Blue Sunshine (album)
| Blue Sunshine | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 9 September 1983[1] |
| Recorded | 1983 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 43:10 |
| Label | Wonderland Records Polydor Rhino |
| Producer | Merlin Griffiths, Robert Smith, Steven Severin |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Pitchfork |   [3] |
| Select |   [4] |
Blue Sunshine is the only studio album by the British supergroup the Glove, released in 1983 by Wonderland Records/Polydor. This album mainly served as a diversion for Robert Smith and Steven Severin when both of them were under heavy stress in their respective bands the Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Since Smith was prohibited from singing in another band by his record company, he and Severin recruited Zoo dancer Jeanette Landray (a former girlfriend of Banshees drummer Budgie)[5] to sing on the majority of the tracks; Smith contractually could only sing on two songs, "Mr. Alphabet Says" and "Perfect Murder". Other musicians involved in this project were drummer Andy Anderson (who had just joined the Cure), multi-instrumentalist Martin McCarrick (who later joined the Banshees), and string players Ginny Hewes and Anne Stephenson (the latter had played for the Banshees on the album A Kiss in the Dreamhouse).[6]
Severin wrote the lyrics to all of the songs except "Like an Animal", "Sex-Eye-Make-Up", "Perfect Murder", which were written by Smith, and "Punish Me with Kisses", on which the two collaborated.[7]
Two singles were taken from the album, "Like an Animal" and "Punish Me with Kisses".
In 2006, the album was digitally remastered and re-released by Rhino Records, featuring a bonus disc with Smith singing vocals on studio demo versions of all the songs instead of Landray.
In 2013, the album was re-released for Record Store Day by Polydor (in Europe) and Rhino (in the US) as a limited edition of 3,500 copies (numbered on the sleeve), pressed on marbled blue vinyl and featuring none of the 2006 bonus material.
Track listing
[edit]All music is composed by Steven Severin and Robert Smith
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Like an Animal" | Smith | 4:44 |
| 2. | "Looking-Glass-Girl" | Severin | 4:56 |
| 3. | "Sex-Eye-Make-Up" | Smith | 4:24 |
| 4. | "Mr. Alphabet Says" | Severin | 3:50 |
| 5. | "A Blues in Drag" | 3:12 | |
| 6. | "Punish Me with Kisses" | Severin, Smith | 3:40 |
| 7. | "This Green City" | Severin | 4:34 |
| 8. | "Orgy" | Severin | 3:19 |
| 9. | "Perfect Murder" | Smith | 4:28 |
| 10. | "Relax" | 6:03 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Mouth to Mouth" | Smith | 5:35 |
| 12. | "The Tightrope" | 3:12 | |
| 13. | "Like an Animal" (12" Club What Club? mix) | Smith | 6:35 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "The Man from Nowhere" (Original instrumental mix) | 1:46 |
| 12. | "Mouth to Mouth" (Landray vocal mix) | 5:40 |
| 13. | "Punish Me with Kisses" (Mike Hedges mix) | 3:30 |
| 14. | "The Tightrope" (Original instrumental mix) | 3:22 |
| 15. | "Like an Animal" (12" Club What Club? mix) | 5:38 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Like an Animal" (RS Vocal Demo) | 4:38 |
| 2. | "Looking-Glass-Girl" (RS Vocal Demo) | 4:28 |
| 3. | "Sex-Eye-Make-Up" (RS Vocal Demo) | 4:27 |
| 4. | "Mr. Alphabet Says" (Alt RS Vocal Demo) | 4:06 |
| 5. | "A Blues in Drag" (Alt RS Vocal Demo) | 3:11 |
| 6. | "Punish Me With Kisses" (RS Vocal Demo) | 3:30 |
| 7. | "This Green City" (RS Vocal Demo) | 4:31 |
| 8. | "Orgy" (RS Vocal Demo) | 3:41 |
| 9. | "Perfect Murder" (Alt RS Vocal Demo) | 4:04 |
| 10. | "Relax" (Alt RS Vocal Demo) | 6:15 |
| 11. | "The Man from Nowhere" (Alt Instrumental Mix) | 1:47 |
| 12. | "Mouth to Mouth" (RS Vocal Demo) | 6:06 |
| 13. | "Opened the Box (A Waltz)" (RS Vocal Demo) | 1:29 |
| 14. | "The Tightrope (Almost Time)" | 3:14 |
| 15. | "And All Around Us the Mermaids Sang (aka Torment)" (RS Vocal Demo) | 3:26 |
| 16. | "Holiday 80" (Original Instrumental Mix) | 1:45 |
Personnel
[edit]- All tracks: lyrics and music written, arranged, played by Steven Severin and Robert Smith.
- Robert Smith - vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards
- Steven Severin - bass, keyboards
- Jeanette Landray - vocals
- Andy Anderson - drums
- Martin McCarrick - keyboards, strings
- James SK Wān - electric kazoo
- Ginny Hewes - strings
- Anne Stephenson - strings
References
[edit]- ^ "The Look of Glove" (PDF). Record Mirror. 3 September 1983. p. 7. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Abebe, Nitsuh (25 August 2006). "Robert Smith Blue Sunshine ; 1983/2006". Pitchfork. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ^ Griffiths, Nick (September 1990). "The Glove: Blue Sunshine". Select. No. 3. p. 102.
- ^ By post-punk.com (22 May 2014). "The Glove's Jeanette Landray | Interview plus Artwork –". Post-punk.com. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ UK (21 September 2008). "The Glove | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's". Myspace.com. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ^ "Lyric Index - Punish Me with Kisses". StevenSeverin.com. 2000. Archived from the original on 14 August 2002. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
