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| name = Way Beyond Blue | | name = Way Beyond Blue | ||
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| single1 = Sweet Catatonia | | single1 = [[Sweet Catatonia]] | ||
| single1date = 18 January 1996 | | single1date = 18 January 1996 | ||
| single2 = Lost Cat | | single2 = [[Lost Cat]] | ||
| single2date = 22 April 1996 | | single2date = 22 April 1996 | ||
| single3 = [[You've Got a Lot to Answer For]] | | single3 = [[You've Got a Lot to Answer For]] | ||
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'''''Way Beyond Blue''''' is the debut album by the Welsh band [[Catatonia (band)|Catatonia]].<ref | '''''Way Beyond Blue''''' is the debut album by the Welsh band [[Catatonia (band)|Catatonia]].<ref name="Bennun"/> It has been seen by many fans as being something of a compilation album, as all but five songs on the album had appeared on one of the band's early EPs or singles, albeit in different renditions (see below). It spawned the band's first top 40 hit, "[[You've Got a Lot to Answer For]]", which hit No. 35. | ||
==Critical reception== | ==Critical reception== | ||
{{Music ratings | {{Music ratings | ||
| rev1 | | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | ||
| | | rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Erlewine">{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/way-beyond-blue-mw0000455568 |title=Way Beyond Blue – Catatonia |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=23 June 2025}}</ref> | ||
| rev2 = ''[[The Guardian]]'' | |||
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Sullivan">{{cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline |title=Catatonia: Way Beyond Blue |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=4 October 1996 |department=Features |at="Friday Review" section, p. 19}}</ref> | |||
| rev3 = ''[[NME]]'' | |||
| rev3score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Dalton |first=Stephen |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000125reviews.html |title=Catatonia – Way Beyond Blue |magazine=[[NME]] |date=28 September 1996 |access-date=23 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817214152/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000125reviews.html |archive-date=17 August 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
| rev4 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' | |||
| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Duerden |first=Nick |url=http://www.qonline.co.uk/reviews/server.asp?id=15118 |title=Catatonia: Way Beyond Blue |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=122 |date=November 1996 |access-date=23 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990911205001/http://www.qonline.co.uk/reviews/server.asp?id=15118 |archive-date=11 September 1999 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
| rev5 = ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]'' | |||
| rev5score = 4/5<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Wilkinson |first=Roy |author-link=Roy Wilkinson |title=Catatonia: Way Beyond Blue |magazine=[[Select (magazine)|Select]] |issue=77 |date=November 1996}}</ref> | |||
| rev6 = ''[[Vox (magazine)|Vox]]'' | |||
| rev6score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Dee |first=Johnny |title=Catatonia: Way Beyond Blue |magazine=[[Vox (magazine)|Vox]] |issue=73 |date=November 1996 |page=101}}</ref> | |||
}} | }} | ||
''[[The Guardian]]'' concluded that "'Lost Cat' and 'Sweet Catatonia', creamy janglefests both, are among the best things to have emerged from the nascent Welsh scene."<ref | |||
In ''[[Melody Maker]]'', [[David Bennun]] highlighted Catatonia's sense of "dreaminess" on ''Way Beyond Blue'' and compared listening to the album to "swimming in your own thoughts, cotton wool and clouds studded with hidden pins."<ref name="Bennun">{{cite magazine |last=Bennun |first=David |author-link=David Bennun |title=Coma Chameleons |magazine=[[Melody Maker]] |volume=73 |issue=39 |date=28 September 1996 |page=49}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s Caroline Sullivan concluded that "'[[Lost Cat]]' and '[[Sweet Catatonia]]', creamy janglefests both, are among the best things to have emerged from the nascent Welsh scene."<ref name="Sullivan"/> | |||
[[AllMusic]] reviewer [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] later called ''Way Beyond Blue'' "an infectious set of [[jangle pop]], injected with the punkish attitude of [[indie rock]]", adding that "the guitars ring as if they were recorded in the late '80s, but it has a muscular backbone, and vocalist [[Cerys Matthews]] has a tough edge to her voice, which never makes the music sound weak."<ref name="Erlewine"/> | |||
==Track listing== | ==Track listing== | ||
{{track listing | {{track listing | ||
| extra_column = Previous appearance | | extra_column = Previous appearance | ||
| all_writing = [[Cerys Matthews]] and [[Mark Roberts ( | | all_writing = [[Cerys Matthews]] and [[Mark Roberts (musician)|Mark Roberts]] unless otherwise noted | ||
| title1 = Lost Cat | | title1 = [[Lost Cat]] | ||
| extra1 = N/A | | extra1 = N/A | ||
| length1 = 2:32 | | length1 = 2:32 | ||
| title2 = Sweet Catatonia | | title2 = [[Sweet Catatonia]] | ||
| extra2 = ''[[For Tinkerbell]]'' EP | | extra2 = ''[[For Tinkerbell]]'' EP | ||
| length2 = 2:43 | | length2 = 2:43 | ||
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| extra3 = N/A | | extra3 = N/A | ||
| length3 = 3:10 | | length3 = 3:10 | ||
| title4 = You've Got a Lot to Answer For | | title4 = [[You've Got a Lot to Answer For]] | ||
| extra4 = N/A | | extra4 = N/A | ||
| length4 = 3:16 | | length4 = 3:16 | ||
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|length14 = | |length14 = | ||
|note15 = Da-De? Remix | |note15 = Da-De? Remix | ||
|title16 = Blow | |title16 = Blow the Millennium, Blow | ||
|length15 = | |length15 = | ||
|note16 = Splott Remix | |note16 = Splott Remix | ||
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==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
* [[Cerys Matthews]] – vocals | * [[Cerys Matthews]] – vocals | ||
* [[Mark Roberts ( | * [[Mark Roberts (musician)|Mark Roberts]] – guitar | ||
* | * Owen Powell – guitar | ||
* Paul Jones – bass | * Paul Jones – bass | ||
* [[Aled Richards]] – drums <small>(tracks 1–5, 7, 9, 11)</small> | * [[Aled Richards]] – drums <small>(tracks 1–5, 7, 9, 11)</small> | ||
Latest revision as of 04:18, 24 June 2025
Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox". Way Beyond Blue is the debut album by the Welsh band Catatonia.[1] It has been seen by many fans as being something of a compilation album, as all but five songs on the album had appeared on one of the band's early EPs or singles, albeit in different renditions (see below). It spawned the band's first top 40 hit, "You've Got a Lot to Answer For", which hit No. 35.
Critical reception
In Melody Maker, David Bennun highlighted Catatonia's sense of "dreaminess" on Way Beyond Blue and compared listening to the album to "swimming in your own thoughts, cotton wool and clouds studded with hidden pins."[1] The GuardianTemplate:'s Caroline Sullivan concluded that "'Lost Cat' and 'Sweet Catatonia', creamy janglefests both, are among the best things to have emerged from the nascent Welsh scene."[2]
AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine later called Way Beyond Blue "an infectious set of jangle pop, injected with the punkish attitude of indie rock", adding that "the guitars ring as if they were recorded in the late '80s, but it has a muscular backbone, and vocalist Cerys Matthews has a tough edge to her voice, which never makes the music sound weak."[3]
Track listing
Template:Track listing Template:Track listing
Personnel
- Cerys Matthews – vocals
- Mark Roberts – guitar
- Owen Powell – guitar
- Paul Jones – bass
- Aled Richards – drums (tracks 1–5, 7, 9, 11)
- Dafydd Ieuan – drums (tracks 2, 6–8, 10, 12)
References
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