Lush (Mitski album)

Lush is the debut studio album by Japanese-American musician Mitski. Mitski self-released the album on January 31, 2012 as her junior year project at SUNY Purchase. It was mixed by Scot Moriarty.[2]

Lush
Studio album by
Mitski
ReleasedJanuary 31, 2012 (2012-01-31)
GenreChamber pop[1]
Length26:01
LabelSelf-released
Mitski chronology
Lush
(2012)		 Retired from Sad, New Career in Business
(2013)

Background

Mitski described the album as by "someone who simply wrote her feelings and didn’t think about how her narrative was being conveyed," she recalls, describing a version of herself that is “long gone now”. Producer Patrick Hyland 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 a chamber pop album, with elements of lo-fi and punk rock.[1] Lush has been described as "mournful" by Rolling Stone.[4] It is "her most piano-laden work," characterized by Nylon as "a series of vivid, smooth, and unraveling narratives."[5]

Critical reception

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.[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mitski.

Original Bandcamp version[7]
No.TitleLength
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
Re-release version[8]
No.TitleLength
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

In July 2022 the track listing on streaming services was modified to match the original Bandcamp version, with Real Men placed at the end of the album.

Revised version[9]
No.TitleLength
1."Liquid Smooth"2:49
2."Wife"2:40
3."Abbey"2:47
4."Brand New City"2:13
5."Eric"3:18
6."Bag of Bones"4:36
7."Door"2:13
8."Pearl Diver"2:44
9."Real Men"2:42
Total length:26:05

References
  1. Sutliff, Amileah Sutliff (July 26, 2018). "A Mitski Primer". Vinyl Me, Please. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  2. "Mitski - Artist Biography & Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  3. Martoccio, Angie (December 27, 2021). "Mitski Had to Quit Music to Love It". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  4. Wolper, Caitlin (August 16, 2018). "How Mitski Became the Cowboy". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  5. "Mitski's Albums Ranked, From 'Lush' To 'Laurel Hell'". Nylon. February 7, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  6. Herb, Jesse (October 19, 2018). "FROM 'LUSH' TO 'BE THE COWBOY': ALONG FOR THE RIDE OF MITSKI'S EVOLUTION". Atwood Magazine. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  7. "Lush - Mitski". Bandcamp. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  8. "Lush - Mitski". Apple Music. Archived from the original on May 7, 2021. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  9. "Lush - Mitski". Apple Music. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
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