'Scar' - 26 Years Ago

Lush's debut mini-album 'Scar' came out exactly 26 years ago today, on October 9, 1989

The sleeve design has some interesting backstory. Vaughan Oliver and Christopher Bigg designed the 'Scar' mini-LP sleeve and label and featured photography by Jim Friedman. The inside of the sleeve contains several drawings and singular words that are deliberately obscured. According to Miki Berenyi, "one says tongue, the other says elder sister, and they sort of meet in the middle." Miki has described the interior design as "a bit perverse."

A Scar Unblemished

Twenty years ago today, Lush was introduced to the world through an LP titled "Scar."
9 October, 1989, 4AD UK
Produced and engineered at Blackwing Studios, London, July 1989.


Baby Talk 2:16
Written By - Miki Berenyi
Thoughtforms 2:41
Written By - Emma Anderson
Scarlet 3:26
Written By - Emma Anderson & Miki Berenyi
Bitter 2:01
Second Sight 2:39
Etheriel 3:24
Written By - Emma Anderson & Miki Berenyi

Bass - Steve Rippon
Drums - Chris Acland
Guitar, Backing Vocals - Emma Anderson
Vocals, Guitar - Miki Berenyi
Written-By - Anderson* (tracks: A2, A3, B3) , Berenyi* (tracks: A1, A3 to B3)

Producer, Engineer - John Fryer, Lush
Photography - Jim Friedman
Design [Sleeve Design] - Christopher Bigg, Vaughan Oliver