Taste (The Telescopes album)

Taste is the debut studio album by English alternative rock band The Telescopes, released in 1989 on What Goes On Records. The album was produced by Richard Formby and engineered by Ken MacPherson and Chris Bell. After What Goes On folded, it was re-released in 1990 by Cheree, and it was later released in 2006 by Rev-Ola Records to include live versions of "There Is No Floor", "Sadness Pale", "Threadbare" and "Suicide".

Taste
Studio album by
Released1989
RecordedJune 1989
GenreShoegaze
LabelWhat Goes On
ProducerRichard Formby
The Telescopes chronology
Taste
(1989)
The Telescopes
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
NME7/10[2]

In 2016, Pitchfork ranked Taste at number 47 on its list of the 50 best shoegaze albums of all time.[3]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Stephen Lawrie

No.TitleLength
1."And Let Me Drift Away"2:18
2."I Fall, She Screams"2:40
3."Oil Seed Rape"2:58
4."Violence"3:34
5."Threadbare"1:37
6."The Perfect Needle"3:28
7."There Is No Floor"3:15
8."Anticipating Nowhere"1:47
9."Please, Before You Go"3:27
10."Suffercation"2:40
11."Silent Water"3:27
12."Suicide"7:56

References

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  1. ^ Sendra, Tim. "Taste – The Telescopes". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  2. ^ Fadele, Dele (28 October 1989). "The Telescopes: Taste". NME. p. 39.
  3. ^ "The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time". Pitchfork. 24 October 2016. p. 1. Retrieved 8 May 2018.