Blue Day

Blue Day
Blue Day
Compilation album by Slowdive
Released	1992 (1992)
Recorded	The White House Studio
Genre	Dream pop; shoegaze;
Label	Creation Records
Producer	Martin Nichols
Slowdive chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	²
Trouser Press	generally favourable³

Blue Day is a compilation album by English shoegaze band Slowdive.¹ It was released in 1992 on Creation Records and compiled the first three Slowdive EPs: Slowdive (missing the track "Avalyn II"), Morningrise (in its entirety), and Holding Our Breath (missing the Syd Barrett cover "Golden Hair" as well as "Catch the Breeze", which appeared on their first full-length Just for a Day).¹ It was subsequently made available in the US and the UK with the initial 1000 copies of "Souvlaki" as part of a limited edition double CD.⁴

Track listing

"Slowdive" – (5:15)
"Avalyn 1" – (4:51)
"Morningrise" – (4:19)
"She Calls" – (5:38)
"Losing Today" – (5:00)
"Shine" – (5:21)
"Albatross" – (5:14)

References

Jourdain 2019, p. 41.
Blue Day at AllMusic
Rabid, Jack; Neate, Wilson. "TrouserPress.com :: Slowdive". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
Sassy 1993, p. 51.

Reference bibliography

Jourdain, Thierry (2019). Camion Blanc: Slowdive Catch The Breeze (in French). Camion Blanc. ISBN 9782378481445.
"SOUVLAKI'S MORE THAN A MEAL". Sassy. Fairfax publications. February 1993. there is a limited edition import that comes with a bonus CD called Blue Day

External links

Blue Day at Discogs (list of releases)

[FOOTNOTEJourdain201941-1] Jourdain 2019, p. 41.

[2] Blue Day at AllMusic

[3] Rabid, Jack; Neate, Wilson. "TrouserPress.com :: Slowdive". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

[FOOTNOTESassy199351-4] Sassy 1993, p. 51.

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