Slowdive – Everything Is Alive
| Label: | Dead Oceans – DOC232 |
|---|---|
| Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album, Clear [Crystal Clear] |
| Country: | Worldwide |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Style: | Alternative Rock, Shoegaze, Dream Pop |
Tracklist
| A1 | Shanty | |
| A2 | Prayer Remembered | |
| A3 | Alife | |
| A4 | Andalucia Plays | |
| B1 | Kisses | |
| B2 | Skin In The Game | |
| B3 | Chained To A Cloud | |
| B4 | The Slab |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Dead Oceans, Inc.
- Copyright © – Dead Oceans, Inc.
- Recorded At – Courtyard Studio
- Recorded At – The Farm II
- Recorded At – Chapel Studios
- Mixed At – Subtle McNugget
- Lacquer Cut At – Taloowa Mastering
- Manufactured By – GZ Media – 259794E
- Manufactured By – Precision Record Pressing
- Mastered At – Heba Kadry Mastering
Credits
- Art Direction – Nick Scott (9)
- Artwork [Artwork Sourced By] – Ingrid Pop
- Bass Guitar – Nick Chaplin
- Drums, Electronics – Simon Scott
- Engineer [Chapel Studio Session Engineered By] – Pieter Rietkerk
- Engineer [Courtyard Sessions Engineered By] – Ian Davenport
- Guitar – Christian Savill
- Guitar, Keyboards, Engineer [Protools], Vocals – Neil Halstead
- Lacquer Cut By – Chris Muth
- Mastered By – Heba Kadry
- Mixed By – Neil Halstead (tracks: A1, B3), Shawn Everett (tracks: A2 to B2, B4)
- Producer – Neil Halstead
- Vocals – Rachel Goswell
- Written-By – Neil Halstead (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4)
Notes
Some copies have 'Made in Canada' sticker or printed on shrink = Precision Record Pressings.
Some copies have 'Made in Czech Republic' sticker on shrink = GZ Media.
Released in a reverse board gatefold sleeve with poly lined, plain black die cut inner sleeve.
Includes a download code.
Printed on the shrink wrap: Made in Canada 21 04 2330 2
℗&© 2023 dead oceans, inc.
Recorded at the Courtyard studio in Sutton Courtenay, the Farm 2 in St Merryn, Cornwall and Chapel studios in South Thoresby
Tracks A2,A3,A4,B1,B2 and B4 mixed... at subtle mcnugget studios
“DOC232LP A/B CM” etched in runouts, the rest is laser etched.
Some copies have 'Made in Czech Republic' sticker on shrink = GZ Media.
Released in a reverse board gatefold sleeve with poly lined, plain black die cut inner sleeve.
Includes a download code.
Printed on the shrink wrap: Made in Canada 21 04 2330 2
℗&© 2023 dead oceans, inc.
Recorded at the Courtyard studio in Sutton Courtenay, the Farm 2 in St Merryn, Cornwall and Chapel studios in South Thoresby
Tracks A2,A3,A4,B1,B2 and B4 mixed... at subtle mcnugget studios
“DOC232LP A/B CM” etched in runouts, the rest is laser etched.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text on jacket): 6 56605 15321 6
- Barcode (Text on sticker on shrink): 6 56605 15323 0
- Label Code: LC 29265
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): DOC232LP A CM 1580722 259794E1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): DOC232LP B CM 1601967 259794E2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): DOC232LP A CM 1532436 259794E1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): DOC232LP B CM 1580977 259794E2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): DOC232LP A CM 1603808 259794E1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): DOC232LP B CM 1604815 259794E2
Other Versions (5 of 16)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Submission | Everything Is Alive (LP, Album) | Dead Oceans | DOC232 | Worldwide | 2023 | ||
| Everything Is Alive (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Green Mint) | Dead Oceans, Dead Oceans, Dead Oceans | DOC232, DOC232 C4, DOC232LP-C4 | Worldwide | 2023 | |||
Recently Edited | Everything Is Alive (LP, Album, Gold Opaque) | Dead Oceans | DOC232 | Worldwide | 2023 | ||
Recently Edited | Everything Is Alive (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Blue [Sea Blue]) | Dead Oceans | DOC232 | Worldwide | 2023 | ||
| Everything Is Alive (CD, Album) | Dead Oceans | DOC232 | Worldwide | 2023 |
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Reviews
Edited 2 days agoGreat album but bad pressing ! Too much noise like all my dead ocean records (and clean the LP).
Really good album music wise but this pressing sounds like walking on a bag of crisps. Sad.- Very pleased with this pressing. It’s super quiet and I haven’t even cleaned it yet. The music itself is fantastic. Lots of layers, great production and songwriting.
Does anyone know the meaning or concept behind the album artwork and video for alife?
Music is bad. Album art is stolen from the inside gatefold art found in “Their Satanic Majesties Request”, & I’m hearing that these were pressed like garbage. Hard pass.
Why every version has been pressed at GZ, jesus christ.
Sounds good to me - no overt noise or clicks and pops reported here.
My only complaint is that the sleeve is about 3mm too wide and it won't fit into a (usually roomy) Vinyl Solutions clear outer sleeve.
Something to note - here's an indie act releasing an LP on a nice gatefold card sleeve on clear vinyl with poly lined inners for RRP of around $23. Now that's a decent price. GTFOH with these $38 records.
My copy has some noise, but nothing too distracting. I’m not sure how much of that was the pressing or the fact I played it with a needle that was past it’s prime.
As far as the album goes, not my favorite of theirs, but a good album nonetheless. Slowdive have always rode the (blurry) line between shoegaze and dream pop. This album is definitely more on the dream pop end of things. It’s more commercial friendly than their earlier albums, which is bound to disappoint some of their long time fans.
Ehh… kind of a let down. Very pop driven, up front vocals instead of their buried washed out lush vocal stylings of the past. Song changes are so predictable… way less dreamy and ethereal than the sound we love them for. Feels overthought. Does not stand out as a keeper to me after multiple listens. Some of the cool spaced out into synth material at the beginning of tracks is cool, wish they would have experimented more in this way. Pop, predictable, lackluster. Unfortunately)))
After reading all the negative comments I gave my copy an extra thorough clean on my Watsons vacuum record cleaning machine, about 15 minutes per side. Still, there are plenty of pops all over the record, some tracks more than others but definitely distracting.
Soundwise it is great, but the pressing is really lacking.
