Loss is the debut album of Scottish indie pop band Mull Historical Society. It includes the singles "Barcode Bypass", "I Tried", "Animal Cannabus" and "Watching Xanadu". The album reached number 43 in the UK album chart.[8] It was inspired by the sudden death of his father in 1999[9] and his upbringing on the Isle of Mull.[10] It contains samples from a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry and the waves on Calgary Bay in Mull.[10] "Barcode Bypass" is about a small shopkeeper threatened by the supermarkets,[11] and "Watching Xanadu" is about watching the film Xanadu.[12]
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Released | 15 October 2001 | |||
Recorded | February–April 2001 at Gravity Studios, Glasgow | |||
Genre | Indie pop, electropop, electronica | |||
Label | Blanco y Negro (UK) XL (US) | |||
Producer | Colin MacIntyre | |||
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Singles from Loss | ||||
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Drowned in Sound | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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The Independent | (favourable) [4] |
NME | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Pitchfork Media | (6.1/10) [6] |
PopMatters | (favourable) [7] |
All tracks are written by Colin MacIntyre.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Public Service Announcer" | 4:22 |
2. | "Watching Xanadu" | 4:29 |
3. | "Instead" | 5:43 |
4. | "I Tried" | 4:40 |
5. | "This Is Not Who We Were" | 3:26 |
6. | "Barcode Bypass" | 7:05 |
7. | "Only I" | 4:10 |
8. | "Animal Cannabus" | 4:45 |
9. | "Strangeways Inside" | 4:15 |
10. | "Mull Historical Society" | 4:50 |
11. | "Paper Houses/Loss" | 10:15 |
The CD version of the album was released as an enhanced CD-ROM containing footage of Colin MacIntyre performing live acoustic versions of the songs "Barcode Bypass" and "I Tried".
Q listed Loss as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.[13]
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