Mazzy Star
She Hangs Brightly
Mazzy Star's debut album, "She Hangs Brightly", was released on May 21, 1990, by Rough Trade Records and later re-released by Capitol Records the same year. The album features the band's distinctive style, including haunting guitar work and lyrics, as well as Hope Sandoval's detached vocals.
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Mazzy Star's debut album, "She Hangs Brightly", was released on May 21, 1990, by Rough Trade Records and later re-released by Capitol Records the same year. The album features the band's distinctive style, including haunting guitar work and lyrics, as well as Hope Sandoval's detached vocals.
The cover art is a photograph taken inside the Hôtel Tassel in Brussels. The album includes the single "Blue Flower" which reached number 29 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, and "Halah" which reached number 19 on the same chart four years later after the success of "Fade into You".
Although not a commercial success, the album established Mazzy Star as a unique band with a unique sound. Reviewers praised the album's "coldly beautiful" quality, but criticized its lack of focus, with Kurt Cobain of Nirvana listing it in his top fifty albums of all time.
In 2018, Pitchfork ranked it at number 29 on its list of the 30 best dream pop albums.