Taste (The Telescopes album)
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| Taste | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Recorded | June 1989 | |||
| Genre | Shoegaze | |||
| Label | What Goes On | |||
| Producer | Richard Formby | |||
| The Telescopes chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| NME | 7/10[2] |
Taste is the debut studio album by English alternative rock band The Telescopes, released in 1989 on What Goes On Records. The album was produced by Richard Formby and engineered by Ken MacPherson and Chris Bell. After What Goes On folded, it was re-released in 1990 by Cheree, and it was later released in 2006 by Rev-Ola Records to include live versions of "There Is No Floor", "Sadness Pale", "Threadbare" and "Suicide".
In 2016, Pitchfork ranked Taste at number 47 on its list of the 50 best shoegaze albums of all time.[3]
Track listing[edit]
All tracks are written by Stephen Lawrie
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "And Let Me Drift Away" | 2:18 |
| 2. | "I Fall, She Screams" | 2:40 |
| 3. | "Oil Seed Rape" | 2:58 |
| 4. | "Violence" | 3:34 |
| 5. | "Threadbare" | 1:37 |
| 6. | "The Perfect Needle" | 3:28 |
| 7. | "There Is No Floor" | 3:15 |
| 8. | "Anticipating Nowhere" | 1:47 |
| 9. | "Please, Before You Go" | 3:27 |
| 10. | "Suffercation" | 2:40 |
| 11. | "Silent Water" | 3:27 |
| 12. | "Suicide" | 7:56 |
References[edit]
- ^ Sendra, Tim. "Taste – The Telescopes". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ Fadele, Dele (28 October 1989). "The Telescopes: Taste". NME. p. 39.
- ^ "The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time". Pitchfork. 24 October 2016. p. 1. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
