Gala (album)

Gala
A psychedelic-style photograph featuring alternating shades of red, orange, purple and yellow. A white horizontal line in the centre cuts the image and the lower portion contains the words "Lush" and a circle in multicolor typeface against a black background.
Compilation album by
Lush
Released13 November 1990 (1990-11-13)
RecordedJuly 1989 (1989-07) – August 1990 (1990-08)
Genre
Length46:14
Label
Producer
Lush chronology
Sweetness and Light
(1990) 		Gala
(1990) 		Black Spring
(1991)

Gala is the debut compilation album by the English alternative rock band Lush, released in 1990 by 4AD as an introduction to the US and Japanese markets, comprising the band's earliest releases in reverse chronological order, plus two additional tracks.

It was released on 13 November 1990 on 4AD/Reprise Records in the United States and 21 November 1990 on 4AD/Nippon Columbia in Japan;[1] the album received a limited-edition release in the United Kingdom on 3 December 1990.

In support of the album, Lush toured in both the US and Japan.

Upon its release, Gala failed to chart, but the album was well received by critics in both the UK and the US. "De-Luxe", which was released as a promotional single in the US, did receive considerable radio airplay and placed in the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

  1. ^ "Lush – Gala (1990, CD)". Discogs. 3 December 1990.