Lush (Mitski album)

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Lush
A blurry photo of the artist with her face partially obscured by her hair.
Studio album by Mitski
Released January 31, 2012 (2012-01-31)
Genre Chamber pop
Length 26:01
Label Self-released
Mitski chronology
Lush
(2012)		 Retired from Sad, New Career in Business
(2013)

Lush is the debut studio album by American musician Mitski.[1] Mitski self-released the album on January 31, 2012 as her junior year project at SUNY Purchase. It was recorded and mixed by Scot Moriarty.[2]

Background

Mitski described the album as by "someone who simply wrote her feelings and didn't think about how her narrative was being conveyed", describing a version of herself that is "long gone now". Patrick Hyland, producer of all of Mitski's subsequent albums, described the album with the quote: "Lush was in college, like, 'Oh, my gosh, there are studios! There are other instrumentalists!"[3]

The album is primarily chamber pop, with elements of lo-fi and punk rock.[4] Lush has been described as "mournful" by Rolling Stone.[5] It is "her most piano-laden work," characterized by Nylon as "a series of vivid, smooth, and unraveling narratives."[6]

Critical reception

In a career retrospective following her 2018 studio album Be the Cowboy, Jesse Herb of Atwood Magazine said that the album "plays out like a beautiful stream of consciousness" and praised Mitski's poetic lyricism.[7]

Track listing

Original Bandcamp version/re-release version[8][9]
No. Title Length
1. "Liquid Smooth"   2:49
2. "Eric"   3:17
3. "Brand New City"   2:12
4. "Real Men"   2:41
5. "Wife"   2:39
6. "Abbey"   2:46
7. "Bag of Bones"   4:36
8. "Door"   2:12
9. "Pearl Diver"   2:44
Total length:
 26:01

All songs written and composed by Mitski. 

Current Bandcamp version[10]
No. Title Length
1. "Liquid Smooth"   2:49
2. "Wife"   2:39
3. "Abbey"   2:49
4. "Brand New City"   2:12
5. "Eric"   3:17
6. "Bag of Bones"   4:36
7. "Door"   2:12
8. "Pearl Diver"   2:44
Total length:
 23:15

In July 2022, the track listing on streaming services was modified to match the current Bandcamp version, with "Real Men" moved to the end of the album.[11] Sometime in late 2012-early 2013, "Real Men" was removed from the bandcamp tracklist and the tracklist was re-arranged.

References

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External links

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