So Tonight That I Might See

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So Tonight That I Might See
Mazzy Star-So Tonight That I Might See.jpg
Studio album by
Mazzy Star
ReleasedSeptember 27, 1993 (1993-09-27)
Genre
Length51:36
Label Capitol
Producer David Roback
Mazzy Star chronology
She Hangs Brightly
(1990)		So Tonight That I Might See
(1993)		 Among My Swan
(1996)
Singles from So Tonight That I Might See
  1. "Five String Serenade"
    Released: June 1993 [3]
  2. "Fade into You"
    Released: April 1994 [4]

So Tonight That I Might See is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Mazzy Star, released by Capitol Records on September 27, 1993 in the United Kingdom, [5] and on October 5, 1993 in the United States. [6]

Contents

The album's first track, "Fade into You", became the band's first and only single to make the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 44, and also charted at number 48 on the UK Singles Chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
Entertainment Weekly A [8]
Far Out Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [10]
NME 8/10 [11]
Pitchfork 9.4/10 [1]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Uncut 10/10 [14]
Vox 8/10 [15]

Los Angeles Times critic Steve Hochman raved that So Tonight That I Might See "may be the culmination" of the Paisley Underground scene from which Mazzy Star originated, deeming the album "far more narcotic and hypnotic than anything the whole techno-trance universe has digitally blipped up to date." [10] In NME , Keith Cameron called it "an even more lustrous, becalmed work" than Mazzy Star's 1990 debut She Hangs Brightly , [11] and the magazine later ranked it as the 44th-best album of 1993. [16] Lorraine Ali was more critical in Rolling Stone , writing that the album's initially intriguing qualities grow "increasingly monotonous", [12] while Robert Christgau of The Village Voice dismissed it as a "dud". [17]

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Ned Raggett said that "So Tonight That I Might See remains the group's undisputed high point, mixing in plenty of variety among its tracks without losing sight of what made the group so special to begin with." [7] In 2010, Pitchfork listed "Fade into You" as the 19th-best track of the 1990s, [18] while So Tonight That I Might See was ranked second on the website's 2018 list of the best dream pop albums, [19] and 116th on its 2022 list of the best albums of the 1990s. [20]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Hope Sandoval and David Roback, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fade into You" 4:55
2."Bells Ring" 4:32
3."Mary of Silence" 6:02
4."Five String Serenade" Arthur Lee 4:24
5."Blue Light" 5:10
6."She's My Baby" 4:25
7."Unreflected" 3:42
8."Wasted" 5:31
9."Into Dust" 5:36
10."So Tonight That I Might See" 7:19
Total length:51:36

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [21]

Mazzy Star

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (1994–2024)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [22] 138
Irish Albums (IRMA) [23] 84
Scottish Albums (OCC) [24] 40
UK Albums (OCC) [25] 68
US Billboard 200 [26] 36

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [27]
BPI cert 1 		Silver60,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [28]
BPI cert 2 		Gold100,000‡
United States (RIAA) [29] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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