| Lido | ||||
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| Released | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | Too Pure Elektra [1] | |||
| Producer | Ott & Robs | |||
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Lido is the debut album by the English band th' Faith Healers, released in 1992. [2] [3] The band promoted the album in the United States by touring with the Dentists. [4]
Recorded in London, the album was produced by Ott & Robs and mixed by the band. [5] [6] The American release includes two additional tracks, "Reptile Smile" and "Moona-ina-Joona". [7] "Mother Sky" is a cover of the Can song. [8] Although often lumped with "shoegaze" bands of the early 1990s, th' Faith Healers paid particular attention to the groove and rhythm of Lido's songs. [9]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [10] |
| Chicago Tribune | [11] |
| Robert Christgau | A− [12] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [13] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [6] |
Trouser Press wrote that the band cranks "out hypnotic drone rock that crests with cathartic power and recedes." [7] Spin praised the "intense, well-structured blurts of melodic noise." [14] Robert Christgau considered Lido "sheer power-drone, never fully controlled and often breaking into something quite frantic and exciting." [12] The Chicago Tribune stated that "funky bass hooks and lobster-rock riffs on the speedy highlight 'Hippy Hole' spew the punky garage band's attitude." [11]
The New York Times thought that the band "find frenzy, primal release and euphoria in repetition." [15] The New Yorker noted the "swift, jagged guitar work" and "trippy, minimalist vocals." [16] The Washington Post determined that they "recall the edgy intensity of Too Pure labelmate P. J. Harvey, but with a gift for rusty-can grooves approaching the Fall's... It's a potent, and galvanizingly cacophonous, combination." [4] The Los Angeles Times deemed the album "hypnotic and sensual, with Roxanne Stephens' airy vocals serving as the eye of a shifting, swirling storm." [13]
AllMusic wrote that "songs often spring from simple, hypnotic riffs and rhythms which inevitably swerve out of control, screeching with peals of feedback and shooting off sparks—'Hippy Hole' is a white-noise roller coaster, while the taut 'Don't Jones Me' slowly builds from a loping drum beat and a muted guitar line to arrive at a crashing climax." [10]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "This Time" | |
| 2. | "A Word of Advice" | |
| 3. | "Hippy Hole" | |
| 4. | "Don't Jones Me" | |
| 5. | "Love Song" | |
| 6. | "Mother Sky" | |
| 7. | "It's Easy Being You" | |
| 8. | "Spin 1/2" |
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