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| Released | January 31, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Chamber pop | |||
| Length | 26:01 | |||
| Label | Self-released | |||
| Producer | Scot Moriarty | |||
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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's Conservatory of Music. It was recorded and mixed by Scot Moriarty. [2]
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]
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]
| 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 tracks are written by Mitski
| 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.
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