 on ??

?? - CD single UK

includes

All This Useless Beauty

Not Much known about this Elvis Costello single featuring Lush playing the Costello song All This Useless Beauty.