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Sigh.
It just tears me up that the band is finished. I've seen them live several times. "Sweetness and Light" from the Gala album is my all-time favorite song. Hearing it live is an experience I wish I could re-live endlessly. Lovelife and Undertow (tracks 5 and 8 from Split) are my next favorite Lush songs. I both respect and regret the band's decision to break up in the wake of the drummer's suicide.

Buried Treasure...
but you open this one up, you have a prism in front of the (actual) sun bathing you in all colors of the light spectrum. This is easily my favorite Lush album for so many reasons.
First, this album was completely unlike the editorial written here on this site and was a major departure in the right direction for Lush. This album abandoned the "hazy" style of their previous albums and focused on a much more original style.
Second, this album was the first album that presented a variety of styles in a single release. For instance:

1. Light From a Dead Star: Kind of orchestral, yet still dreampop.
2. Kiss Chase: It's like "For Love" from Spooky x 1,000,000!
3. Blackout: Phenomenal usage of Emma's and Miki's complimentary vocal styles. It's fast too, "Superblast from Spooky, but less treble." For those who don't know, Emma on the backing and Miki on lead vocals.
4. Hypocrite: Quite hard and very loud guitar... distortion!
5. Lovelife: A warm spring day, full of sun and a warm breeze.
6. Desire Lines: It's raining in this room and it's warm....
7. The Invisible Man: Blast from the past, "Lush Spooky" era stuff.
8. Undertow: Extreme bass, slow and hard, yet so bright.
9. Never Never: The one very long song I can always listen to, since it's so gorgeous. Kind of Cocteau "ish," yet a step beyond.
10. Lit Up: So bright and beautiful, you wonder why you have bad days. It's like being surrounded by incandescent light bulbs that are tuned to your liking.
11. Starlust: A trip into outer space with the band and it's very loud out there and things zip by fast.
12: When I die: A very mellow closing song to the album, similar to "Light From a Dead Star," but the "comedown version" to perfectly close out the album.
Third, this album was marketed very poorly. The band played "Hypocrite" on Conan O' Brien, since that was the single. Meanwhile, I had been listening to "Lovelife," which was on my local radio station. This was in regular rotation and I was shocked, by the "hard" style of "Hypocrite" on the show. "Hypocrite" is a decent song, once you know the album, but hardly a good invitation to this album.
Flat out, this album is fantastic! There will be some people who like pure pop music and others that like super hard thrash, this isn't any of those.
What this album represents, is the ultimate form of dreampop for the masses... something that is not nearly as awesome as My Bloody Valentine (Loveless), but rather a cornucopia of something that could please anyone. Unfortunately, Lush abandoned their master recipe after this album was rejected (due to an ignorant consumer group and bad marketing). Instead they became a Britpop "wannabe" 2 years later, then split up.