She Hangs Brightly
Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". She Hangs Brightly is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band Mazzy Star. It was released on May 21, 1990, by Rough Trade Records and re-released by Capitol Records later in the year.
The song "Ghost Highway" is featured on the soundtrack to the 1994 film "Love and a .45."
Release and promotion
"Blue Flower" was released as a single and reached number 29 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. Four years later, "Halah" reached number 19 on the same chart after the success of "Fade into You".[1]
Music
Ben Cardew of Pitchfork observed: "Hope Sandoval’s hypnagogic whisper and Roback’s velvety guitar tones create a [...] late-night atmosphere, tempered by songs that borrow from the vivid musical austerity of early blues."[2]
The album showcases the band's trademark effect with haunting guitar work and lyrics, and Hope Sandoval's detached vocals. David Roback's Robby Krieger-inspired psychedelic blues slide guitar style can be heard on the song "Free". "Ghost Highway" is another psychedelic rock track, with a fast rhythm. This song dates from the band's days as Opal and was initially slated to be the title track of Opal's second album.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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Artwork
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Critical reception
In a review for Rolling Stone, Gina Arnold praised She Hangs Brightly as being "coldly beautiful".[3] AllMusic's Jason Ankeny described Hope Sandoval's vocals as "more sultry" than those of Opal's Kendra Smith and praised "Halah" and "Blue Flower" but criticized the album's lack of focus, calling the remaining tunes "unmemorable".[4]
Kurt Cobain of Nirvana listed She Hangs Brightly in his top fifty albums of all time.[5][6] In 2018, Pitchfork ranked the album at number 29 on its list of the 30 best dream pop albums, calling its atmosphere "gorgeous."[7]
Track listing
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Personnel
Credits for She Hangs Brightly adapted from album liner notes.[8]
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Charts
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] | 197 |
References
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