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Sweetness and Light

A three-track 1990 EP produced by Talk Talk's Tim Friese-Greene.
Lush, 1990

The Sweetness and Light EP (4AD BAD 0013) has three tracks: the title song, "Sunbathing" and "Breeze". Tim Friese-Greene, who produced Talk Talk, produced it, with Ed Buller engineering at the Greenhouse in London in August 1990, mixed at Wessex Sound Studios; it took about six weeks, unusually long for the band. Anderson said Friese-Greene changed the original drum tracks and edited the song's structure; Berenyi called his approach enthusiastic. Phil Overhead added percussion.

It reached 47 in the UK and 4 on the US Billboard modern rock chart, so for many Americans it was the first Lush song they heard. The 4AD compilation Gala (November 1990, 15 tracks) collects the EP with Mad Love and Scar.

Track listing

  1. Sweetness and Light5:16
  2. Sunbathing3:09
  3. Breeze2:47

More from Lush

Scar (1989), Spooky (1992), Split (1994), Lovelife (1996)

Sources

  1. Sweetness and Light (EP), Wikipedia
  2. Lush discography, Light from a Dead Star