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}} ''Sweetness and Light'' is the second extended play by the English alternative rock band Lush. It was released on 15 October 1990 on 4AD. Featuring a less abrasive sound than the band's earlier releases, the title track was also released as Lush's first single and included the B-side "Breeze". Tim Friese-Greene produced ''Sweetness and Light'' over a six-week period at the Greenhouse and Wessex Sound Studios in London. The recording sessions took considerably longer than Lush's previous sessions with Robin Guthrie and John Fryer, but resulted in a more atmospheric dream pop sound. ''Sweetness and Light'' received mixed reviews upon release but led to Lush's first major headlining national tour and placed in the national charts. The single was particularly successful in the United States, where it placed at number 4 on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart and received heavy rotation on radio. ==Background and recording== In 1989 Lush released their debut mini album ''Scar'' to warm reviews, and followed up the album with the extended play ''Mad Love'' in February 1990. ''Mad Love'' brought a large amount of attention to the band from both the alternative and mainstream British press, with vocalist-guitarist Miki Berenyi and guitarist Emma Anderson becoming the subject of several gossip columns in national weeklies. Lush also began performing to larger audiences, performing at the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and opening as support for the Cure at the Crystal Palace Bowl in London, England in summer 1990. Lush began searching for a producer for their next set of material and were recommended Talk Talk producer Tim Friese-Greene. The band were unfamiliar with Friese-Greene's work—though Anderson and Berenyi purchased copies of Talk Talk albums just prior to the initial recording sessions—while Friese-Greene was already a fan of Lush.〔 ''Sweetness and Light'' was recorded at the Greenhouse, a mid-range studio in London, in August 1990 with Friese-Greene and engineer Ed Buller. The sessions were unusually long for Lush; overall production was done over a six-week period,〔 with mixing completed at Wessex Sound Studios.〔 Greene's approach was considered by "enthusiastic" by Berenyi, and Anderson regarded his techniques as significantly different to ''Mad Love'' producer Robin Guthrie and ''Scar'' producer John Fryer. According to Anderson, Friese-Greene changed the original drum tracks to "Sweetness and Light", as well making several edits to the song's overall structure. In hindsight Lush considered ''Sweetness and Light'' as a disappointment, due to the extensive time of the recording sessions and Freese-Greene's approach, which caused the song to become "asphyxiated beneath the bandages of production." The band intended to rerecord the EP with Robin Guthrie as producer and release his version instead of Friese-Greene's, but plans were abandoned. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sweetness and Light (EP)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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