Split (studio album)
by Lush

Split by Lush
Year: 1994
Overall rank: 2,350th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 116 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1994 (55th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (414th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,350th)

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Split is ranked as the best album by Lush.

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 116 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.0/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.

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70/100
From 09/11/2023 16:25
Un álbum solido de dream pop, no me impresionó mucho pero es bastante consistente.
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75/100
From 08/25/2022 00:52
Some good ideas towards the beginning but mostly forgettable and boring all the way through. I like the sound but not every song is interesting enough to keep me hooked for more than 20 seconds.
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From 05/23/2020 01:45
This band deserves more credit, as does this record. This album is beautiful and represents Lush's greatest effort.
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From 06/04/2017 14:06
While they had been produced by Cocteau Twins' Robin Guthrie for almost all their previous work, Lush teamed up with Mike Hedges on this record, and the result is clearer and tighter, and no less potent. Guitars (and vocals) keep building and building to wonderful effect.

The 'Split' in question was in fact not a pending demise of the group as some fans feared upon its release (and which did regrettably but understandably did occur after their follow-up record), but rather seems to be about the psychological effects on a young child when parents divorce, now the child grown up and looking back on her childhood and the things she could and couldn't understand. This seems most easily seen in "Light from a dead star" and "Kiss Chase", with more echoes throughout the remaining songs. Or perhaps that is just my take...
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From 10/24/2015 22:57
I'm kinda starting to like it
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From 06/10/2015 13:47
An improvement over Spooky. The songs on the second half are especially well done.
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From 01/01/2013 13:43
It's like a softer Loveless. It's good!
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From 01/18/2012 06:30
This is Lush's best release. The vocals here aren't as weak as they were on Spooky and the guitar melodies are much more captivating.
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