Loss (Mull Historical Society album)

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Loss
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Studio album by
Released15 October 2001
RecordedFebruaryApril 2001 at Gravity Studios, Glasgow
Genre Indie pop, electropop, electronica
Label Blanco y Negro (UK)
XL (US)
Producer Colin MacIntyre
Mull Historical Society chronology
Loss
(2001)
Us
(2003)
Singles from Loss
  1. "Barcode Bypass"
    Released: 13 November 2000
  2. "I Tried"
    Released: 19 March 2001
  3. "Animal Cannabus"
    Released: 9 July 2001
  4. "Watching Xanadu"
    Released: 28 January 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [2]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Independent (favourable) [4]
NME 8/10 [5]
Pitchfork 6.1/10 [6]
PopMatters (favourable) [7]
Rock Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Loss is the debut album of Scottish indie pop band Mull Historical Society. It includes the singles "Barcode Bypass", "I Tried", "Animal Cannabus" and "Watching Xanadu". The album reached number 43 in the UK album chart. [9] It was inspired by the sudden death of his father in 1999 [10] and his upbringing on the Isle of Mull. [11] It contains samples from a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry and the waves on Calgary Bay in Mull. [11] "Barcode Bypass" is about a small shopkeeper threatened by the supermarkets, [12] and "Watching Xanadu" is about watching the film Xanadu . [13]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Colin MacIntyre

No.TitleLength
1."Public Service Announcer"4:22
2."Watching Xanadu"4:29
3."Instead"5:43
4."I Tried"4:40
5."This Is Not Who We Were"3:26
6."Barcode Bypass"7:05
7."Only I"4:10
8."Animal Cannabus"4:45
9."Strangeways Inside"4:15
10."Mull Historical Society"4:50
11."Paper Houses/Loss"10:15

The CD version of the album was released as an enhanced CD-ROM containing footage of Colin MacIntyre performing live acoustic versions of the songs "Barcode Bypass" and "I Tried".

Personnel

Reception

Q listed Loss as one of the best 50 albums of 2001. [14]

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