Ciao! Best of Lush

Ciao! Best of Lush
Greatest hits album by Lush
Released	19 March 2001 (See release history)
Recorded	July 1989 – August 1996
Genre	Shoegazing, dream pop, Britpop
Length	72:48
Label	4AD
Producer	See credits below
Lush chronology
Lovelife (1996) Ciao! Best of Lush (2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(8.1/10)[2]

Ciao! Best of Lush is a compilation for the band Lush. The compilation was released by 4AD in March 2001. The essay in the booklet was written by Dominic Wills and features quotes from Miki Berenyi and Emma Anderson. The best-of CD follows almost five years after the band's dissolution and drummer Chris Acland's suicide; the compilation is dedicated in his memory.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ladykillers"	Berenyi	3:13
2.	"Single Girl"	Anderson	2:35
3.	"Ciao!" (featuring Jarvis Cocker)	Berenyi	3:31
4.	"500 (Shake Baby Shake)" (Single Remix)	Anderson	3:21
5.	"Light from a Dead Star"	Berenyi	3:17
6.	"Love at First Sight"	Moxham	5:12
7.	"Hypocrite"	Berenyi	2:53
8.	"Desire Lines"	Anderson	7:39
9.	"Lovelife"	Anderson	3:56
10.	"When I Die"	Anderson	4:19
11.	"Nothing Natural"	Anderson	5:54
12.	"Untogether"	Berenyi	3:34
13.	"For Love"	Berenyi	3:30
14.	"Monochrome"	Anderson	5:06
15.	"De-Luxe"	Anderson	3:28
16.	"Sweetness and Light"	Anderson	5:17
17.	"Thoughtforms"	Anderson	2:44
18.	"Etheriel"	Anderson, Berenyi	3:24

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue #
United Kingdom	19 March 2001	4AD	CD	GAD 2K22 CD
United States	5 June 2001

Credits

• Tracks 1, 2, 3, and 4 taken from Lovelife, March 1996
  • Produced by Pete Bartlett and Lush
• Tracks 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10 taken from Split, June 1994
  • Produced by Mike Hedges and Lush
• Track 6 taken from the single "Hypocrite," May 1994
  • Produced by Mike Hedges and Lush
• Tracks 11, 12, 13, and 14 taken from Spooky, January 1992
  • Produced by Robin Guthrie
• Track 15 taken from the EP Mad Love, February 1990
  • Produced by Robin Guthrie
• Track 16 taken from the single "Sweetness and Light," October 1990
  • Produced by Tim Friese-Greene
• Tracks 17 and 18 taken from the mini-album Scar, October 1989
  • Produced by John Fryer and Lush

Ciao! credits

• Remastered by John Dent at Loud Mastering.
• Art direction by Vaughan Oliver at v23.
• Design by Chris Bigg at v23.
• Photography by Dominic Davies, from single artwork designed by v23.
• Original photographs by Jim Friedman, Richard Caldicott, and Ichiro Kono.
• Portraits by Mike Diver (page 3), Michael Lavine (page 6), Suzie Gibbons (page 12), and Sheila Rock (pages 9–19).

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Pitchfork Media review
3. ^ According to the last pages of the CD's booklet