Instrumental (My Bloody Valentine song)

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"Instrumental"
A black 7-inch record in a plain white sleeve. Centred black text reads "Creation My Bloody Valentine Instrumental".
Single by My Bloody Valentine
B-side"Instrumental" ("Instrumental No 2")
ReleasedNovember 1988 (1988-11)
Recorded1988 (1988) at Foel Studio in Llanfair Caereinion, Wales
GenreAlternative rock, electronic
Length3:22
LabelCreation
Songwriter(s)Kevin Shields
Producer(s)My Bloody Valentine
My Bloody Valentine singles chronology
"Feed Me with Your Kiss"
(1988) 		"Instrumental"
(1988) 		"Sugar"
(1989)

"Instrumental" (also known as "Instrumental No 1") is a song by the

LP copies of the band's debut studio album Isn't Anything, released on 21 November 1988 on Creation Records.[1]

The single's B-side, also titled "Instrumental" and known as "Instrumental No 2"[2] or "Instrumental B"[3] demonstrates My Bloody Valentine's first known experimentation with dance music.[4] "Instrumental No 2" features an uncredited sample of "Security of the First World", a song by Public Enemy from their 1988 studio album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.[5] Both "Instrumental No.1" and "Instrumental No.2" were remastered and reissued on the compilation album EP's 1988–1991 (2012). "Instrumental No.2" is also available on the French edition of the "Only Shallow" single released in 1992.

"Instrumental No 1" and "Instrumental No 2" were composed by vocalist and guitarist

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(2013).

Track listing

All songs composed by Kevin Shields.[6]

UK 7" single (Creation Records, CREFRE 04)
  1. "Instrumental" ("Instrumental No 1") – 3:22
  2. "Instrumental B" ("Instrumental No 2") – 4:45

Personnel

All personnel credits adapted from Isn't Anything's liner notes.[9]

My Bloody Valentine
Technical personnel
  • My Bloody Valentine – production
  • engineering
  • Steve Nunn – engineering
  • Alex Russell – engineering

References

  1. Sony Music Ireland. 27 April 2012. Archived from the original
    on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  2. Sony Music Entertainment. 2012. 88691941692.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link
    )
  3. ^ Cardew, Ben (13 January 2014). "In Another Way: My Bloody Valentine's Rhythmic Invention". The Quietus.
  4. IPC Media
    .
  5. ^ Harrison, Daniel (8 May 2012). "My Bloody Valentine – Isn't Anything / Loveless / EPs 1988–1991". State. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Instrumental" (Single notes). My Bloody Valentine. Creation Records. 1988. CREFRE 04.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. Alternative Press
    (October 1995). Alternative Press Magazine.
  8. ISBN 978-0-8264-1548-6
    .
  9. ^ Isn't Anything (Booklet). My Bloody Valentine. Creation Records. 1988. CRELP 04 CD.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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